Old Glacier Girl Pics
Sat May 23, 2009 8:15 pm
Been going through alot of old pictures and came across these and thought i would share (sorry for the specs on some shots, need to clean my scanner glass). Dated around 1993
Shay
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Semper Forts
Shay
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Semper Forts
Last edited by Shay on Sun May 24, 2009 10:23 am, edited 1 time in total.
Sat May 23, 2009 8:34 pm
Too many questions! ... where to start? ... explain the last two photos. What's the deal with the ammo? ... love the photos ... thx!
Sat May 23, 2009 9:06 pm
Hellcat wrote:Too many questions! ... where to start? ... explain the last two photos. What's the deal with the ammo? ... love the photos ... thx!
The ammo is original to the 1942 belly landing, as is all the armament. And in great preserve condition for being under 264 feet of ice for 50 years. So much so they were test fired on-site during the recovery operation.
At some point during the restoration the gun powder was removed from all the rounds and each over years was signed by significant contributors, or Veterans, etc and reinstalled into the armorment package to be flown with the aircraft. (that was the plan, whether the signed belts are actually flown with the girl I don't know for sure)
The last picture is of the gun camera. I wonder if the film was any good?
Originally when GG first arrived in the states the nose and some associated pieces were displayed in their recovered condition (as shown in the pictures) at airshows around the country to help generate funds for the restoration as well as tell the story of The Lost Squadron.
Shay
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Sat May 23, 2009 11:21 pm
i remember when she was in pieces in a tent at oshkosh in 93!!! what a memory!
Sat May 23, 2009 11:25 pm
upon salvage of the cannon they cleaned it up, & as well as the ordinance, hooked it to a battery & blew the crap out of a 55 gallon fuel drum.
Sun May 24, 2009 12:21 am
tom d. friedman wrote:upon salvage of the cannon they cleaned it up, & as well as the ordinance, hooked it to a battery & blew the crap out of a 55 gallon fuel drum.
But why just talk about it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p8h43TR ... L&index=33
Sun May 24, 2009 9:57 am
Who are those two big goobers with the high tops in pic three?
Sun May 24, 2009 10:28 am
carguy671 wrote:Who are those two big goobers with the high tops in pic three?
Kinda hard to make out from here, but the one in the jeans looks like a:
Shay
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