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Re: TIGHAR

Posted by John H on Tue Jan 20, 2004 04:04:47 AM

In reply top Combat veteran aircraft posted by Rob Rohr on Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:07:46 PM

Tighar, and specifically Richard Gillespie, are nothing but scam artists. They make a living apparently off this..running off to south pacific islands, finding pieces of metal from PBY's then holding newsconferences stating they've "solved the Amelia Earhart mystery." As far as I can remember, they've never restored any airplanes or recovered anything that could be restored or is in a museum...(correct me if I'm wrong.) TIGHAR have been long hated by legitimate warbird operators, restoration shops and museums, because everybody knows they are a joke. The gullible general news media eats it up, because they don't know any better.

John Harjo

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