Artic C-47
Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:08 pm
Just saw the TopGear arctic expedition on BBC2. They encountered a crashed C-47(C-54?). Anyone have some more info? Here are some pictures:
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:41 pm
16062 (c/n 20528) crashed Isachsen Land, Northwest Territories,
Canada Oct 9, 1949. Only minor injuries to the crew. The
wreck is still there.
Canada Oct 9, 1949. Only minor injuries to the crew. The
wreck is still there.
Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:48 pm
Neat. Who's up for a "Kee Bird" style recovery... 
Fire and Ice
Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:10 pm
Let's try for a happy ending this time.
Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:39 pm
Let me get my tool box and parka... 
Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:43 pm
I'll go
Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:45 pm
Are the rudder and elevators fabric covered?
B
B
Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:50 pm
cool stuff!! looks better than a model diorama!! any interesting personal flight gear still inside?? i'd love to see some interior pics!!
Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:05 pm
banndit wrote:Are the rudder and elevators fabric covered?
B
They were...
Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:30 pm
Found here with lots of information:
http://www.oldwings.nl/content/c47_yic/c47.htm
mod edit(dj51d): photos removed at the request of the owner of oldwings.nl
Shay
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Semper Fortis
http://www.oldwings.nl/content/c47_yic/c47.htm
mod edit(dj51d): photos removed at the request of the owner of oldwings.nl
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Yikes!
Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:10 pm
Maybe the answer to this question is on the link posted but it sure looks like the left engine's prop, or at least part of it, entered the fuselage just behind the pilot's seat. Yikes!
Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:29 pm
why did the insignia change while it was on the ground?
Mark
Mark
Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:38 pm
Ill get the dogs and sled and count me in! Maybe we can just grab it in thhe middle of winteer and slide it along the snow behind a snowcat! J/K
Im in!
Im in!
Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:52 pm
With that much sun the red paint bleaches out in a real hurry. Couple that with ablation due to wind driven snow, ice and whatever else can be found there and it will strip paint in a hurry. The low temps coupled with the driven particles cause minute fractures in the paint. Repeated fracturing and the freeze/thaw cycles pulverize the paint and it simply flakes off in small particles. If you took a surface soil sample below the painted area of the tail, you would find the residue. This process is why the AF now uses CO2 stripping on aircraft over the old chemical method.
Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:23 am
My mistake, I just assumed that the first black and white photos were the oldest.
Mark
Mark