B-25 to be raised from lakebed

[Ollie]

I just saw a small note about it in our local paper.

[Shay]

Technology is awesome

This has to be a first. The first time a recovery has been covered and broadcast in real time. I hope future recovery groups think ahead of time to telecast their efforts in the coming years. Might be one of the best tool to drum up support.

Shay
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[Shay]

Technology is awesome

This has to be a first. The first time a recovery has been covered and broadcast in real time. I hope future recovery groups think ahead of time to telecast their efforts in the coming years. Might be one of the best tool to drum up support.

Shay
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Shay,

Yes it could be very usefull he in North America but I don't see Countrys in the Middle East letting us use real time stream video plus I can think of a few groups who would rather not broadcast what they are working on.

RER

Rob

That may very well be. But imagine the publicity and the following of people in the next Greenland expedition or Swamp Ghost or whatever. I think it is an untapped outlet for recovery groups that should be looked at more closely in the future.

Shay
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[Pat Carry]

The whole thing is fantastic! Lets get the recovery crew over to Lake Michigan!

[Shay]

Check the link below to read about the artifacts found in the B-25.
Also besides the video footage there is noa Photo Gallery

http://www.wistv.com/Global/category.asp?C=70624

Shay
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[Chris Brame]

Great fun watching the story unfold - I can see why they were worried about the forward fuselage falling off, but they still managed to keep it in one piece . Maybe this plane had a much harder landing than "Skunkie" did?

[B-29 Super Fort]

Excellent media coverage on this recovery!

[Originalboxcar]

The whole thing is fantastic! Lets get the recovery crew over to Lake Michigan!

Pat Thats Funny I can see it now her we have the fine folks from NHC trying there best to pull up this very rare F4U-1A without doing any pumping or setting up airbags they are going to just yank it like a fish

RER

Now this thread was doing just fine until you had to mention you know who.

It's no wonder that the aircraft didn't come apart filled with 20,000lbs of mud.

regards

t~

[CWBuff]

Finally, there's a few good sized images on Usenet. If you don't subscribe to a server, you can see them here...

http://www.usenet-replayer.com/groups/a ... ation.html


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[B-29 Super Fort]

Did this crash due to engine failure or weather? It must have been a fairly flat water landing as it appears to be in structually good shape.

[Shay]

Great find Blackwolf3945

Shay
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[Elwyn]

I'm amazed there were still a few pieces of plexiglass left on the lower part of the nose.

[bdk]

Did this crash due to engine failure or weather? It must have been a fairly flat water landing as it appears to be in structually good shape.

"The final day of the airplane is well-known. After flying out of the Columbia Army Air Base on April 4, 1943, the B-25C crashed and sank in the man-made lake during a skip-bombing training mission. The military crew escaped the aircraft, which had lost power, and brought it to rest upright, with damage to only the right engine."

Maybe they ran out of fuel?

[tom d. friedman]

i'm amazed that the crew's chute was in as good as shape as it was. not to mention the other personal articles!!!

[Originalboxcar]

Maybe they ran out of fuel?

One of the local TV news videos mentioned that they had to drain 800 gal of fuel still left in her, so they must have had a system failure of some kind.

regards,

t~