Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:16 pm
I thought TIGHAR was going to quickly wrap this up with that landing gear in the water picture. It's all gone quiet.
Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:11 pm
Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:40 pm
Stephan Wilkinson wrote:
Hardly. The $2,200,000 seventh Nikumararu expedition casts off from Honolulu tomorrow (3 July) morning. You can read all about it at tighar.org.
Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:43 pm
Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:16 pm
Jesse C. wrote:Well, can someone tell me what TIGHAR has actually accomplished so far? I am serious, I have looked at their website and all I see are hands asking for money.
I am not just talking about Amelia, I mean, in general, what has been accomplished by TIGHAR?
The P-38 is still rotting, the Devastators are still out there and most likely will be ignored once they pull one up off San Diego's shores.
So, can anyone tell me? How about you Mr. Wilkinson? Tell me why I should not be so skeptical and jaded by all this, please.
Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:29 am
Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:46 am
Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:35 am
JohnB wrote:Why aren't they still looking for Nungesser and Coli?
Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:58 pm
Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:29 pm
What fascinates me is the enormous resource expenditure on a totally irrelevant effort. What really is being accomplished?
Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:19 pm
PinecastleAAF wrote:What fascinates me is the enormous resource expenditure on a totally irrelevant effort. What really is being accomplished?
It is an impressive accomplishment that A.E. is still keeping one man employed after all these years.
Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:48 am
RobC wrote:I think about the Titanic and with the benefit of hindsight, did anyone benefit from more than a purely financial and ego standpoint? I think not.
Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:29 pm
Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:14 pm
Cubs wrote:We here's my 2 cents.
Why climb Mt. Everest? Because of the challenge. The AE disappearance is the Everest of aviation mysteries. At least that's how I think other people look at this.
For many years, I was content, with the knowledge, that she and Noonan couldn't locate Howland and perished at sea.For whatever reason.
I was curious as to exactly what happened just like I am about any aviation accident. To perhaps learn something. Lately, with all the mainstream public theories abounding, some seem just outlandish and pure fabrication, others are plausible. Still, there is a lot of wrong information out there, and just for the sake of the truth, I would like for someone to find the missing aircraft/aviators.
Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:36 pm