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Old 19th Aug 2011, 11:58
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aroa
 
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A look on Google earth should show whats left at Evertts field Woomera.


There's a DVD about re Kee Bird the B50? that got lost ... very lost!... in the Arctic and forced landed in northern Greenland. In the rush to get moving after a colossal effort in getting the enormous aircraft ready for flight after engine and prop changes, control surfaces recovered etc... the jerry rigged fuel set up for the APU is shaken loose on taxi and starts a fire.
All they can do is hop out and watch it fall to pieces. A bit like the B17 in the corn patch recently.
Thus endeth a long cold campout and one "time capsule" aeoplane.!!
Bugger.

Schwerdt brothers... anyone know if Dean is still about. Operated with him naving for Survair out of Adelaide in the late 70s, in Aero Commanders Another av-character, like Tony
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