TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - A mixed methods approach for locating the missing H-209 aircraft
JO  - Polar geography (Palm Beach, Fla.)
A1  - Safronov, Alexander N.
SP  - 126
EP  - 138
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
N2  - We investigated the disappearance of the 4-engine H-209 aircraft along its route from Moscow, Russia to Fairbanks, Alaska in August 1937 operated by Levanevsky and a crew of five people. A radiogram analysis indicates that the aircraft could have crashed in the Alaska Range and thus analysis centered on this region was performed. A mixed methods approach was used to find the missing plane, including examining aircraft radio messages, historic newspapers, and information from witnesses and participants in the H-209 search expeditions; creating a geographical information system that utilized satellite imagery, GMTED-2010 topography, knowledge of polar navigation principles using astronomical instruments, and the spatial distribution of radio signals in the Alaska Range. In one satellite image a plane crash was located near the top of the Mt. Deception and the fuselage-to-wing ratio indicates a configuration typical of low-speed cargo aircraft of the 1930s-1940s.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1088-937X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2018.1464077
ID  - ref1
ER  -