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The Ameliapedia is a Wikipedia-style on line encyclopedia of information pertaining to TIGHAR’s investigation of the 1937 disappearance Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. It is designed to provide you, the Ameliapedia user, with easy access to reliable information about one of the 20th century’s greatest mysteries.   
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How To Get Started
The editors of '''Ameliapedia''' are members of [http://tighar.org The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery].  The purpose of the wiki is to preserve, organize, and present the results of TIGHAR's research.  See the '''tighar''' sidebar on the left for introductions to TIGHAR's major projects.  We call this database the '''Ameliapedia''' in honor of the woman whose tragic loss and perplexing disappearance has preoccupied TIGHAR for the last twenty years.
 
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Clicking on any of the popular basic questions shown below will take you to a short answer that has links to longer answers about specific subjects, which will, in turn have links to even more detail, and so on.  In general, the deeper you go into a subject, the more technical the discussion will become.
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What really happened to Amelia Earhart?
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!align="center"| Project
What has TIGHAR found?
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What went wrong?
|align="center"| [[Earhart Project]]
 
| TIGHAR's research into the fate of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan after their disappearance on July 2, 1937.
Was Amelia Earhart a good pilot?
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|align="center"| [[Maid of Harlech]]
Can the mystery ever be solved?
| A P-38 lost on September 27, 1942, and now buried in sand.
 
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|align="center"| [[To Save a Devastator]]
 
| A Douglas TBD-1 torpedo bomber ditched in Jaluit, February 1, 1942.
Click on “Index” to get a list Ameliapedia articles by subject.
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|align="center"| [[Operation Sepulchre]]
The editors of the Ameliapedia are members of TIGHAR’s Earhart Project Advisory Council. We make every effort to assure that the facts presented are accurate and documented.  If you find information in the Ameliapedia that you believe is incorrect please email us at ??? and let us know. We’ll fix it if it’s wrong or tell you why it’s right.
| Luftwaffe aircraft that may still be buried in underground bunkers.
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|align="center"| [[Project Midnight Ghost]]
| l’Oiseau Blanc (the White Bird) of Nungesser and Coli lost in May, 1927.
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== Sponsors, benefactors, friends ==
== Sponsors, benefactors, friends ==

Revision as of 18:32, 11 August 2009

The Ameliapedia is a Wikipedia-style on line encyclopedia of information pertaining to TIGHAR’s investigation of the 1937 disappearance Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. It is designed to provide you, the Ameliapedia user, with easy access to reliable information about one of the 20th century’s greatest mysteries.

How To Get Started

Clicking on any of the popular basic questions shown below will take you to a short answer that has links to longer answers about specific subjects, which will, in turn have links to even more detail, and so on. In general, the deeper you go into a subject, the more technical the discussion will become.

What really happened to Amelia Earhart?

What has TIGHAR found?

What went wrong?

Was Amelia Earhart a good pilot?

Can the mystery ever be solved?

Or

Click on “Index” to get a list Ameliapedia articles by subject.

The editors of the Ameliapedia are members of TIGHAR’s Earhart Project Advisory Council. We make every effort to assure that the facts presented are accurate and documented. If you find information in the Ameliapedia that you believe is incorrect please email us at ??? and let us know. We’ll fix it if it’s wrong or tell you why it’s right.

Sponsors, benefactors, friends

Our special thanks to the corporate and individual sponsors of The Earhart Project, without whom nothing would be possible.

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And all the members of TIGHAR

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