Mark_pilkington said:
1. @50 Million new pockets to target in the UK for Earhart project and Tighar admin funding.
2. A soapbox to launch the “Glenn Miller” search of the English Channel and hence access @50 Million nee pockets to target in the UK for Glenn Miller project and Tigher admin funding.
3. To promote to anyone who will listen and to target their pockets for Tighar admin funding and The Gillespie Benevolent Fund.

Regards
Mark Pilkington
(“I can see rivet lines…..”)

Admin funding, or operating funds, do seem to be Gillespie’s sole focus – he recently stated that writing for his second Earhart book was stalled because “I can’t spend time writing if I’m constantly chasing donations to meet basic operating expenses.” Although I remain at a loss for why the operating expenses are so high to begin with; statements by Gillespie in 2017 indicated that, at least at that point, it cost $460 per day to run TIGHAR. An astonishing amount for a mom-and-pop, single-issue non-profit.