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Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:09 pm

She's out and the nose is INTACT!
LIVE images refreshed every 5 mins. courtesy of the local power company:
http://www.wistv.com/Global/link.asp?L=40481
regards,
t~
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Originalboxcar on Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:09 pm
The State.com has some still images of the recovery
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/12691201.htm
Also WLTX.com has some video footage from a different vantage point.
http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=30644
Shay
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Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:24 pm
As our Aussie Friend James Lunday would say "She's a Right Dead Set Beaut".
Simply a georgous aircraft and a timeless design.
Shay
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Shay on Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:33 pm
Thanks for the live link, a real victory for the warbird recovery movement! She looks great.
Tim
Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:39 pm
I happened across the museum in Birmingham by accident last year and was quite impressed. I had never heard a word about it among the warbird crowd, and was fairly impressed that such a substantial collection existed in such relative obscurity. It should make a good home for the B-25, although I don't recall seeing any type of restoration facilities at the museum. Any news on whether the B-25 is to be restored on site there?
Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:21 pm
Do they know where the right engine is, will they try and locate it?
Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:26 pm
I think they were hoping that is was under part of the a/c, but it wasn't. (from what I read in the news and we all know how good that info can be)
I haven't read anything about them going after it. I would not assume it would be worth the $$ and effort (other than having it all)
Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:53 pm
TimApNy wrote:I think they were hoping that is was under part of the a/c, but it wasn't. (from what I read in the news and we all know how good that info can be)
I haven't read anything about them going after it. I would not assume it would be worth the $$ and effort (other than having it all)
I recall Gary larkins or one of his team members saying that just recoverying a couple of the engines from B-17F 42-30861 would finance it's recovery from up there in Alaska. So by that measure I'm sure trying to locate the engine might be worthwhile.
Shay
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Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:22 pm
Does anyone know where on the lake it crashed or where they have it sitting on the beach?
If you goto google maps:
http://maps.google.com/ and type Lake Murray, SC you get a nice satelite image but cant zoom in too far(says it dosnt have imagery at that zoom level for that region).
Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:26 pm
Systemofadown1162
Pretty sure that the google maps aren't Live images so you not goigng to see anything to do with the recovery effort.
Shay
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Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:46 pm
Images on google maps can be quite old actually. While checking out Philadelphia the other day i noticed that Lincoln Financial Field was still under construction on the image. The Eagles have been playing there since 2003.
Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:50 pm
yeah i was looking at D.C. the other day and it was showing the WWII monument area still being cleared for initial construction.
I was jus wandering though.
Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:04 am
Scott,
Time to add another B-25C to the registry once the S/N is confirmed, eh? I'd imagine you could capture a shot of the webcam ->
http://www.wistv.com/Global/link.asp?L=40481 as this is public domain, no.
regards,
t~
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