Greetings everyone! As we enter the month of May, it made me think back to another May in 1936 when the Hawaii Clipper was christened in the still waters of Pearl Harbor between Ford Island and Pearl City. My fellow traveler and filmmaker colleague, Jeff Riegel, and I visited that very spot last year and…
Category: On Mission
Life in an Archive: A Visit to the Pan Am Collection
Reprinted article by Steve Hersh and Jason Sylvestre with permission from the University of Miami: http://library.miami.edu/blog/2015/02/16/life-in-an-archive-a-visit-to-the-pan-am-collection/ Life in an Archive_ A Visit to the Pan Am Collection _ University of Miami Library
Re-Researching the Richter Library
Recently, I visited the Richter Library to assess their effort of re-cataloging the massive Pan Am Airways. Wow, what a difference! On my last visit, I went through nearly twenty boxes of photos… this time, only five. Why? There is so much more to see and now items are in their proper order. Great job…
Goodbye to 2014
What a year! 2014 lived up to and even exceeded the expectations for how I, and many others, thought the year would play out. The good news of 2014 for me was that we finally solved the existence and location of the “concrete hospital slab.” The bad news is IF the passengers and crew of…
Hawaii Clipper Project Interview by Author Christine Negroni
Book Aviation Author and Television News Correspondent Christine Negroni took time out of her busy writing schedule to interview Guy Noffsinger about the Hawaii Clipper and its historic parallels to other commercial flight vanishings. The exchange was both energetic and mutually rewarding as the two seasoned aircraft researchers compared notes and exchanged ideas and theories…
Back in the USA
Hi everyone, It has been a couple of weeks since we have been back and I am still combing though video, photos and data we acquired. I know that some of you want a definitive answer on our search results but that will take much more time. The reason is that although we found “the”…
Notes from the Field…
Today, Jeff and I are conducting a site survey at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on the beaches of Waikiki. This location was the overnight accommodation for Pan Am Clipper passengers transiting from the US to points in Asia. The hotel still retains its characteristic coral pink hue but is now a modern facility with all…
August 19th
With any glorious sunrise, optimism abounds when plowing a mirror-like tropical lagoon for what I had hoped would be THE day that I have been hoping for. After fourteen plus years, I had found the exact location Amelia Earhart researcher Joe Gervias and his contemporary researcher, Charlie Hill, had both adamantly claimed that the remains…
First Day Just Wrapped…
And we found remnants of an old Japanese medical facility under the newer slab. The good news is that I am certain we are in the correct location because of numerous factors. The bad news, the old Japanese slab has been demolished (probably in the early 1980″s) to use as filler material for a larger…
Today is the Day…
Today is the day. Either we find the resting place of 15 missing Americans or I learn that I’ve wasted 15 years of my life in search of a ghost. Crossing fingers here in Micronesia!
Slab Found!
Arrived in Truk Lagoon on Tuesday and quickly departed the following morning to investigate a lead as to where the slab in question was located. By mid day, we believe we have finally found the elusive slab! That’s right! You heard it right. WE FOUND THE SLAB! Now, after several days of negotiating with the…
The Lost Clipper - The mission to bring 15 forgotten Americans home 