https://tighar.org/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Rypinski 2026-04-16T03:06:28Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.41.1 https://tighar.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kanton_(Canton)_Island&diff=3141 2009-07-22T02:38:14Z

<p>Rypinski: </p> <hr /> <div>Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.<br /> <br /> On February 14-16, 1998, a thirteen person TIGHAR team flew to Kanton Island to investigate the possibility that an engine from Earhart’s plane had been inadvertently brought there in 1971 during a U.S. Air Force missile testing program. Bruce Yoho, the individual who recovered the engine in 1971 (and now an active TIGHAR member), came along to show us where he dumped the Pratt &amp; Whitney R1340 which he had found on a reef on one of the other islands of the Phoenix Group. Although he was able to locate the spot, we were surprised and disappointed to find that the contents of the dump had since been buried.<br /> <br /> * Vessel: Chartered Gulfstream 1 Turbo-prop corporate aircraft<br /> * Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii<br /> * Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati<br /> == Articles ==<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Kanton_Mission.html The Kanton Mission]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]<br /> * [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]<br /> * [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]<br /> [[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg]]<br /> <br /> Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.</div>

Rypinski https://tighar.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kanton_(Canton)_Island&diff=3140 2009-07-22T02:37:50Z

<p>Rypinski: </p> <hr /> <div>Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.<br /> <br /> On February 14-16, 1998, a thirteen person TIGHAR team flew to Kanton Island to investigate the possibility that an engine from Earhart’s plane had been inadvertently brought there in 1971 during a U.S. Air Force missile testing program. Bruce Yoho, the individual who recovered the engine in 1971 (and now an active TIGHAR member), came along to show us where he dumped the Pratt &amp; Whitney R1340 which he had found on a reef on one of the other islands of the Phoenix Group. Although he was able to locate the spot, we were surprised and disappointed to find that the contents of the dump had since been buried.<br /> <br /> * Vessel: Chartered Gulfstream 1 Turbo-prop corporate aircraft<br /> * Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii<br /> * Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati<br /> == Articles ==<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Kanton_Mission.html The Kanton Mission]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]<br /> * [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]<br /> * [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]<br /> [[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg]]<br /> <br /> <br /> Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.</div>

Rypinski https://tighar.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kanton_(Canton)_Island&diff=3139 2009-07-22T02:37:00Z

<p>Rypinski: </p> <hr /> <div>Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.<br /> <br /> On February 14-16, 1998, a thirteen person TIGHAR team flew to Kanton Island to investigate the possibility that an engine from Earhart’s plane had been inadvertently brought there in 1971 during a U.S. Air Force missile testing program. Bruce Yoho, the individual who recovered the engine in 1971 (and now an active TIGHAR member), came along to show us where he dumped the Pratt &amp; Whitney R1340 which he had found on a reef on one of the other islands of the Phoenix Group. Although he was able to locate the spot, we were surprised and disappointed to find that the contents of the dump had since been buried.<br /> <br /> * Vessel: Chartered Gulfstream 1 Turbo-prop corporate aircraft<br /> * Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii<br /> * Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati<br /> == Articles ==<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Kanton_Mission.html The Kanton Mission]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]<br /> * [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]<br /> * [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]<br /> [[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg]]<br /> Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.</div>

Rypinski https://tighar.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kanton_(Canton)_Island&diff=3138 2009-07-22T02:35:56Z

<p>Rypinski: added canton island photo</p> <hr /> <div>Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.<br /> <br /> On February 14-16, 1998, a thirteen person TIGHAR team flew to Kanton Island to investigate the possibility that an engine from Earhart’s plane had been inadvertently brought there in 1971 during a U.S. Air Force missile testing program. Bruce Yoho, the individual who recovered the engine in 1971 (and now an active TIGHAR member), came along to show us where he dumped the Pratt &amp; Whitney R1340 which he had found on a reef on one of the other islands of the Phoenix Group. Although he was able to locate the spot, we were surprised and disappointed to find that the contents of the dump had since been buried.<br /> <br /> * Vessel: Chartered Gulfstream 1 Turbo-prop corporate aircraft<br /> * Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii<br /> * Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati<br /> == Articles ==<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Kanton_Mission.html The Kanton Mission]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]<br /> * [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]<br /> * [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]<br /> * [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]<br /> [[Image:CantonAirfield1971]]<br /> Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.</div>

Rypinski https://tighar.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:CantonAirfield1971.jpg&diff=3137 2009-07-22T02:28:02Z

<p>Rypinski: Photo by John F. Porth, circa 1970-1971, showing aerial view of Canton Island airfield from WNW. Photo taken from USAF CH-3E. pls cite &quot;courtesy Jack Porth&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Photo by John F. Porth, circa 1970-1971, showing aerial view of Canton Island airfield from WNW. Photo taken from USAF CH-3E.<br /> <br /> pls cite &quot;courtesy Jack Porth&quot;</div>

Rypinski https://tighar.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:CantonMap3_USAF1973.jpg&diff=3136 2009-07-22T02:23:11Z

<p>Rypinski: Sketch map of Canton Island, circa 1973, from: USAF Environmental Health Laboratory, Kelly AFB, Texas, &quot;Environmental Survey of the Phoenix Islands Central Pacific Ocean,&quot; EHL(K) 74-18 August 1974 US Govt--public domain, no copyright.</p> <hr /> <div>Sketch map of Canton Island, circa 1973, from: USAF Environmental Health Laboratory, Kelly AFB, Texas, &quot;Environmental Survey of the Phoenix Islands Central Pacific Ocean,&quot; EHL(K) 74-18 August 1974<br /> <br /> US Govt--public domain, no copyright.</div>

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