Mike,
Thanks for the heads-up about the Waitt site. It's interesting that they are now going public with the results of their most recent failed search. We'll want to take a close look at the information they present but I can already tell you that they are surprisingly ignorant of TIGHAR's hypothesis. They say:
"Main support for the theory comes from analysis of radio transmissions allegedly made by Earhart and received at Honolulu, Wake Island and Midway Island radio operator stations. But numerous questions exist also, not the least of which is whether or not the Electra could transmit any signal with inoperative engines and generators, especially following an off-field landing or water-ditching."
We, of course, do not postulate a crash or ditching but, rather, a successful landing on the atoll's fringing reef.
Ric
Ric