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receding glaciers revealing ww2 wrecks
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:04 am
by simbo
has anybody heard of any recent discoveries of aircraft in the mountains of europe? i would think that with the effects of global warming and the shallower than ever snowpacks that there might be a few b17s or b24s ect. starting to come into view after all these years. just a thought.
global warming
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:26 pm
by hang the expense
COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGlobal warming!
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:21 pm
by aerovin2
Let me see now. Since 1945 the globe has cooled enough for the snowpack to cover all these wrecks and for P-38s to have 250 feet of ice piled on top of them, and then it warms enough that all that accumulation is now melting off. Hmmm. Could it be cyclical?
GW
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:09 pm
by hang the expense
Oh no, you dont think....If there is a knock at your door dont answer it,its algor.
receding glaciers revealing ww2 wrecks
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:34 pm
by simbo
i guess you guys arent aware of the fact that the arctic and antarctic ice packs are receding at record rates in the last few summers. maybe it might apply to other areas of the world also. if you read again you might see that it was just a question. remember this when they do start to pop out. gee, tough crowd around here!javascript:emoticon(':roll:')
Rolling Eyes
Not tough
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:20 am
by DryMartini
Not a tough crowd. Just having some fun.
We've all heard about wrecks in Norway
popping up, but I have not heard anything
about Greenland or Antarctica.
As "the lost squadron" recovery proved,
just because it is in ice doesn't mean it's
preserved.
Gw
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:21 pm
by hang the expense
Oh simbo, dont tell you buy that nonsense.And I hope you dont think it is caused by man.
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:28 am
by simbo
interesting responses to a fairly legitimate question. NO would have done.
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:50 pm
by DIK SHEPHERD
And everybody calls me sarcastic.
Re: Not tough
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:54 am
by gary1954
[quote="DryMartini"]
Not a tough crowd. Just having some fun.
We've all heard about wrecks in Norway
popping up, but I have not heard anything
about Greenland or Antarctica.
As "the lost squadron" recovery proved,
just because it is in ice doesn't mean it's
preserved.
Yuppers, I undestand that a B-17 was actually reached, and it was torn apart from the weigth and the shifting ice.
I think the most remarkable recoveries were the 3 B-26 Marauders lifted out of Canada (I think Dik Sheperd was assoicated with that) and the recovery of some flyables out of Centeral America. Glacier Girl was a remarkable recover in the engineering to get her our of the ice, I would say they were fortunate and extremely L u c k y.
BIG STOOP
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:33 pm
by DryMartini
That B-17, called "Big Stoop", was the first plane
reached on the expedition. It was pretty much flattened.
Don Brooks, being one of the main funders of the expedition,
wound up with parts and pieces from it. Don said it was scary
under the ice. It would crack, and sound like a shotgun going off.
Cold, wet, and dangerous.
Big Stoop
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:56 am
by gary1954
I imagine the parts alone are worth a bundle to someone. I also imagine that the cost of that expedition was staggering, and put any profit margine at the low end. Still, I would have loved to have just put my hands on the parts...parts of history, a time when this country pulled together for victory.