Dyke Lake B-17

[DaveM2]

According the Prune Forum the Labrador Govt. has relented and will allow the aircraft o be raised soon ..anyone know more ?

Dave

[peter]

Last thurs or Fridays Globe and Mail had a full page write up on it. They are raising it up and her new owner will have it restored to fly. Apparently there are remains on board of a canadian weather service employee who died in the crash?

[davem]

National Post last week also had a feature on this. I am away from home right now, but recall the body still aboard was a corpse being transported home - not related to the forced landing.

[peter]

I remember reading that in the article

[Crates]

... more here http://www.nwrain.com/~newtsuit/recoveries/recvfrm.htm

[paulmcmillan]

No wonder I could not find any info.. It is in Lake Lobstick now!

Anyway news report from 27 May 2004

http://stjohns.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/ ... e_20040527


and a google cached report

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:xt ... B-17&hl=en


Old news last year (with news video and news report)


http://stjohns.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/ ... r_20030625

[Glen]

Greetings
I was looking at past posting and saw this one !
Is their a update on the recovery ?

[Russ Matthews]

The plane (wings, engines, and forward fuselage) was recovered almost exactly three years ago. The remains are owned by Don Brooks and currently located in Douglas, GA undergoing restoration. The website below has some good information, pictures, and links if you want to learn more.

http://www.ascoffanscuff.com/lab/b17/b17start.html

[tom d. friedman]

looks pretty rough condition wise. the cockpit cover exterior look s as if it's collapsed into the interior.

[RMAllnutt]

looks pretty rough condition wise. the cockpit cover exterior look s as if it's collapsed into the interior.

The superstructure of the aircraft was crushed by ice during the winters... the aircraft was also dragged across the river bottom. From what I have heard, the wings are in decent shape physically, but that there was more corrosion than expected due to the acidity content of the water. Tom Reilly is heading up this restoration, and if anyone can get her done, it would be him.

Cheers,
Richard

[Nathan]

So, she really is going to be a flyer?

[Taylor Stevenson]

how many flying? / in restoration to be flying 17s does this make?

[clangjr]

how many flying? / in restoration to be flying 17s does this make?

The correct answer is not enough.

[DryMartini]

Check out the Aerovintage page on B-17s -
Scott has a count there.

http://www.aerovintage.com/b17bits.htm

[B17news]

I love this stuff, thanks!

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