US Air Salvage...Pictures of lifting from river..

Mister Ed · Postby **Mister Ed** » January 26th, 2009, 7:48 pm

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Mister Ed · Postby **Mister Ed** » January 26th, 2009, 7:58 pm

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Tim Elston · Postby **Tim Elston** » January 26th, 2009, 8:37 pm

I wonder what its fate will be. Scrap? Restoration? Parting out? Museum?

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » January 27th, 2009, 3:56 am

Great Pictures, Thanks.

Tim, It's fully scrap. But hopefully a Museum and positive movie...

Question: How come they didn't rescue it BEFORE it hit bottom?
You know this barge could have been accessed that afternoon and this lift from the waters done asap.

Dr. Ron · Postby **Dr. Ron** » January 27th, 2009, 6:37 am

I was hoping they would wait one more week. I will likely be in NY on the 4-6th of Feb. I will be on a tour with one of my members .....if I decide to go.....and I likely will.

I would skip the tour and go see this happening.....wow.....difinte piece of history......awesome.

I couldn't believe the thing came up in one piece......amazing.....great recovery tactics.

Mister Ed · Postby **Mister Ed** » January 27th, 2009, 4:20 pm

My son gets hold of stuff like this working at Honeywell and passes it on to me. Thought this was very interesting also. I especially noticed how the impack with the water folded that engine into sort of an accordian. Amazing that one held on when the other was ripped off. These things are built tough.

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MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » January 28th, 2009, 1:00 pm

Great photos. Thanks.

Fantastic uplifting story in this dark time.

Jude 2