Rescuing a DC-3 in Antarctica

[scannon]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ruArctYYbM?feature=player_detailpage

[mrmustang]

That is pretty cool.

 

 

Bill S.

[coffee break]

I guess you can rebuild about anything anywhere.

A number of years ago I worked with another engineer that was on an expedition to recover a P-38.

 

http://p38assn.org/glaciergirl/recovery.htm

 

They didn't fly it out. It was buried under many feet of ice. For fun they mounted a 20mm cannon off the plane on a snowmobile and did target practice. :smilielol5:

[WestTexasS2K]

Thats amazing. I would of thought that plane was doomed to a icy grave. I would have never guessed they could get it out ever much less in 44 days. That is talented group of folks there.

[Off Road SHO]

I wish other benefactors would step up and go get the rest of the squadron.

 

Tom

[scannon]

There have been quite a lot of these types of rescues. Here's one that ended in tragedy.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpR2S_gu5I8

[NVP66S]

I guess you can rebuild about anything anywhere.

A number of years ago I worked with another engineer that was on an expedition to recover a P-38.

 

http://p38assn.org/glaciergirl/recovery.htm

 

They didn't fly it out. It was buried under many feet of ice. For fun they mounted a 20mm cannon off the plane on a snowmobile and did target practice. :smilielol5:

 

I had the great good fortune of occupying the hangar next to Glacier Girl at Oshkosh a few years ago. Got to taxi behind her too. A truly amazing and successful effort.

[WestTexasS2K]

I was working in Thule Greenland when the Key Bird rescue was being attempted. I heard people talking about it at around the base, but I never meet any of the crew working on it. They would ferry parts from the base to the crash site. Several years later I saw the documentary about the rescue attempt. That had to be a heart breaking moment for that crew.