U.S. WWII fighter plane found on coast of Wales

On Nov 15, 7:36 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"BT" wrote :

mm... all that time in the water does not sound like "surviving"=

Depends on the defintion applied of course. I wouldn't say they'll get it
flying, somehow.

Bertie

Ummm yup, another pile of corroded aluminum that will be 100% replaced
by hand made new parts at a cost of 2.5x 10e6, then declared to be a
'restoration' and worshipped by the EAA... yawn

As far as the warning about 'hi-octane fuel', not to worry... It is
not possible to over estimate the stupidity of the public...


denny

Denny wrote in
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On Nov 15, 7:36 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"BT" wrote
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mm... all that time in the water does not sound like "surviving"=

Depends on the defintion applied of course. I wouldn't say they'll
get it flying, somehow.

Bertie

Ummm yup, another pile of corroded aluminum that will be 100% replaced
by hand made new parts at a cost of 2.5x 10e6, then declared to be a
'restoration' and worshipped by the EAA... yawn


Kinda doubt it. It has to be too far gone for that. That one from Greenland
was one of about half a dozen and they chose to do just one of them.

As far as the warning about 'hi-octane fuel', not to worry... It is
not possible to over estimate the stupidity of the public...



True.


Bertie

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:15:37 -0800 (PST), Denny wrote in
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On Nov 15, 7:36 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"BT" wrote :

mm... all that time in the water does not sound like "surviving"=

Depends on the defintion applied of course. I wouldn't say they'll get it
flying, somehow.

Ummm yup, another pile of corroded aluminum that will be 100% replaced
by hand made new parts at a cost of 2.5x 10e6, then declared to be a
'restoration' and worshipped by the EAA... yawn

I'm a dues-paying member of TIGHAR, so you may take what I say with
a grain of salt. Ric Gillespie and the organization are definitely
against "restoring" the plane to mint condition. The goal, I think,
is to recover the plane and preserve it as an archeological artifact:

http://tighar.org/

Marty (TIGHAR #2359)

"Denny" wrote in message news:1e026754-a05a-45c8-b53e-

Ummm yup, another pile of corroded aluminum that will be 100% replaced
by hand made new parts at a cost of 2.5x 10e6, then declared to be a
'restoration' and worshipped by the EAA... yawn

It's a P-38. If it's restored to -any- condition I'd have a hard time
yawning about it.

( This photo was taken while filming a P-38 documentary with Jeff Ethell. I
can't say for certain, but I'm nearly positive this is the photo he snapped
with my old 35mm. http://www.damnnearwiley.com/p38.jpg)

-c

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
AJ wrote in
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Link to the NY Daily News story, with two photos:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_r...-11-15_us_wwii
_fighter_plane_found_on_coast_of_.html


Yes, apparently it's the oldest known surviving '38

No.
http://www.warbirdalley.com/p38.htm