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''The goal of this wiki is to present the results of TIGHAR's research into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937.  In its first draft, we hope to provide links to all of the materials currently on [http://www.tighar.org the TIGHAR website] as well as a variety of other already-existing materials and new articles detailing research methods, data, and interpretations.  The outline given here does not list every article on the site; you may also use the search box on the left to explore other topics of interest.''
''The goal of this wiki is to present the results of TIGHAR's work.  In its first draft, we hope to provide links to all of the materials currently on [http://www.tighar.org the TIGHAR website] as well as a variety of other already-existing materials and new articles detailing research methods, data, and interpretations.  The outline given here does not list every article on the site; you may also use the search box on the left to explore other topics of interest.''
 
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=== Background Information ===
== Projects ==
* [[Amelia Earhart]]
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* [[Fred Noonan]]
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* [[Gerald Gallagher]]
|[[Earhart Project]]
 
| Deals with the fatal flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937.
=== Around the World! ===
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* [[Flight Planning]]
|[[Maid of Harlech]]
* [[Disaster at Luke Field]]
| A P-38 lost on September 27, 1942, and now buried in sand.
==== The Fatal Flight ====
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* [[Delayed in Lae ]]
|[[To Save a Devastator]]
* [[Preparations to take off]]
| Preserving a Douglas TBD-1 “Devastator” torpedo bomber ditched in Jaluit, February 1, 1942.
* [[Lae to Nightfall]]
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* [[Nightfall to Ship In Sight]]
|[[Operation Sepulchre]]
* [[Landing on the Reef?]]
| Luftwaffe aircraft may still be buried intact in underground bunkres.
 
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==== Searches without Rescue ====
|[[Project Midnight Ghost]]
 
| Search for l’Oiseau Blanc (the White Bird) of Nungesser and Coli lost in May of 1927.
* [[Coast Guard search]]
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* [[Navy search]]
* [[Search by a Private Yacht]]--the voyage of the ''Yankee.''
 
=== Post-loss Radio Messages ===
''This needs work from an expert.  How many pages do we need?  How should it be organized?''
* [[Post-loss Radio Messages--Overview]]
* July 2
* July 3
* July 4
* July 5
 
=== On Gardner / Nikumaroro ===
==== 1937-1938 ====
* [[New Zealand Survey (1938)]]
* [[U.S.S. Bushnell Survey (1939)]]
==== Colonization (1939) ====
* [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]]
 
==== Bones: Lost and Found and Lost ====
* [[Floyd Kilt's Stories about the Bones]]
* [[Materials Collected by Gallagher]]
** [[Bones found on Nikumaroro| Bones]]
** [[Sextant box found on Nikumaroro| Sextant Box]]
** [[Shoe parts found on Nikumaroro| Remnants of shoes]]
** [[Corks found on Nikumararo| Corks on brass chains]]
** [[Bendictine Bottle found on Nikumaroro| A Brandy Bottle]]
** [[Inverting eye piece found on Nikumaroro| Inverting eye piece?]]
* [[Shipment of the Bones to Fiji]]
* [[Examination and Description of the Recovered Material]]
* [[Disappearance of the Recovered Materials]]
* [[Who Died on Niku?]]
 
=== Subsequent Events ===
*  [[Coast Guard LORAN Station (1944-1946?)]]
*  [[Floyd Kilt's Stories about the Bones]]
*  [[The Bones File Surfaces (1997)]]  
 
=== TIGHAR Research ===
==== Background on TIGHAR ====
* [http://tighar.org/about.htm About TIGHAR]
* [[The Niku Hypothesis]]
* [[Research Methods]]
* [[Earhart Project Advisory Committee]]
==== TIGHAR on Nikumaroro ====
* [[Niku I (1989)]]
* [[Niku II (1991)]]
* [[Niku IIIP (1996)]]
* [[Niku III (1997)]]
* [[Niku IIIIP (1999)]]
* [[Niku IIII (1999)]]
* [[Niku VP (WOF) (2003)]]
* [[Niku V (2008)]]
* The Island (Gardner/Nikumaroro)
** [[Location and Geology of Nikumaroro]]
** [[Place Names on Nikumaroro]]
** [[Flora]]
** Fauna
*** [[Marine Life]]
*** [[Land Animals]]
** [[History  of Nikumaroro]]
** [[Ethnohistory of Nikumaroro]]
** Archaeology
*** [[The Village]]
*** [[Nutiran]]
*** [[Aukaraime South]]
*** [[The Seven Site]]
*** [[The Triangle Site]]
*** [[Kanawa Point]]
*** [[Ameriki]]
*** [[The Lagoon]]
*** [[The reef]]
*** [[Index of Archaeological Material]]
 
==== Research in Other Places ====
* Fiji
** [[1989 Initial Research]]
** [[1999 Bones Search I]]
** [[2003 Bones Search II]]
* [[Tarawa]]
* [[Funafuti]]
* [[Hanslope Park]]
* [[Auckland]]
* [[McKean Island]]
* [[Kanton (Canton) Island]]


==== Other Lines of Investigation ====
== Publications ==
* [[Monte Carlo Simulation of Flight]]
* [[Amelia Earhart's Shoes]]
==== Research Partners, Sponsors, Benefactors ====
* [[Finding Amelia]]
* [[FedEx]]
* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/archive.html TIGHAR Tracks]
* [[Photek]]
* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Documents_index.html TIGHAR Research Documents]
* [[Stihl]]
* [[Backwoods]]
* [[Select GIS Services]]
* [[Markertek Video Supply]]
* [[Instrument Sales and Service]]


==== Publications ====
== Educational Resources ==
* [[publications:shoes Amelia Earhart's Shoes]]
* [[publications:finding_amelia Finding Amelia]]
* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/archive.html TIGHAR Tracks]
* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Documents_index.html TIGHAR Research Documents]
 
==== Educational Resources ====
* [[TIGHAR Lecturers]]
* [[TIGHAR Lecturers]]
* [[Course Materials]]
* [[Course Materials]]
==== TIGHAR Products ====
* [[TIGHAR Clothing]]
* [[TIGHAR Gifts]]

Latest revision as of 19:42, 25 February 2011

The goal of this wiki is to present the results of TIGHAR's work. In its first draft, we hope to provide links to all of the materials currently on the TIGHAR website as well as a variety of other already-existing materials and new articles detailing research methods, data, and interpretations. The outline given here does not list every article on the site; you may also use the search box on the left to explore other topics of interest.

Projects

Earhart Project Deals with the fatal flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937.
Maid of Harlech A P-38 lost on September 27, 1942, and now buried in sand.
To Save a Devastator Preserving a Douglas TBD-1 “Devastator” torpedo bomber ditched in Jaluit, February 1, 1942.
Operation Sepulchre Luftwaffe aircraft may still be buried intact in underground bunkres.
Project Midnight Ghost Search for l’Oiseau Blanc (the White Bird) of Nungesser and Coli lost in May of 1927.

Publications

Educational Resources

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