Have there been any cases of buried complete aircraft being dug up (on land not on sea/river beds) and restored?
I have assumed the weight of soil on top would have crushed them beyond use. Engines would be strong enough to withstand the pressure maybe but airframes???
Roger Smith.
Glacier Girl, for one.
Several aircraft have reportedly been recovered from the Phillipinesk (I’m thinking it was reported by Setter on WIX), a P-47 now under restoration with HARS, and two P-61s (also reported by Setter)
On the topic of underwater aircraft…there’s a B-29 in Lake Meade in Nevada. I know a lot of people don’t really like the B-29, but having worked on one (and seen one today–the Enola Gay), I love them. If I remember right, it *could* be restored to fly, but it’s missing part of the horizontal stabilizer and has a huge hole in the side. (the stabilizer could easily be borrowed from the half-dozen that Doc has)
But this thread isn’t about B-29s, or even underwater aircraft (which I’d really like to see a thread on but If I started it, it wouldn’t become a popular thread with a lot of worthwile posts to read) …it’s about a Whitley Recovery.
I wish them the best of luck.
EDIT: sorry for the double post and I haven’t read every post in this thread…yet…
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