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Howard Alldred, NZCS BSc (Hons), of Geodata Consulting Ltd., Waiheke Island, New Zealand, [[TIGHAR]] #2489CE, was a geophysicist specializing in island morphology. He worked closely with TIGHAR’s [[Earhart Project]] to help us understand [[Nikumaroro]] and the events that took place there. Over several years, he traveled repeatedly from his home in New Zealand (where he grew olives) to the U.S. and to [[Nikumaroro]] on work for the Project. He always wore excitingly loud ties, dark suits, and white running shoes, even in Delaware in August. | |||
Howard died in June 2007 of an aggressive and very fast-moving brain cancer. We miss him. | |||
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|align="center"| Trying to match rivets on an Electra 10-A in the<br>Museum of Transport and Technology. | |align="center"| Trying to match rivets on an Electra 10-A in the <br />Museum of Transport and Technology, <br />Auckland, NZ (2003). | ||
|align="center"| At Howard's olive farm, Waiheke Wild,<br>on Waiheke Island. | |align="center"| At Howard's olive farm, Waiheke Wild,<br>on Waiheke Island, NZ (2003). | ||
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* Team member on [http://tighar.org/wiki/Niku_VP_%28WOF--2003%29| Niku Vp--Wheel of Fortune]. | * Team member on [http://tighar.org/wiki/Niku_VP_%28WOF--2003%29| Niku Vp--Wheel of Fortune]. | ||
* [http:// | * [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Expeditions/NikuV/gallery/Howard/galleryhoward.html Other files and a tribute to Howard. RIP, 2007.] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:24, 20 January 2011
Howard Alldred, NZCS BSc (Hons), of Geodata Consulting Ltd., Waiheke Island, New Zealand, TIGHAR #2489CE, was a geophysicist specializing in island morphology. He worked closely with TIGHAR’s Earhart Project to help us understand Nikumaroro and the events that took place there. Over several years, he traveled repeatedly from his home in New Zealand (where he grew olives) to the U.S. and to Nikumaroro on work for the Project. He always wore excitingly loud ties, dark suits, and white running shoes, even in Delaware in August.
Howard died in June 2007 of an aggressive and very fast-moving brain cancer. We miss him.
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| Trying to match rivets on an Electra 10-A in the Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland, NZ (2003). |
At Howard's olive farm, Waiheke Wild, on Waiheke Island, NZ (2003). |