Salvageable Airplanes

Pontifex wrote:

Hello there,



Where can I find wrecked, partially wrecked, salvageable, basket case
antique aircraft and/or warbirds? I am looking for some restoration
projects. Thanks for your help. This is a wonderful group. Have a great day.

Pontifex





I think most of the world has been picked clean. Most of anything left
would be an expensive operation to retrieve. Stay away from the US
Navy's stuff unless you want to risk lengthy court battles. They seem
to think what was once theirs is still theirs, even if they haven't
thought about the stuff for 60 years. The US Army Air Force says,
anything before the 1960's is finders keepers.

Get yourself some crash reports and maybe some diving equipment.
You'll be looking under a few hundred feet of water in some of
Greenland's fjords. Or in the jungles of the South Pacific. Oh, and
don't forget to get all the proper permissions from whatever foreign
country you decide to retrieve from. Plus, they'll want a few bucks
just to talk about hauling that plane out of their jungle.

There is still wreckage in the local mountains in the USA. Heck,
there is even a complete B-29 at the bottom of a popular recreational
lake in Arizona. However, the forestry service takes a dim view on
anyone trying to remove what they now own. Heck, they won't even allow
folks to do recreational dives on that B-29! They even post signs on
the mountain wreckage letting you know how much it upsets them when you
remove parts from their wreckage.

http://www.airpirates.com/
http://www.pacificghosts.com/
http://okwreckchasing.com/index.html
http://users.fire2wire.com/djordan/
http://www.AviationArchaeology.com/
http://www.qnet.com/~carcomm/wreck21.htm
http://www.sarimage.com/Aviation/DavisMonthan/
http://www.fighterfactory.net/