I was hopeing someone would have it, but from what I saw on the Wings
channel about the study of the radio transmisions that it wasn't far. IIRC
Noonan set up a laddered grid search for the island and would have saw it
after only a few more passes, so I"m guessing maybe 10 to 15 miles.
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Jim Burns III

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"Tom Fleischman" wrote in message
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In article , Jim
wrote:

and how far were Noonan and Earhart from the island they intended to
land on
when they made their last radio transmition?

Answer??