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Old 9th May 2015, 09:04
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WW2 aircraft dumping ground discovered

And there are about 150 of them, might be slight topic drift, but I thought I'd show it


World War Two aircraft lost for 70 YEARS found Pacific Ocean seabed | Daily Mail Online
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Fascinating. Now there's a restoration project to blow your mind, if it's even possible.
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You can have the planes.
I'll choose the photographer.
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Originally Posted by MPN11
Fascinating. Now there's a restoration project to blow your mind, if it's even possible.
Well, all you need for a legit resto is a data plate

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You can have the planes.
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Wrong thread, you want this one.. http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/5505...ger-women.html
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DP - I kinda had that thought too - certainly in better condition...........hat, coat. zimmer...............
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I have to admit that, as amazing as the underwater photos are, I did rather lose interest in them when I saw the photographer instead.
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I must admit she is rather attractive, she certainly make aviation history more interesting


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What's the C46 doing there? It didn't get pushed off the back of a carrier.
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With a certain maintenance Company, located near Cambridge, in mind, I'm sure they would be happy to offer restoration advice to restorers of aircraft recovered from The Marshall Islands

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Nuttie . . where do you find the time to uncover
all these wunnerful revelations to tantalise the
aerophiles?









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Ms Mueller didn't "discover" them. Their location has been known for years. There are many other photos and articles on the net. More likely she was specifically diving on them. Terrible journalism (by wikipedia).
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Using the aviation corrected sliding scale, she's a 9.

Outside of aviation, a 7.
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Maybe 700 on the Hellenic scale......
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Interesting to see in the photo of USS Boxer that there is a helicopter on station. I didn't know that they routinely had helicopters on board carriers in WW2.
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Looks like it could be Cougars on the forward deck park, so I suggest a post-war photo. Possibly Korean era, with a Dragonfly/S-51/HO3S on plane guard. And they were only stopped building Corsairs in 1952!
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the aviation corrected sliding scale
logarithmically speakin' , out our way, out on the banks of the Cooper

she's called a SLY DROOL , not even them nerds know of 'er

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