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

Posted: January 26th, 2009, 7:48 pm
by Mister Ed
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Posted: January 26th, 2009, 7:58 pm
by Mister Ed
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Posted: January 26th, 2009, 8:37 pm
by Tim Elston
I wonder what its fate will be. Scrap? Restoration? Parting out? Museum?

Posted: January 27th, 2009, 3:56 am
by MacUser
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.

US AIR salvage

Posted: January 27th, 2009, 6:37 am
by Dr. Ron
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.

Posted: January 27th, 2009, 4:20 pm
by Mister Ed
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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Posted: January 28th, 2009, 1:00 pm
by MacUser
Great photos. Thanks.

Fantastic uplifting story in this dark time.