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Well but John n/t
Posted by Rob Rohr on Tue Jan 20, 2004 07:00:35 PM
In reply top Re: TIGHAR posted by John H on Tue Jan 20, 2004 04:04:47 AM
: Tighar, and specifically Richard Gillespie, are nothing bu
: t scam artists. They make a living apparently off this..ru
: nning off to south pacific islands, finding pieces of meta
: l from PBY's then holding newsconferences stating they've
: "solved the Amelia Earhart mystery." As far as I can remem
: ber, they've never restored any airplanes or recovered any
: thing that could be restored or is in a museum...(correct
: me if I'm wrong.) TIGHAR have been long hated by legitimat
: e warbird operators, restoration shops and museums, becaus
: e everybody knows they are a joke. The gullible general ne
: ws media eats it up, because they don't know any better.
:
: John Harjo