Volume 16 through Volume 20

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TIGHAR Tracks

TIGHAR Tracks is a periodic publication of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. All issues are on line as PDFs, with some delay; some are also available as text files.

Finding Amelia: The True Story Of the Earhart Disappearance

Finding Amelia, Ric Gillespie’s book on the 1937 search for Earhart, is excerpted and discussed in this section. The data DVD content is included in its entirety as well.

The Book

he unlikely process by which Finding Amelia came to be written began in 1999. TIGHAR’s investigation of the Earhart disappearance

Foreword

by Mark R. Peattie, Ph.D. Asia-Pacific Research CenterStanford University t is difficult to write about a legend. Write too richly

Acknowledgments

The research that made this book possible has been an eighteen-year voyage of discovery. The International Group for Historic Aircraft

Introduction

n July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart vanished somewhere in the Central Pacific during an attempted flight around the world. Finding

About the Author

he son of a decorated World War Two pilot, Richard E. Gillespie grew up around airplanes and learned to fly

About the DVD

ach hardback copy of Finding Amelia comes with a complete resource library on DVD, offering one-click links from source notes

Buy

is available in both hardback and soft cover. The hardback, with free data DVD, is available ONLY from TIGHAR. The

Volume 1 through Volume 5

1985 through 1989

Key to Article Codes

AA	Aviation Archeology
AC	Aviation Archeology Course
AE	Earhart Project
B17	B-17 in New Guinea
BBH	Bombay Hook P-47
BL	Bellanca survey
CBT	CyberTIGHAR
FR	Fund Raising
FS	For Sale
GH	General History
HM	Humor
HP	Historic Preservation
LT	Letters
MH	Maid of Harlech
MM	Membership issues
OS	Operation Sepulchre
PMG	Project Midnight Ghost
PR	Public Relations
RM	Rumor Mill
RV	Review of book or film
TB	TIGHAR Business
TBD	TBD Devastator, Jaluit Atoll

Issue	Title	Subject	Code
Volume 16 #1 September 2000	Staying in Touch	Change in newsletter	TB
	Niku IIII	Project Report	AE
	The 7 Site	Site work and photographic comparisons	AE
Volume 16, # 2 October 2000	Niku IIII Funding Well Underway	Progress on fundraising	AE
	“This is Amelia Earhart”	First report of Betty’s Notebook	AE
	The Organizing the Argument	Assessment of notebook by Bob Brandenburg	AE
	Other Ears	Reports from others who heard AE	AE
Volume 16, # 3 November 2000	Fueling Up	Fundraising progress	AE
	The Girl Who Heard Amelia	Betty’s Notebook	AE
	Propagation Analysis	Technical analysis of radio signals	AE
	Disqualifying References?	Analysis of content	AE
	Occult References	Inaccessible information	AE
	A Landing on the Reef	Reef landing hypothesis	AE
Volume 16, # 4 December 2000	Expedition Expanded	Fundraising	AE
	Betty’s Notebook – Update	Radio transmissions database	AE
	Not-So-Happy Trails	Footpaths on Nikumaroro, photo analysis	AE
	The Lady of the Lake	B-23 field school	HP
Volume 17, #1 February 2001	A Shoe Fetish	Analysis of shoe remains	AE
	Identification of the Artifacts	Cats Paw heel	AE
	Further Discoveries	Label analysis	AE
	Could Betty Have Heard Amelia Earhart on a Harmonic?	Analysis of radio signals	AE
	TIGHAR in Space	Space Imaging contract	AE
Volume 17, #2 March 2001	A Shoe Fetish, Part 2	More on shoe artifacts	AE
	The Kelly Johnson Telegrams	Johnson’s advice on fuel management	AE
	Register Now!	2001 course in California	HP
Volume 17, #3 April 2001	TIGHAR in Tarawa	Research report on archival work in Kiribati	AE
Volume 17, #3 April 2001	TIGHAR in Space	Report on satellite photo	AE
Volume 17, #4 May 2001	Love to Mother	The Wiehsien telegram	AE
Volume 17, #4 May 2001	To Look Down Like a Frigate Bird	Satellite imagery	AE
Volume 17, #5 June 2001	Treasure Map	Satellite photo analysis	AE
Volume 17, #6 July/August 2001	As Good As a Feast	Funding completed	AE
	Plans and Expectations	Niku IIII field work plans	AE
	Gunsmoke	What can be hoped	AE
	Famous Last Words	Salvage tug at Niku	AE
	Forest Fortress	B-17 field school in California	HP
Volume 17, #7 September 2001	Expedition Report	Daily reports from the field	AE
Volume 17, #8 November 2001	Mysteries of the Seven Site	Artifact report	AE
Volume 18, #1 February 2002	The Race to Find Amelia	Deep water searches	AE
Volume 18, #1 February 2002	Niku IIII Post-Expedition Analysis	Artifact identification	AE
Volume 18, #2 March 2002	We are on the line 157 337	LOP explanation	AE
	Deep Water Handicap	More on deep water searches	AE
	Niku IIII Post-Expedition Analysis	Progress report on artifact identification	AE
Volume 18, #3 April 2002	Seven Site Research Report	Niku IIII report	AE
Volume 18, #3 April 2002	Aviation Archeology Field School	YB-49 site	HP
Volume 18, #4 June 2002	Research Report	Analysis of artifacts	AE
	Planning Starts for Niku V	EPAC meeting	AE
	Deep Water Handicap	More on deep water searches	AE
	Remarkable!	Bill Harney’s model	AE
Volume 18, #5 September 2002	The Knob That Wasn’t	Artifact identification	AE
	Special Report to be Published	Genesis of Finding Amelia	AE
	Do You Have Your Shoes?	Tom King’s book	AE
	Amelia Earhart and the Loch Ness Monster	Earhart and folklore	AE
Volume 19, #1 January 2003	Breaking News	Wheel on Nikumaroro	AE
Volume 19, #1 January 2003	Paradise Now	Fundraising raffle	FR
Volume 19, #2 March 2003	Plan for Niku Vp	Planning and team	AE
Volume 19, #2 March 2003	Special Report Progress	Preview of radio study	AE
Volume 19, #3 May 2003	Niku V Plan B	Planning and team	AE
	Fiji Bone Search	Planning and team	AE
	The Suitcase in My Closet	Post-loss radio study evolution	AE
Volume 19, #4 July 2003	Niku Vp	Adventures and calamities in departing	AE
Volume 19, #4 July 2003	Wheel of Fortune	Greg Stone and his sighting	AE
Volume 19, #5 September 2003	Bad News/Good News	Results of Niku Vp	AE
	Dados Galore	Research on Artifact 2-1-V-18	AE
	Fiji Bone Search	Report on results	AE
	Hard Evidence	Review of documentary evidence on the project	AE
Volume 20, #1 January 2004	Summary of Evidence	Review of full story	AE
	Yes No Maybe	The elimination process for artifacts	AE
	How We Do It	Topics being researched	AE
Volume 20, #2 April 2004	TIGHAR’s New Project	Devastator Project announced	TBD
Volume 20, #2 April 2004	2004 Earhart Project Expeditions	Field work examining L-10 wrecks	AE
Volume 20 #3 July 2004	TIGHAR Report: Jaluit Survey	Initial survey of WWII aircraft wrecks in Jaluit lagoon	TBD
Volume 20 #4 December 2004	The Year of the Dado	Field work to examine L-10 wrecks for dado-like structures	AE
	“The Men Did Their Duty”	The story of the Ketchikan, Alaska Electra crash	HP
	Devastator Project Update	Further work in the Marshall Islands TBD	TBD
	The Un-Dados	Analysis of dado artifacts	AE
	Everybody Needs New Shoes	Review of Amelia Earhart’s Shoes by Tom King	AE