And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's in Canada, way up North taken 15-20 years ago. The Rangers are carrying Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 rifles. There are wrecked aircraft scattered around the arctic. Due to the remoteness it is uneconomical to salvage the aircraft. The cold and the low exposure to UV light slow the deterioration of aircraft, buildings and cars. There is an Avro York a few miles from Resolute Bay that has been there since the '50s. Al_in_Ottawa
Just looked it up. The P38 was named Glacier Girl and was buried under 268 feet of snow and ice in Greenland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl
In 2016, there were seven airworthy P-38s in the world. I got to marshall Glacier Girl at Planes of Fame Airshow (Chino, CA) a few years back. There may be one or three others since then.
There remain at least one B-17 and four P-38s under the ice in Greenland. These are the group from which Glacier Girl was rescued. It was financially iffy, then physically dangerous in the project to save the old girl. The decision was made, it became too risky to continue the salvage operation.
I figure on the low end it would be ten million dollars for a project to rescue those remaining. Mind you, that is the project to recover from the ice. Several more million to return to flying status. But your team would have the rights to one helluva story.
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ReplyDeleteThat's in Canada, way up North taken 15-20 years ago. The Rangers are carrying Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 rifles. There are wrecked aircraft scattered around the arctic. Due to the remoteness it is uneconomical to salvage the aircraft. The cold and the low exposure to UV light slow the deterioration of aircraft, buildings and cars. There is an Avro York a few miles from Resolute Bay that has been there since the '50s.
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Never too late. I read of a P38 they pulled up from about 50' under the ice and snow. Gargantuan effort.
ReplyDeleteJust looked it up. The P38 was named Glacier Girl and was buried under 268 feet of snow and ice in Greenland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl
DeleteHalf a dozen Lightnings and two B-17's, and that all they recovered...
DeleteIn 2016, there were seven airworthy P-38s in the world. I got to marshall Glacier Girl at Planes of Fame Airshow (Chino, CA) a few years back. There may be one or three others since then.
DeleteThere remain at least one B-17 and four P-38s under the ice in Greenland. These are the group from which Glacier Girl was rescued. It was financially iffy, then physically dangerous in the project to save the old girl. The decision was made, it became too risky to continue the salvage operation.
I figure on the low end it would be ten million dollars for a project to rescue those remaining. Mind you, that is the project to recover from the ice. Several more million to return to flying status. But your team would have the rights to one helluva story.