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richie conroy

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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #30 on: December 13, 2011, 05:33:59 PM »

would it be poss to find out if Gallagher sextant was in a box or not, or if his sextant was similiar to the one that was carried in the box found ?
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Ric Gillespie

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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #31 on: December 13, 2011, 06:10:15 PM »

would it be poss to find out if Gallagher sextant was in a box or not, or if his sextant was similiar to the one that was carried in the box found ?


Richie, you have access to the same research material we do.
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richie conroy

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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #32 on: December 13, 2011, 06:28:48 PM »

true, but that research is only available due to the great work of Tighar, so am sure us as a group should be able to gather more facts i.e relating to Gallagher sextant
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Don Dollinger

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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #33 on: December 14, 2011, 01:33:59 PM »

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would it be poss to find out if Gallagher sextant was in a box or not, or if his sextant was similiar to the one that was carried in the box found ?
Gallagher's last effects are listed here http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Gallagereffects.html Near end of list they list "1 sextant" and in parenthesis following that it says "on "Viti".  There is not brand name, serial number, nor box listed and as detailed as the effects list was if it was boxed I believe it would say something in the manner of "1 sextant in wood case".

BTW:  Viti is a 1939 Vice-Regal Yacht for Sir Harry Luke http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/viti.htm and also the ship that Gallagher was aboard when he became what ended up as "fatally" ill; which raises the question ??? what happened to the sextant?

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Ric Gillespie

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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #34 on: December 14, 2011, 05:10:37 PM »

which raises the question ??? what happened to the sextant?

As I recall (too lazy to double check) MacPherson gave it to the captain of the Viti.
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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #35 on: December 15, 2011, 08:33:49 AM »

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As I recall (too lazy to double check) MacPherson gave it to the captain of the Viti.

Thanx Ric...

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richie conroy

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Re: sextant found on gardner
« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2011, 12:03:52 PM »

if u look at no 22 in list it says 2 wooden boxes so 1 of them cud be a sextant box, we will never know  ::)
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