Earhart Story Questioned Editors Note seems weve started quite little controversy February cover Thats such bad thingone could say weve also started dialogue issue vast interest aviation enthusiasts including modelers case issue fate Amelia Earharts plane February cover below featured AMA member Bill Harney scale model Earharts Lockheed JOE Electra photos used help identify artifacts linked what believed remnants plane letter below clearly indicates historical evidence often matter dispute thought would interest readers run letter response TIGHAR Executive Director Richard Gillespie Editor make reference cover picture accompanying item page 5 February 1993 edition Model Aviation Please advised contrary what Mr Bill Harney may think single shred credible evidence links Amelia Earhart Nikumorara Gardner Island International Group Historic Aircraft Recovery TIGHAR has collected hundreds thousands dollars individuals make trips Gardner Island look Amelia Earhart fact never TIGHAR claim remnant found Nikumorara came Earhart aircraft has totally disproved discredited qualified competent authority example 1 The man charge assembling Amelia Earhart s plane said piece aluminum found remote atoll couldnt possibly have come aviators Lockheed Electra close said Ed Werner now-retired Lockheed foreman compared dimen sions shape piece aluminum duplicate Earhart plane Western Museum Oaldand California didnt fit anywhere planenot anywhere Werner went say rivet holes Earhart airplane three inches apart piece alumi num four inches apart 2 Harvey Christen 81 Pasadena California formerly charge quality control Lockheed Earhart s plane repaired said repairs would have match engineering drawings couldnt make changes CAA approval complete retooling 3 Elgin Long former airline captain impeccable flying credentials Earhart researcher over 20 years said examined TIGHAR-found aluminum compared Oakland California museum Electra remnant did come Amelia Earharts airplane other Lockheed Electra 4 Fred Goerner regarded foremost Earhart researchers said TIGHAR slicing baloney little thicker year Finding piece metal islands no trick Tens thousands aircraft manufactured Lockheed others using same type material construction air route WW II fighters bombers South Pacific overflew Gardner Island after departing Canton Island 5 The staff National Air Space Museum doesnt endorse theory 6 The editor Aviation Heritage magazine does accept Reineck continued page 71 Editor am pleased respond Mr Reineck s objections Model Aviations quite correct assertion its February 1993 issue Remnants wlat believed Amelia Earharts aircraft discovered 1991. International Group Historic Aircraft Recovery TIGHAR As nonprofit foundations executive director leader expedition recovered artifacts am familiar research has done will address points raised Although has spelling wrong its Nikumaroro Mr Reineck correct shred credible evidence links Amelia Earhart Nikumorara sic Island count present stands seven independent documents artifacts establish island site Earhart tragedy Mr Reineck also correct TIGHAR has raised hundreds thousands dollars its investigation Earhart disappearance date something over $750000 tax-deductible contributions has given TIGHARs broad international membership individuals dedicated responsible avia tion archeology As whether TIGHARs findings have totally disproved dis credited qualified competent authority will let Model Aviations readers judge themselves 1 Mr Reineck former Lockheed foreman quotes have totally missed point concerning identification section aircraft skin belly Earhart s aircraft rebuilt following March 20 1937 accident Hawaii Lockheed repair orders describing work file National Air & Space Museum confirm belly structure restricted category airplane significantly altered strengthened time skin found Nikumaroro does should fit airplane Oakland stretch imagination duplicate Earharts does however match alloy surface coating skin thickness manufacturers labeling rivet type rivet size number stringers stringer taper Lockheed Electra Werner worked assembly Earharts airplane 1936 involved repairs done year later 2 Harvey Christen right about need CAA approval although Bureau Air Commerce 1937 81 can certainly forgiven remembering new Lockheed engineering drawings pertaining repair Earharts airplane approved BAC April 29 1937 3 Elgen Long fine gentleman own agenda concerning Earharts fate first admit structures man based comments. opinions Werner Christen Gillespie continued page 71 6 Model Aviation eck Continued page 6 pat explanation 7 The editor Air Classics magazine states Earhart mystery still exactly thata mystery 8 The National Transportation Safety Board governmental agency examined TIGHAR find says conclusions drawn its employees represent views Board 9 Joe Epperson senior metallurgist NTSB personally examined TIGHAR find does draw written conclusion beyond fact piece old aircraft aluminum certain type rivet holes have seriously researching Earhart mystery over 22 years dont know legitimate competent Earhart research Im talking researchers 10 30 years experience researching precise subject compared TIGHARs three years agree TIGHARs conclusions firm conclusion answer Earhart mystery does lie Pacific lost secret files Washington DC Senator Daniel K Jnouye senior senator Hawaii has recently agreed initiate legislation similar JFK case will free up Earhart information now held Federal government make available public Such action long overdue will put end ridiculous claims specious rumors have plagued event past 55 years Rollin C Reineck Colonel USAF ret Kailua Hawaii PS tried contact Mr Hamey phone told has unlisted number completes model Electra will note because position gear large engine nacelles below wing doubtful underside fuselage received major damage needed repair result Luke Field ground loop confirmed official report made Hawaii just after accident Gillespie Continued page 6 4 Fred Goerner seems know great deai about what easy find islands has never talk about common piece aluminum despite exhaustive searches TIGHAR its critics no has come up better fit part aircraft match Earharts 5 The Smithsonian Institution holds copyright 1989 book Doris Rich Amelia Earhart Biography takes no-one-will-ever-know stance regarding mystery questioned about Earhart NASM staff simply repeats party line feature article Smithsonian Air & Space magazine however admits TIGHARs artifacts fact persuasive 6 The editor Aviation Heritage like Mr Reineck relied solely secondhand often badly distorted press accounts TIGHARs evidence Nonetheless unlike Mr Reineck heartily endorsed further work Nikumaroro find evidence 7 As reader Air Classics knows magazine has long anti-TIGHAR editorial stance has much less Amelia Earhart does philosophical disagreement about principles aviation historic preservation 8 & 9 NTSB Lab generously did exactly what TIGHAR asked dotell us what stuff found made would have meant full Board investigation 56-year-old airplane accident Mr Reineck wants tax dollars spent Mr Reineck seems feel validity results somehow directly proportional number years spent research fails appreciate TIGHAR large interna tional network researchers conContinued page 73 Its Never Been Easier Fuel Up Fuel Better n Fueling plane outside used hassle Thanks new Sullivan Fuel Filler Valve 750 clever little in-line fuel filling valve makes filling tank outside really easy 750 no covers open no fuel line lines disconnect unlike complicated ifiler valves no rubber seals crack wear out Better still Sullivan 750 compatible both gasoline go fuels lets switch back forth between fry doing other fuel valve Using brass fill tube instead machined fuel connector 750 about half price other fuel filler valves So youre sick tired over-priced com- 1111191 vUI~ plicated fuel filler valves pick up Sullivan F PRODUCTS today Youll fuel better no time PO Box 5166 Baltimore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground May1993 71 Gillespie Continued page 71 tributing common effort four years three TIGHAR organization has assembled original source material accomplished field investigation could single individual lifetime legitimate competent researchers Mr Reineck refers share own conviction its big conspiracy last diehards old Japanese-man-take-ladyflier-Saipan school Earhart theorizers lack evidence proof cover-up denials knowledge admissions guilt Senator Inouye tells simply no secret government files Amelia Earhart response sure Aba meantime TIGHAR will present its evidence before panel scholars US Naval Institute Annapolis Maryland April 28 1993 September will return Nikumaroro try learn about last days Amelia Earhart Model Aviation readers would like learn about TIGHAR may write free information packet TIGHAR 2812 Fawkes Drive Wilmington DE 19808 Richard E Gillespie Executive Director TIGHAR AMA Homecoming Continued page 63 spring 93 property begins look open expansive last year An old farmstead halfway between museum main flying site accompanying 15 acres dense under brush old silos etc being removed writing same general vicinity approximately 30 acres underbrush volunteer trees being cleared tree line old fence row projected property south border also being cleared along few isolated areas shrubs volunteer trees will improve site greatly free-flight activity will enhance overall appearance necessary step other flying areas developed After years experience satisfied grading main flying site also dissatisfied size pit area main site change spectator fence has pulled back allowing increased area modeling pits entire site has regraded eliminate small swale work begun January installation 18-inch drain tile system beneath pit spectator areas counter potential erosion problems provide flatter useful area spectators pits keep us pitting dirt 1993 well has installed near flying site pavilion pump motor has wired multiple outlets have provided well has capacity 150 gallons minute will used nurture sod will laid spectator pit areas mid late April Because will have fresh sod early spring visitors fliers will encouraged traffic paved areas will allow sod get good hold dont walk death have good grass surface site will mid-June before sod established goal keep foot traffic cars etc off sod until weekend Homecoming June 19-20 AMA members returning National Hying Site 93 will able see expansion clear space additional grass fields replacing standing crops wellsodded spectator pit area kept verdant new well addition ornamental shrubs have added property entrance drive now has dwarf pear trees picnic areas better defined using shrubs flowering trees substantial amount grass seed Continued page 75 NowYou Can Workout Any Kind Weather Stay Turn Experienced flyers know extreme temperature changes can make best push-rods expand contract usually means retrinuning youre using new Sullivan Precision Gold-N-Rods Built withstand just about anything Mother Nature can dish out Sullivan Precision has inner rod made carbon fiber composite thermally matched fiber glass wood Which means other rods expanding contracting Precision working like flexible arrow shaft So dont have trim time temper ature changes Tougher nylon push-rods Sullivan Precisions flexible depen able easy-to-install So fly over dealer check out new iiittiiii Sullivans Rain shine theyre ready go 7 PRODUCTS workP0 Box 5166 Baltimore MO 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground May1993 73
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/05
Page Numbers: 6, 71, 73
Earhart Story Questioned Editors Note seems weve started quite little controversy February cover Thats such bad thingone could say weve also started dialogue issue vast interest aviation enthusiasts including modelers case issue fate Amelia Earharts plane February cover below featured AMA member Bill Harney scale model Earharts Lockheed JOE Electra photos used help identify artifacts linked what believed remnants plane letter below clearly indicates historical evidence often matter dispute thought would interest readers run letter response TIGHAR Executive Director Richard Gillespie Editor make reference cover picture accompanying item page 5 February 1993 edition Model Aviation Please advised contrary what Mr Bill Harney may think single shred credible evidence links Amelia Earhart Nikumorara Gardner Island International Group Historic Aircraft Recovery TIGHAR has collected hundreds thousands dollars individuals make trips Gardner Island look Amelia Earhart fact never TIGHAR claim remnant found Nikumorara came Earhart aircraft has totally disproved discredited qualified competent authority example 1 The man charge assembling Amelia Earhart s plane said piece aluminum found remote atoll couldnt possibly have come aviators Lockheed Electra close said Ed Werner now-retired Lockheed foreman compared dimen sions shape piece aluminum duplicate Earhart plane Western Museum Oaldand California didnt fit anywhere planenot anywhere Werner went say rivet holes Earhart airplane three inches apart piece alumi num four inches apart 2 Harvey Christen 81 Pasadena California formerly charge quality control Lockheed Earhart s plane repaired said repairs would have match engineering drawings couldnt make changes CAA approval complete retooling 3 Elgin Long former airline captain impeccable flying credentials Earhart researcher over 20 years said examined TIGHAR-found aluminum compared Oakland California museum Electra remnant did come Amelia Earharts airplane other Lockheed Electra 4 Fred Goerner regarded foremost Earhart researchers said TIGHAR slicing baloney little thicker year Finding piece metal islands no trick Tens thousands aircraft manufactured Lockheed others using same type material construction air route WW II fighters bombers South Pacific overflew Gardner Island after departing Canton Island 5 The staff National Air Space Museum doesnt endorse theory 6 The editor Aviation Heritage magazine does accept Reineck continued page 71 Editor am pleased respond Mr Reineck s objections Model Aviations quite correct assertion its February 1993 issue Remnants wlat believed Amelia Earharts aircraft discovered 1991. International Group Historic Aircraft Recovery TIGHAR As nonprofit foundations executive director leader expedition recovered artifacts am familiar research has done will address points raised Although has spelling wrong its Nikumaroro Mr Reineck correct shred credible evidence links Amelia Earhart Nikumorara sic Island count present stands seven independent documents artifacts establish island site Earhart tragedy Mr Reineck also correct TIGHAR has raised hundreds thousands dollars its investigation Earhart disappearance date something over $750000 tax-deductible contributions has given TIGHARs broad international membership individuals dedicated responsible avia tion archeology As whether TIGHARs findings have totally disproved dis credited qualified competent authority will let Model Aviations readers judge themselves 1 Mr Reineck former Lockheed foreman quotes have totally missed point concerning identification section aircraft skin belly Earhart s aircraft rebuilt following March 20 1937 accident Hawaii Lockheed repair orders describing work file National Air & Space Museum confirm belly structure restricted category airplane significantly altered strengthened time skin found Nikumaroro does should fit airplane Oakland stretch imagination duplicate Earharts does however match alloy surface coating skin thickness manufacturers labeling rivet type rivet size number stringers stringer taper Lockheed Electra Werner worked assembly Earharts airplane 1936 involved repairs done year later 2 Harvey Christen right about need CAA approval although Bureau Air Commerce 1937 81 can certainly forgiven remembering new Lockheed engineering drawings pertaining repair Earharts airplane approved BAC April 29 1937 3 Elgen Long fine gentleman own agenda concerning Earharts fate first admit structures man based comments. opinions Werner Christen Gillespie continued page 71 6 Model Aviation eck Continued page 6 pat explanation 7 The editor Air Classics magazine states Earhart mystery still exactly thata mystery 8 The National Transportation Safety Board governmental agency examined TIGHAR find says conclusions drawn its employees represent views Board 9 Joe Epperson senior metallurgist NTSB personally examined TIGHAR find does draw written conclusion beyond fact piece old aircraft aluminum certain type rivet holes have seriously researching Earhart mystery over 22 years dont know legitimate competent Earhart research Im talking researchers 10 30 years experience researching precise subject compared TIGHARs three years agree TIGHARs conclusions firm conclusion answer Earhart mystery does lie Pacific lost secret files Washington DC Senator Daniel K Jnouye senior senator Hawaii has recently agreed initiate legislation similar JFK case will free up Earhart information now held Federal government make available public Such action long overdue will put end ridiculous claims specious rumors have plagued event past 55 years Rollin C Reineck Colonel USAF ret Kailua Hawaii PS tried contact Mr Hamey phone told has unlisted number completes model Electra will note because position gear large engine nacelles below wing doubtful underside fuselage received major damage needed repair result Luke Field ground loop confirmed official report made Hawaii just after accident Gillespie Continued page 6 4 Fred Goerner seems know great deai about what easy find islands has never talk about common piece aluminum despite exhaustive searches TIGHAR its critics no has come up better fit part aircraft match Earharts 5 The Smithsonian Institution holds copyright 1989 book Doris Rich Amelia Earhart Biography takes no-one-will-ever-know stance regarding mystery questioned about Earhart NASM staff simply repeats party line feature article Smithsonian Air & Space magazine however admits TIGHARs artifacts fact persuasive 6 The editor Aviation Heritage like Mr Reineck relied solely secondhand often badly distorted press accounts TIGHARs evidence Nonetheless unlike Mr Reineck heartily endorsed further work Nikumaroro find evidence 7 As reader Air Classics knows magazine has long anti-TIGHAR editorial stance has much less Amelia Earhart does philosophical disagreement about principles aviation historic preservation 8 & 9 NTSB Lab generously did exactly what TIGHAR asked dotell us what stuff found made would have meant full Board investigation 56-year-old airplane accident Mr Reineck wants tax dollars spent Mr Reineck seems feel validity results somehow directly proportional number years spent research fails appreciate TIGHAR large interna tional network researchers conContinued page 73 Its Never Been Easier Fuel Up Fuel Better n Fueling plane outside used hassle Thanks new Sullivan Fuel Filler Valve 750 clever little in-line fuel filling valve makes filling tank outside really easy 750 no covers open no fuel line lines disconnect unlike complicated ifiler valves no rubber seals crack wear out Better still Sullivan 750 compatible both gasoline go fuels lets switch back forth between fry doing other fuel valve Using brass fill tube instead machined fuel connector 750 about half price other fuel filler valves So youre sick tired over-priced com- 1111191 vUI~ plicated fuel filler valves pick up Sullivan F PRODUCTS today Youll fuel better no time PO Box 5166 Baltimore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground May1993 71 Gillespie Continued page 71 tributing common effort four years three TIGHAR organization has assembled original source material accomplished field investigation could single individual lifetime legitimate competent researchers Mr Reineck refers share own conviction its big conspiracy last diehards old Japanese-man-take-ladyflier-Saipan school Earhart theorizers lack evidence proof cover-up denials knowledge admissions guilt Senator Inouye tells simply no secret government files Amelia Earhart response sure Aba meantime TIGHAR will present its evidence before panel scholars US Naval Institute Annapolis Maryland April 28 1993 September will return Nikumaroro try learn about last days Amelia Earhart Model Aviation readers would like learn about TIGHAR may write free information packet TIGHAR 2812 Fawkes Drive Wilmington DE 19808 Richard E Gillespie Executive Director TIGHAR AMA Homecoming Continued page 63 spring 93 property begins look open expansive last year An old farmstead halfway between museum main flying site accompanying 15 acres dense under brush old silos etc being removed writing same general vicinity approximately 30 acres underbrush volunteer trees being cleared tree line old fence row projected property south border also being cleared along few isolated areas shrubs volunteer trees will improve site greatly free-flight activity will enhance overall appearance necessary step other flying areas developed After years experience satisfied grading main flying site also dissatisfied size pit area main site change spectator fence has pulled back allowing increased area modeling pits entire site has regraded eliminate small swale work begun January installation 18-inch drain tile system beneath pit spectator areas counter potential erosion problems provide flatter useful area spectators pits keep us pitting dirt 1993 well has installed near flying site pavilion pump motor has wired multiple outlets have provided well has capacity 150 gallons minute will used nurture sod will laid spectator pit areas mid late April Because will have fresh sod early spring visitors fliers will encouraged traffic paved areas will allow sod get good hold dont walk death have good grass surface site will mid-June before sod established goal keep foot traffic cars etc off sod until weekend Homecoming June 19-20 AMA members returning National Hying Site 93 will able see expansion clear space additional grass fields replacing standing crops wellsodded spectator pit area kept verdant new well addition ornamental shrubs have added property entrance drive now has dwarf pear trees picnic areas better defined using shrubs flowering trees substantial amount grass seed Continued page 75 NowYou Can Workout Any Kind Weather Stay Turn Experienced flyers know extreme temperature changes can make best push-rods expand contract usually means retrinuning youre using new Sullivan Precision Gold-N-Rods Built withstand just about anything Mother Nature can dish out Sullivan Precision has inner rod made carbon fiber composite thermally matched fiber glass wood Which means other rods expanding contracting Precision working like flexible arrow shaft So dont have trim time temper ature changes Tougher nylon push-rods Sullivan Precisions flexible depen able easy-to-install So fly over dealer check out new iiittiiii Sullivans Rain shine theyre ready go 7 PRODUCTS workP0 Box 5166 Baltimore MO 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground May1993 73
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/05
Page Numbers: 6, 71, 73
Earhart Story Questioned Editors Note seems weve started quite little controversy February cover Thats such bad thingone could say weve also started dialogue issue vast interest aviation enthusiasts including modelers case issue fate Amelia Earharts plane February cover below featured AMA member Bill Harney scale model Earharts Lockheed JOE Electra photos used help identify artifacts linked what believed remnants plane letter below clearly indicates historical evidence often matter dispute thought would interest readers run letter response TIGHAR Executive Director Richard Gillespie Editor make reference cover picture accompanying item page 5 February 1993 edition Model Aviation Please advised contrary what Mr Bill Harney may think single shred credible evidence links Amelia Earhart Nikumorara Gardner Island International Group Historic Aircraft Recovery TIGHAR has collected hundreds thousands dollars individuals make trips Gardner Island look Amelia Earhart fact never TIGHAR claim remnant found Nikumorara came Earhart aircraft has totally disproved discredited qualified competent authority example 1 The man charge assembling Amelia Earhart s plane said piece aluminum found remote atoll couldnt possibly have come aviators Lockheed Electra close said Ed Werner now-retired Lockheed foreman compared dimen sions shape piece aluminum duplicate Earhart plane Western Museum Oaldand California didnt fit anywhere planenot anywhere Werner went say rivet holes Earhart airplane three inches apart piece alumi num four inches apart 2 Harvey Christen 81 Pasadena California formerly charge quality control Lockheed Earhart s plane repaired said repairs would have match engineering drawings couldnt make changes CAA approval complete retooling 3 Elgin Long former airline captain impeccable flying credentials Earhart researcher over 20 years said examined TIGHAR-found aluminum compared Oakland California museum Electra remnant did come Amelia Earharts airplane other Lockheed Electra 4 Fred Goerner regarded foremost Earhart researchers said TIGHAR slicing baloney little thicker year Finding piece metal islands no trick Tens thousands aircraft manufactured Lockheed others using same type material construction air route WW II fighters bombers South Pacific overflew Gardner Island after departing Canton Island 5 The staff National Air Space Museum doesnt endorse theory 6 The editor Aviation Heritage magazine does accept Reineck continued page 71 Editor am pleased respond Mr Reineck s objections Model Aviations quite correct assertion its February 1993 issue Remnants wlat believed Amelia Earharts aircraft discovered 1991. International Group Historic Aircraft Recovery TIGHAR As nonprofit foundations executive director leader expedition recovered artifacts am familiar research has done will address points raised Although has spelling wrong its Nikumaroro Mr Reineck correct shred credible evidence links Amelia Earhart Nikumorara sic Island count present stands seven independent documents artifacts establish island site Earhart tragedy Mr Reineck also correct TIGHAR has raised hundreds thousands dollars its investigation Earhart disappearance date something over $750000 tax-deductible contributions has given TIGHARs broad international membership individuals dedicated responsible avia tion archeology As whether TIGHARs findings have totally disproved dis credited qualified competent authority will let Model Aviations readers judge themselves 1 Mr Reineck former Lockheed foreman quotes have totally missed point concerning identification section aircraft skin belly Earhart s aircraft rebuilt following March 20 1937 accident Hawaii Lockheed repair orders describing work file National Air & Space Museum confirm belly structure restricted category airplane significantly altered strengthened time skin found Nikumaroro does should fit airplane Oakland stretch imagination duplicate Earharts does however match alloy surface coating skin thickness manufacturers labeling rivet type rivet size number stringers stringer taper Lockheed Electra Werner worked assembly Earharts airplane 1936 involved repairs done year later 2 Harvey Christen right about need CAA approval although Bureau Air Commerce 1937 81 can certainly forgiven remembering new Lockheed engineering drawings pertaining repair Earharts airplane approved BAC April 29 1937 3 Elgen Long fine gentleman own agenda concerning Earharts fate first admit structures man based comments. opinions Werner Christen Gillespie continued page 71 6 Model Aviation eck Continued page 6 pat explanation 7 The editor Air Classics magazine states Earhart mystery still exactly thata mystery 8 The National Transportation Safety Board governmental agency examined TIGHAR find says conclusions drawn its employees represent views Board 9 Joe Epperson senior metallurgist NTSB personally examined TIGHAR find does draw written conclusion beyond fact piece old aircraft aluminum certain type rivet holes have seriously researching Earhart mystery over 22 years dont know legitimate competent Earhart research Im talking researchers 10 30 years experience researching precise subject compared TIGHARs three years agree TIGHARs conclusions firm conclusion answer Earhart mystery does lie Pacific lost secret files Washington DC Senator Daniel K Jnouye senior senator Hawaii has recently agreed initiate legislation similar JFK case will free up Earhart information now held Federal government make available public Such action long overdue will put end ridiculous claims specious rumors have plagued event past 55 years Rollin C Reineck Colonel USAF ret Kailua Hawaii PS tried contact Mr Hamey phone told has unlisted number completes model Electra will note because position gear large engine nacelles below wing doubtful underside fuselage received major damage needed repair result Luke Field ground loop confirmed official report made Hawaii just after accident Gillespie Continued page 6 4 Fred Goerner seems know great deai about what easy find islands has never talk about common piece aluminum despite exhaustive searches TIGHAR its critics no has come up better fit part aircraft match Earharts 5 The Smithsonian Institution holds copyright 1989 book Doris Rich Amelia Earhart Biography takes no-one-will-ever-know stance regarding mystery questioned about Earhart NASM staff simply repeats party line feature article Smithsonian Air & Space magazine however admits TIGHARs artifacts fact persuasive 6 The editor Aviation Heritage like Mr Reineck relied solely secondhand often badly distorted press accounts TIGHARs evidence Nonetheless unlike Mr Reineck heartily endorsed further work Nikumaroro find evidence 7 As reader Air Classics knows magazine has long anti-TIGHAR editorial stance has much less Amelia Earhart does philosophical disagreement about principles aviation historic preservation 8 & 9 NTSB Lab generously did exactly what TIGHAR asked dotell us what stuff found made would have meant full Board investigation 56-year-old airplane accident Mr Reineck wants tax dollars spent Mr Reineck seems feel validity results somehow directly proportional number years spent research fails appreciate TIGHAR large interna tional network researchers conContinued page 73 Its Never Been Easier Fuel Up Fuel Better n Fueling plane outside used hassle Thanks new Sullivan Fuel Filler Valve 750 clever little in-line fuel filling valve makes filling tank outside really easy 750 no covers open no fuel line lines disconnect unlike complicated ifiler valves no rubber seals crack wear out Better still Sullivan 750 compatible both gasoline go fuels lets switch back forth between fry doing other fuel valve Using brass fill tube instead machined fuel connector 750 about half price other fuel filler valves So youre sick tired over-priced com- 1111191 vUI~ plicated fuel filler valves pick up Sullivan F PRODUCTS today Youll fuel better no time PO Box 5166 Baltimore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground May1993 71 Gillespie Continued page 71 tributing common effort four years three TIGHAR organization has assembled original source material accomplished field investigation could single individual lifetime legitimate competent researchers Mr Reineck refers share own conviction its big conspiracy last diehards old Japanese-man-take-ladyflier-Saipan school Earhart theorizers lack evidence proof cover-up denials knowledge admissions guilt Senator Inouye tells simply no secret government files Amelia Earhart response sure Aba meantime TIGHAR will present its evidence before panel scholars US Naval Institute Annapolis Maryland April 28 1993 September will return Nikumaroro try learn about last days Amelia Earhart Model Aviation readers would like learn about TIGHAR may write free information packet TIGHAR 2812 Fawkes Drive Wilmington DE 19808 Richard E Gillespie Executive Director TIGHAR AMA Homecoming Continued page 63 spring 93 property begins look open expansive last year An old farmstead halfway between museum main flying site accompanying 15 acres dense under brush old silos etc being removed writing same general vicinity approximately 30 acres underbrush volunteer trees being cleared tree line old fence row projected property south border also being cleared along few isolated areas shrubs volunteer trees will improve site greatly free-flight activity will enhance overall appearance necessary step other flying areas developed After years experience satisfied grading main flying site also dissatisfied size pit area main site change spectator fence has pulled back allowing increased area modeling pits entire site has regraded eliminate small swale work begun January installation 18-inch drain tile system beneath pit spectator areas counter potential erosion problems provide flatter useful area spectators pits keep us pitting dirt 1993 well has installed near flying site pavilion pump motor has wired multiple outlets have provided well has capacity 150 gallons minute will used nurture sod will laid spectator pit areas mid late April Because will have fresh sod early spring visitors fliers will encouraged traffic paved areas will allow sod get good hold dont walk death have good grass surface site will mid-June before sod established goal keep foot traffic cars etc off sod until weekend Homecoming June 19-20 AMA members returning National Hying Site 93 will able see expansion clear space additional grass fields replacing standing crops wellsodded spectator pit area kept verdant new well addition ornamental shrubs have added property entrance drive now has dwarf pear trees picnic areas better defined using shrubs flowering trees substantial amount grass seed Continued page 75 NowYou Can Workout Any Kind Weather Stay Turn Experienced flyers know extreme temperature changes can make best push-rods expand contract usually means retrinuning youre using new Sullivan Precision Gold-N-Rods Built withstand just about anything Mother Nature can dish out Sullivan Precision has inner rod made carbon fiber composite thermally matched fiber glass wood Which means other rods expanding contracting Precision working like flexible arrow shaft So dont have trim time temper ature changes Tougher nylon push-rods Sullivan Precisions flexible depen able easy-to-install So fly over dealer check out new iiittiiii Sullivans Rain shine theyre ready go 7 PRODUCTS workP0 Box 5166 Baltimore MO 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground May1993 73