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muddyboots
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Looks like a Conny.

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Conny crash / wreckage at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2011/02/crashed-lockheed-constellation-pegasus-pegasus-field-antarctica/

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this airframe is currently in Cold Storage until space can be made available at the Naval Museum in Pepsicola. :axe:

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That would be a booger to recover but I bet someone does one day.

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Talk about being kept on ice...

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gary1954 wrote:
this airframe is currently in Cold Storage until space can be made available at the Naval Museum in Pepsicola. :axe:

Gary, you didn't read the press release closely enough, it's to eventually be stored 47 miles off shore from Pensacola :butthead:

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The Inspector wrote:
gary1954 wrote:
this airframe is currently in Cold Storage until space can be made available at the Naval Museum in Pepsicola. :axe:

Gary, you didn't read the press release closely enough, it's to eventually be stored 47 miles off shore from Pensacola :butthead:



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