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[Bill Mangus]

I like it much better that the spreadsheet.  It's almost like the book is writing itself. . . .!

[Ric Gillespie]

It's almost like the book is writing itself. . . .!

Think of the timeline as scripture.  I still have to write the sermon.

[Monty Fowler]

I don't think that's an appropriate analogy, Ric. This is not a cult, and you are not a religious figure.

LTM,
Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 EC

[Ric Gillespie]

I don't think that's an appropriate analogy, Ric. This is not a cult, and you are not a religious figure.

Lighten up.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

I don't think that's an appropriate analogy, Ric. This is not a cult, and you are not a religious figure.

I am a Roman Catholic priest.

I have a BA in English, a Master's in Philosophy, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology.

I am a full Professor in a Jesuit College.

I can read Biblical Hebrew, New Testament Greek, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Russian (OK, very slowly, and with lots of help, but I know the grammar and syntax of the languages well enough to see what is going on).

Ric used an analogy.

If anyone ever said, "My love is like a red, red rose," the intelligent listener ought to think of the woman's beauty which, like the rose, flourishes in due season and then fades.  The intelligent audience would never suppose that the love in question had green leaves, red flower petals, and thorns.

It's not hard to follow Ric's analogy.  Although I am a religious believer who honors Sacred Scripture and who preaches regularly, I do not feel offended in any way by the comparison.

Of course other analogies are possible.  Ric could compare what he is doing to a lawyer preparing for a trial.

Timeline: information to be processed.  One might call these "the facts."

Book: expression of insights into the meaning of the information.  One might call this "the case."

[Ric Gillespie]

We have added Dan Brown as an editor to the timeline. Dan and I have been making some additions in July 1936 you may want to check out.
We're still just getting started with building this timeline but we're already learning things we never knew and confirming things we have only suspected.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWWg4KlVwc0s07Fv6MLoiWORRe-pAJI1ZPBpQ_raux0/edit#

[Ric Gillespie]

I made bunch of entries on the timeline today.  So far we have information entered for:
2 July 1936
15 July 1936
19 July 1936
20 July 1936
21 July 1936
22 July 1936
23 July 1936
24 July 1936
27 July 1936
2 August 1936
3 August 1936
5 August 1936
7 August 1936
8 August 1936
9 August 1936
19 August 1936
20 August 1936
29 August 1936
30 August 1936
31 August 1936
18 September 1936
19 September 1936
29 September 1936
7 November 1936
10 November 1936
12 November 1936
14 November 1936
19 November 1936
22 November 1936

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

I made bunch of entries on the timeline today.  So far we have information entered for:
2 July 1936
15 July 1936
19 July 1936
20 July 1936
21 July 1936
22 July 1936
23 July 1936
24 July 1936
27 July 1936
2 August 1936
3 August 1936
5 August 1936
7 August 1936
8 August 1936
9 August 1936
19 August 1936
20 August 1936
29 August 1936
30 August 1936
31 August 1936
18 September 1936
19 September 1936
29 September 1936
7 November 1936
10 November 1936
12 November 1936
14 November 1936
19 November 1936
22 November 1936

I worked on the other end: Second Round-the-World Attempt, 20 May to July 1937

[Jerry Germann]

Jimmie Mattern with Amelia, inspecting some component.....did he test fly the Electra? Timeline?

http://www.yesteryearessentials.com/products/j-h-washburn-amelia-earhart-picture

[Ric Gillespie]

Jimmie Mattern with Amelia, inspecting some component.....did he test fly the Electra? Timeline?

That's an interesting photo but it is misrepresented. Can you spot the problem?

[Jerry Germann]

If that is the top hatch into the cockpit , then it is it's later position,..... hinge on centerline, instead of over the port window. I can't see enough of plane to tell if it is the Electra.

[Ric Gillespie]

If it is the top hatch into the cockpit, then it is the later position, hinge on centerline, instead of over the port window. I can't see enough of plane to tell if it is the Electra.

That's right.  As far as I know, the Electra was the only aircraft that had a hatch like that and Earhart's was the only Electra to have a reversed hatch.

[Bill Mangus]

Although a much later aircraft, the A-26 Invader had a similar arrangement -- opening outwards.

[Guido Almekinders]

Ric, are you familiar with this photo? (I almost assume you are, just checking to be sure).
Apparently taken during lunch on an airfield in Venezuela.

Guido
Tighar# 4814R

[Ric Gillespie]

Ric, are you familiar with this photo? (I almost assume you are, just checking to be sure).
Apparently taken during lunch on an airfield in Venezuela.

Yes, I've seen. Not terribly flattering of Fed.