2-2-V-1 PROVEN at last, a HUGE well done all round.Now our respects to Amelia and Fred, not least here in TIGHAR, and then by way of a suitable and substantial epitaph on Niku to their tragic demise. AmenWhat a fantastic project, Roger
...I'm writing the report. When it's finished I'll send it to Jeff Glickman and Aris Scarla for comment and/or correction. When they've both signed off on the report we'll publish it on the TIGHAR website. What I can tell you right now is that, at the end of the day, all of us were in agreement that the artifact is the patch.
Quote from: Ric Gillespie on October 11, 2014, 07:29:21 AM...I'm writing the report. When it's finished I'll send it to Jeff Glickman and Aris Scarla for comment and/or correction. When they've both signed off on the report we'll publish it on the TIGHAR website. What I can tell you right now is that, at the end of the day, all of us were in agreement that the artifact is the patch.Seems awfully quiet on the forum of late...Ric, any ETA on the report getting published?
Ric, any ETA on the report getting published?
There has been some discussion on this thread about how the Miami Patch was fabricated, whether Pan Am was involved, etc. In this light I find an article titled ‘Found Objects’ in an old issue of Tighar Tracks (http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1996Vol_12/objects.pdf) to be of interest. It describes a piece of aluminum designated ‘artifact 2-2’ that was found during NIKU I. In discussing how this artifact might be linked to the Electra, it is stated that“It is worth noting that an inventory of the Earhart aircraft taken after theMarch 20, 1937 crash in Hawaii lists “2 Pcs. Sheet metal Alcoa” (Item #66) as being amongthe spare parts carried.”Of course, we don’t know for sure that spare aluminum was carried on the Electra on the second world flight, but it certainly is worth keeping in mind the fact that Earhart did do so on her first circumnavigation attempt.
Quote from: Steve Lee on October 22, 2014, 11:21:48 AMThere has been some discussion on this thread about how the Miami Patch was fabricated, whether Pan Am was involved, etc. In this light I find an article titled ‘Found Objects’ in an old issue of Tighar Tracks (http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/1996Vol_12/objects.pdf) to be of interest. It describes a piece of aluminum designated ‘artifact 2-2’ that was found during NIKU I. In discussing how this artifact might be linked to the Electra, it is stated that“It is worth noting that an inventory of the Earhart aircraft taken after theMarch 20, 1937 crash in Hawaii lists “2 Pcs. Sheet metal Alcoa” (Item #66) as being amongthe spare parts carried.”Of course, we don’t know for sure that spare aluminum was carried on the Electra on the second world flight, but it certainly is worth keeping in mind the fact that Earhart did do so on her first circumnavigation attempt.Interesting point. Thanks Steve. We don't know how big or of what thickness the sheets were and, as you say, we don't know whether spare aluminum sheet was carried on the second attempt - but at least on the first attempt there seems to have been a recognition that a need for sheet might arise for minor repairs. Below are the photos and text for Artifact 2-2 (properly 2-1-V-2) from the NTSB Lab report. Elsewhere in the report it mentions that although this metal is 2024 (same as 24ST) alloy aluminum it is not "clad" (not ALCLAD).Ask yourself this. Where is there a sheet of aluminum on any aircraft that has a finished edge that is not riveted to something?
in several views it appears that there is a shiny edge sticking out from under ...
Quote from: Jerry Germann on October 22, 2014, 03:11:32 PMin several views it appears that there is a shiny edge sticking out from under ...i agree. I think we may be looking at one, or maybe both, of the pieces of sheet metal described in the inventory. Is it big enough to fashion the patch from? Hard to say.
Maybe I missed it somewhere in forum, but did the stringer pictured in the 2-2-V-I commission analysis match the new found stringer indentation Jeff Glickman found? I realize there may be many sizes and widths of stringers. Just curious if they were fitted together to see if they matched.