Since most of us are around that certain age where we know the Amelia Earhart mystery and all the fantastical hay media outlets have made with it. Which is why I’m sharing this story that I found it surprising satisfying, and though I’d never obsessed over what happened Amelia, still I found surprisingly satisfying, the rest of the story, you could say, one of those moments of closure when loose ends are tied up.
Extra bonus, for someone with only a basic understanding of the magic of early radio transmission/communication such as myself, it was great having the complexity of communication and those different antennas explained so clearly.
The Physics That Doomed Amelia Earhart
Veritasium
Nov 20, 2024The mistakes of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, and the physics that could have saved her.
00:00 Amelia Earhart’s fatal flight
01:52 How Earhart prepared for her final mission
03:33 Who was Amelia Earhart?
05:36 The flight plan
07:13 How celestial navigation works
09:16 Invention of radio technology
12:02 Radio waves explained
22:44 Earhart makes her critical decision
24:55 Communication failures
28:30 “Gas is running low”
31:39 Her desperate final message
33:01 The small detail that could have saved her
I hope someone enjoys this.