Super Typhoon Maysak Strikes Truk Lagoon

On March 31 at 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), Super typhoon Maysak’s maximum sustained winds were near 140 knots (161.1 mph/ 259.3 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended 40 nautical miles (46 mile/74 km) from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extended 100 nautical miles (115 miles/185 km) from the center.   Power has been intermittent in…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Apra Harbor – Guam

Apra Harbor is a deep water port on the western side of the US territory of Guam. The southern end of the harbor is the location of Naval Base Guam and the site of where the massive China Clipper flying boats touched down and delivered their passengers and cargo. Today most of Apra Harbor is…

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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…

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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…

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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!

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