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ALOHADAVE
PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:37 pm 
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Video Highlights posted on youtube
also link here

http://www.nautiluslive.org/video/2015/ ... ft-carrier

Sparrowhawk biplanes in "extremely worse" condition compared to 9 years ago.

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compare video to this picture from 2006
"Extremely Worse" current condition


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Dang it, I just don't have time to track this down -- can anyone say what depth this wreck is? Thanks!

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The ROV was at 1432 feet IIRC.

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I'd say it's a fine example of the Navy's long-standing saline storage program.
Hopefully the new management will see this as a wake-up call

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ALOHADAVE wrote:
compare video to this picture from 2006...

I believe that picture is actually close up detail from a model diorama of the Macon debris field displayed at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola.

http://www.steelnavy.com/NMNASparrowhawk.htm
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