Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN HOW TO USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF INQUIRY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THE ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL MISSION IS CARRIED OUT IN THE CONTEXT OF INVESTIGATING FAMOUS HISTORICAL AVIATION MYSTERIES. THE ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM SERVICES DEMONSTRATE HOW TO CONDUCT PRIMARY SOURCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH, FORMULATE INFORMED HYPOTHESES, AND TEST THE HYPOTHESES THROUGH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND FORENSIC DATA ANALYSIS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES RESEARCH SERVICES AND GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUAL COLLECTORS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND MUSEUMS IN RESPONSIBLE AVIATION HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THE EARHART PROJECT - ONGOING INVESTIGATION (SINCE 1988) INTO THE 1937 DISAPPEARANCE OF PILOT AMELIA EARHART AND NAVIGATOR FREDERICK NOONAN. THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDES ARCHAEOLOGICAL SEARCH AND RECOVERY EXPEDITIONS, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS. TO DATE, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ESTABLISHING, TO A GREATER THAN 99% DEGREE OF CERTAINTY, THAT THE MISSING FLYERS DIED ON THE UNINHABITED PACIFIC ISLAND OF NIKUMARORO. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH INCLUDES PUBLICATION OF BOOKS, THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND ARTICLES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS JOURNAL TIGHAR TRACKS, POSTINGS AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA DESCRIBING RESEARCH RESULTS AND METHODOLOGY. OPEN-SOURCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH VIA THE ORGANIZATIONS ON-LINE FORUM, IN-PERSON AND SKYPE PRESENTATIONS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE UNIVERSITY GROUPS, PRESENTATION TO CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATIONS FREE AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE INCLUDLES THE WORLDS LARGEST ARCHIVE OF PRIMARY SOURCE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE EARHART DISAPPEARANCE.
GLENN MILLER INVESTIGATION - ONGOING INVESTIGATION (SINCE 2017) INTO THE WARTIME DISAPPEARANCE OF ICONIC BAND LEADER MAJ. GLENN MILLER ABOARD A U. S. ARMY AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT IN 1944. THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDES ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, DATA ANALYSIS, AND MAY INCLUDE ARCHAELOLGICAL SEARCH AND RECOVERY. TO DATE, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ESTABLISHING THE DOCUMENTED CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE FATAL FLIGHT. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH INCLUDES THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND ARTICLES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS JOURNAL TIGHAR TRACKS, POSTINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA DESCRIBING THE RESEARCH RESULTS AND METHODOLOGY, AND OPEN-SOURCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH VIA THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE.
PROJECT MIDNIGHT GHOST - ONGOING INVESTIGATION (SINCE 1985) INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC AVIATORS CHARLES NUNGESSER AND FRANCOIS COLI TEN DAYS BEFORE THE CHARLES LINDBERGHS 1927 FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS. THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDES ARCHAEOLOGICAL SEARCH AND RECOVERY EXPEDITIONS, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH INCLUDES THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND ARTICLES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS JOURNAL TIGHAR TRACKS, POSTINGS AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA DESCRIBING RESEARCH RESULTS AND METHODOLOGY, OPEN-SOURCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH VIA THE ORGANIZATIONS ON-LINE FORUM. PRIMARY SOURCE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION ARE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ON THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Patricia Thrasher | PRESIDENT/TR | 30 | $32,917 |
| Richard Gillespie | EXEC. DIRECT | 60 | $32,917 |
| Gary Quigg | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Lee Paynter | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| John Masterson | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Mark Smith | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Andrew Mckenna | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| William Carter | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Glickman | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
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