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Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane Discovered On Auxiliary Runway At LaGuardia

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

NEW YORK—Calling the breakthrough a major step forward in the enigmatic case of the aviator’s disappearance, experts announced Tuesday they had discovered Amelia Earhart’s long-lost Lockheed 10-E Electra plane on an auxiliary runway at LaGuardia Airport. “Based on our analysis, it appears that ...

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Goddamn onion, got me again
- Almost here as well. Opened my mouth but didn't fully commit to the bite.
  
  I was just about to bite when I saw the community, had to double check it wasn't c/nottheonion.
  Reality is getting too weird now, it's hard to work out if it's an onion or not.

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.)
- 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.
  
  It's also clearly CGI.
- 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!"
- Sometimes useful outweighs funny.

Next on the agenda: finding the Lindbergh Baby™
- 92 year old Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr was discovered by Onion editors during a weekly staff meeting after secretaries noticed that Lindbergh had been employed by the Onion as an entertainment staff writer for the past four years.
  
  Fuck I never thought to check the employee org chart
- The Lindbergh baby has been wandering around La Guardia for decades like Tom Hanks in The Terminal.
- He was killed the same day he was kidnapped and his body was found about 2.5 months later. He was found 4.5 miles from his home partially buried in the woods.

I admit, I ate the onion until "It wasn't under a tarp or anything, we just never thought to check there."

Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane Discovered...
Oh shit!
...On Auxiliary Runway At LaGuardia
oh shit.

I called it in 2009, LaGuardia!

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