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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
| 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 26 #1 February 2010 | Twenty-Five Years | History of TIGHAR | GH |
| The Plan for NikuVI | Plan for summer field work | AE | |
| Approaching the Seven Site | Detailed plan for excavation | AE | |
| Where is the Electra? | Analysis of clues pointing towards aircraft location | AE | |
| What Might We Expect to Find and Where Should We Look for It? | Thoughts on bulky objects and where they may have ended up. | AE | |
| Remembering Veryl W. Fenlason | Memorial to Veryl | GH | |
| Ric Review the TIGHAR Trilogy | Thirteen Bones, AE’s Shoes, and Finding Amelia | AE | |
| Volume 26, # 2 July 2010 | Niku VI | General report on field work | AE |
| Daily Reports | Dailies from Niku VI | AE | |
| Volume 26, # 3 November 2010 | Review and Update | Questions and review on the Earhart Project | AE |
| Niku VI | Research update | AE | |
| Niku VII | Announcing next expedition | AE | |
| Volume 27, #1 June 2011 | Fiji Bone Search III | Continued work in Suva looking for bones | AE |
| Amelia Earhart Festival | Atchison, Kansas festivities | AE | |
| TIGHAR Aviation Archeology Field School | B-23 wreck in Idaho | AC | |
| Literary Guild II | Next book of the trilogy | FR | |
| Volume 27, #2 September 2011 | TIGHAR Journal 2011 | Contents of upcoming major issue | AE |
| Membership changes | Announcing Researcher membership | MM | |
| Magnetic sticker | MM | ||
| Changes in TIGHAR Store | MM | ||
| Literary Guild II | FR | ||
| Volume 27, #3 October 2011 | TIGHAR Journal rescheduled | To include radio signals catalog information | AE |
| TIGHAR Researcher | More on premiums | MM | |
| Members Corner | Jay Veith’s new book | MM | |
| The Price of Knowledge | Research expenses | AE | |
| Planning for Niku VII | First plans for underwater search | AE | |
| The Flying Cement Mixer | Work on the Bevington Object | AE | |
| À Couer Valliant | Project Midnight Ghost summary | PMG | |
| TIGHAR Aviation Archeology Field School | Report on August school | AC | |
| Volume 28 June 2012 | Niku VII Expedition Overview | Plans for field work | AE |
| Volume 29, #1 March 2013 | Niku VII | Report on field work, summer 2012 | AE |
| Lessons From a Buffalo | What wreckage might look like | AE | |
| The Object Formerly Known As Nessie | Analysis of the Bevington photo | AE | |
| Part No. 41065 | Landing gear of the Electra | AE | |
| The Dogs That Didn’t Bark | People who might have or did see wreckage | AE | |
| Time & Tide | Analysis of Nikumaroro tide levels | AE | |
| Volume 29, #2 May 2013 | TIGHAR News: Niku VII Analysis Update | Report on field work, summer 2012 | AE |
| Volume 29, #3 June 2013 | TIGHAR News: Niku VII Analysis Update | Additional reporting on field work, summer 2012 | AE |
| Volume 30, #1 May 2014 | The Riddle of Artifact 2-2-V-1 | Another look at the sheet aluminum | AE |
| The Team for Niku VIII | Team selection process | AE | |
| TIGHAR Profiles | Tributes to TIGHAR’s members | MM | |
| The 1937 Fund | Raising money for Niku VIII | FR | |
| In The Works | Laurie Rubin’s book | AE | |
| Volume 30, #2 September 2014 | Bad News/Great News | Legal proceedings, Niku VIII | AE |