Marty, thanks for responding.
I reviewed the entire thread, and you are correct, it is about Niku VI video all the way through. However, I did a search of the thread for "andrew mckenna" and the only hit was your very last post.
Further, I could find no mention of finding digits of the N number except those recent posts by John Balderston. So I think that whatever opinions were given by prior "experts", the evidence needs to be reviewed taking into account the most recent discoveries. When you have plausible arguments that parts of engines, wheels, landing gears, wing ribs, N-numbers, hinges, etc. etc. etc. can all be found within an area seemingly no larger than a basketball court, then experts need to revisit this important video in light of these new assertions. My own un-expert opinion is that a large proportion, if not essentially the entire Earhart aircraft, lies in this one large heap of scrap. A giant vacuum cleaner, pointed in the opposite direction, is needed to blow away the loose snow-like covering to reveal even more evidence. And I don't think we can fail to find the aircraft at this location unless we just don't even try.
And I find it not credible that the area in question could not be found again, especially with the prominent marker provided by the stretched out rope. What were the parameters of this particular dive? Certainly the starting and end ponts are known, along with the relevant times. Certainly an intelligrent estimate could be made of the rough location of the ROV at the times shown on the video. And who was looking in real time - Ric, Mark Smith, Megan Lickliter-Mundon? Maybe collectively they could provide a rough estimate of the location.
Again, I think it essential that more eyes get trained on this important two minute video. Has Jeff Glickman spent time looking at this video? We each have unique abilities when it comes to pattern recognition. Many sets of eyes have come up with very little of plausible value from the more recent VII debris field.
Before any plans are made to launch another expedition, I feel that prudence and intellectual honesty dictate that every effort be made to credit or discredit the assertions presented here.