TIGHAR Tracks
TIGHAR Tracks, published four times each year, is the official publication of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. A subscription to TIGHAR Tracks is included as part of membership in the foundation.
First issue: 15 February 1985.
| Issue | Title | Subject | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 #1, 2/15/85 | The Agaiambo E | The B-17 in New Guinea. | B17 |
| Volume 1 #1, 2/15/85 | Operation Barnstormer | Aircraft in a barn in New York. | HP |
| Volume 1 #1, 2/15/85 | Rumor Mill | Condor; Buccaneer; P-26; June Bug. | RM |
| Volume 1 #1, 2/15/85 | Midnight Ghost | Report of field work in Maine. | PMG |
| Volume 1 #1, 2/15/85 | Public Exhibits 1985 | List of appearances. | PR |
| Volume 1 #2, 5/15/85 | Welcome | Welcome to new members. | PR |
| Volume 1 #2, 5/15/85 | Midnight Ghost | Technology to be deployed in field work. | PMG |
| Volume 1 #2, 5/15/85 | Operation Barnstormer | Aircraft and components for sale. | FS |
| Volume 1 #2, 5/15/85 | The Agaiambo E | Research progress on B-17. | B-17 |
| Volume 1 #2, 5/15/85 | Rumor Mill | Underground Luftwaffe, Lost Zeros, Hellcats and Catalinas. | RM |
| Volume 1 #2, 5/15/85 | The Swamp Orphan | P-47 research on NC swamp aircraft. | RM |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | Notice of Expedition | B-17 field work in New Guinea. | B-17 |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | Midnight Ghost | Report of field work. | PMG |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | The Rumor Mill | B-17 in Maine | RM |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | Operation Sepulchre | Report on research | OS |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | Operation Gold Rush | Research on WWII aircraft in Alaska | HP |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | Swamp Orphan | P-47 research project | RM |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | TIGHAR Travels | Report on what management did | MM |
| Volume 1 #3, 9/15/85 | Each One Reach One | Membership drive | MM |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | That They Might Escape the Teeth of Time | Preservation essay | HP |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | B-17E Recovery Expedition | Update on research and expedition | B-17 |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Round Up | Swamp Orphan, Alaska, stuff for sale | RM |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Midnight Ghost | Update on research and expeditions | PMG |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | The Rumor Mill | B-17 in Maine; B-24 etc. in PNG; Pittsburgh B-25 | RM |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Strictly Business | Taxes; chapters; expedition questionnaire; sponsor thanks | TB |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Proof of Concept | Project halted by PNG government. | B-17 |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Midnight Ghost | Second Lake hypothesis | PMG |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Annual Dinner | Announcement and invite; B-17 theme | FR |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Mission Update | Write-up of trip to B-17 | B-17 |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Operation Sepulchre | Research and progress | OS |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Rumor Mill | B-17 in Maine | RM |
| Volume 2 #1, 2/15/86 | Strictly Business | Richard Yersak on board; other board business; members and ex-members; B-17 expedition | TB |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | Aircraft to Artifact | Preservation essay | HP |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | Operation Sepulchre | OpSep sponsorship | OS |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | The Defense Does Not Rest | B-17 problems | B-17 |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | Midnight Ghost | PMG 1986 fieldwork – camping in the woods | PMG |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | Snow Job | Alaska explanations and history | HP |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | Crack Shots | Book and magazine reviews | RV |
| Volume 2 #3, 11/15/86 | Strictly Business | Members and ex-members; B-17 beads and trinkets | TB |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | To The Members | Welcome to new members | MM |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Curtain Call | PMG history lesson | PMG |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Dramatis Personae | Bios of Nungesser and Coli | PMG |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Midnight Ghost | General update | PMG |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Notice of Expedition | Search ops plan | PMG |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Member-To-Member | Member report on field work in Maine. | PMG |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Two Steps Forward – One Step Back | Agaiambo E progress and problems. | B-17 |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Operation Sepulchre | Research update | OS |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Rumor Mill | Greenland P-38s, Byrd’s Condor | RM |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Goingzon | Hunter hunt for Ed Stead; Connie for sale | FS |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Dear TIGHAR | Letters from members, including Mary Wickham Bond | LT |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Review and Comments | Book review, A Missing Plane | RV |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Strictly Business | Computer needs; Sun ’n’ Fun; financial statements | TB |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | For Sale | Beads and trinkets | FS |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Chuck & Frank’s Garage | Bob Gillespie’s Midnight Ghost cartoon. | HM |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | TIGHAR | Mission statement | MM |
| Volume 3 #1, 5/15/87 | Investigative Seminar | NASM seminar results | PMG |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | TIGHAR | Contents, mission statement, board list | MM |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | The Warbird Dilemma | Preservation essay | HP |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Dear TIGHAR | Letters from members and others | LT |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | New Evidence | Midnight Ghost stuff | PMG |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Notes From the Field | Expedition XI | PMG |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | One Less Loose End | Geoff Hurlbut’s article on flight suits | PMG |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Black Heart | Nungesser’s Coat of Arms | PMG |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Group Effort | Sponsor thanks, and listing of individual help | PMG |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | B-17 Recovery | Report on progress (none) | B-17 |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Operation Sepulchre | Research progress | OS |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Historic Aircraft Directory | Possibility of computerized directory | HP |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | The Rumor Mill | Berry in Montana, cigarette case; Ryan in Arizona | PMG/RM |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | The Aviation Archeologist | Flying searches | AA |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Taking it Personally | Funding issues | FR |
| Volume 3 #2, 8/15/87 | Strictly Business | Board and acknowledgements | TB |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Overview – The Warbird Dilemma II | Preservation essay. | HP |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Dear TIGHAR | Preservation comments from members | LT |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Project Midnight Ghost | Overview of the project | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Notes From the Field | PMG 12 and 13 | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Affairs of the Heart | PMG Black heart and motto | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Is There a French Major in the House? | Request for help translating report | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | L’Oiseau Blanc and the Lindbergh Legacy | How the two flights related to each other | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Unsolved Mysteries | The show about us | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Far Side | Cartooon: “Early Archeologists” | HM |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Group Effort | PMG fundraising | FR |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | L’Oiseau Blanc | Plans of aircraft | PMG |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Goin’ For It | Travis and TIGHAR problems | B-17 |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | A Shocking Tail | Ju88 tail with swastika | OS |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Members’ Exploits – Truk Odyssey | Alan Olson and Curt Newport | MM |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Rumor Mill | Cincinnati Airacobra; Greenland P-38s | RM |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Thanks for the Memories | Aviation archeologist: Witness testimony | AA |
| Volume 4 #1, 4/15/88 | Strictly Business | TIGHAR move; membership fee up to $35 | TB |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Overview | Editorial on TIGHAR’s future | FR |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Dear TIGHAR | Letters concerning new format | LT |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Notes From the Field | Report on PMG XIV | PMG |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Group Effort | PMG funding | PMG |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Calvin & Hobbes | Archeology cartoon | HM |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Amelia, Child & Pilot | Review of Amelia My Courageous Sister | RV/AE |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Members’ Exploits | B-47 and Ford Tri-Motor in Montana | MM |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | From the Ground Up | First offering of course | AA |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | 10 in 10 | Membership campaign | FR |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | The Case of the Boys in the Bunker | Report on Valhalla by Albrecht Weissman | OS |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | The Aviation Archeologist | Searching from the air | AA |
| Volume 4 #2, 7/15/88 | Strictly Business | Dues, addresses, etc. | TB |
| Volume 5 #1, 5/15/89 | Earhart Project Receives Diplomatic Approval | Kiribati gives approval to Niku I | AE |
| Volume 5 #1, 5/15/89 | Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters | Influence of the project. | PMG |
| Volume 5 #1, 5/15/89 | Project Midnight Ghost | Notes from the Field XVI | PMG |
| Volume 5 #1, 5/15/89 | Quick & Dirty | News briefs – SYMA | RM |
| Volume 5 #1, 5/15/89 | Strictly Business | New format. First produced on our own computer | TB |
| Volume 5 #2, 6/15/89 | All Ahead Full | Earhart Project update | AE |
| Volume 5 #2, 6/15/89 | Quick & Dirty | Greenland; Wildcat; PMG update | RM |
| Volume 5 #2, 6/15/89 | Historic Aircraft and Adaptive Use | Preservation essay | HP |
| Volume 5 #2, 6/15/89 | Wooden Witches | Review of Donahue’s book | RV |
| Volume 5 #2, 6/15/89 | Are You Certifiable | List of people who have taken course | AC |
| Volume 5 #2, 6/15/89 | Strictly Business | Renewals, directory, course schedule | TB |
| Volume 5 #3, 8/15/89 | Testing the Hypothesis | Departure of first Earhart expedition | AE |
| Volume 5 #3, 8/15/89 | Project Midnight Ghost | PMG XVII announcement | PMG |
| Volume 5 #3, 8/15/89 | Adaptive Use | Preservation and accident losses | HP |
| Volume 5 #3, 8/15/89 | Strictly Business | Renewals, directories, courses | TB |
| Volume 5 #4, 11/15/89 | Finding Amelia | Update on search | AE |
| Volume 5 #4, 11/15/89 | Quick & Dirty | Greenland; PMG 17 announcement | RM |
| Volume 5 #4, 11/15/89 | Adaptive Use | CAF A-20; P-51s | HP |
| Volume 5 #4, 11/15/89 | Strictly Business | Directory; course; orders | TB |
| Volume 5 #5, 12/15/89 | Artifact Identification & Analysis | Bookcase and lighter | AE |
| Volume 5 #5, 12/15/89 | Project Midnight Ghost | PMG 17 report | PMG |
| Volume 5 #5, 12/15/89 | Research Needed | AE – batteries, Sydney crash, J. L. Marks, Noonan | AE |
| Volume 5 #5, 12/15/89 | Where Does the Money Go | Pie chart of TIGHAR finances | TB |
| Volume 5 #5, 12/15/89 | Strictly Business | Tax deductions for members | TB |