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Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane Discovered On Auxiliary Runway At LaGuardia (www.theonion.com)

submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] Mint_Raccoon@kbin.social 46 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The aviation nerd in me wants everyone to know that's actually a picture of a completely different plane. I'm pretty sure that's a Douglas C-47 Skytrain.

(Sorry I don't have a funny comment to add.)

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If someone wasn't in the comments saying this, or "that asphalt isn't the right type for La Guardia", or "based on the sky in the background, this is actually somewhere in the southern hemisphere", then I'd be on the wrong website.

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

It's also clearly CGI.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Thank you for this. It was really bugging the shit out of me. I can't help myself lol.

Me: "Wtf?! That's no Lockheed Electra Model 10! Hoax!"

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Sometimes useful outweighs funny.