She's back. TIGHAR is, again, looking for Amelia Erhart on Gardner Island which is now marked Nikumaroro on maps due to changes in jurisdiction.

This has always been a story that has fascinated me since I was a little squirt. My Mother was a pilot who learned to fly in the early forties or late thirties. In my mind I think I identified my Mom and Amelia as the two most "famous women pilots of the forties" even though they never met each other, and I think my Mom was probably influenced by Amelia and not the other way around. My Mom was probably more famous with me than the general public.

TIGHAR (pronounced "tiger") stands for The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. I have no affiliation with them or any opinion of their work other than it is interesting. I am currently pondering donating a small amount of money to them (like 20 bucks or so) simply because I find their work fascinating.
They are a good mirror of what Amelia was all about in her day. She was an adventure seeker, but she marketed herself to scrape up extra money and outside support for her adventurous activities. So does TIGHAR, I have no problem with that.

They combine the two of the things that I find most interesting in life, archeology and puzzle solving. For today, read up on TIGHAR and see who they are at http://www.tighar.org/.

Later