LJ899 being recovered.

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I thought Stirling LJ899 might have been the “well known Stirling underwater mentioned above” ?

“Stirling LJ899 of 190 Sqdn made a forced landing on the lake Store Røgden on the border to Sweden. Of the 18 paratroopers onboard, four drowned.”

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/sorkedalen.html

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%202085.html

http://hem.bredband.net/vue/projekt_flygplan_shortstirling.htm

From the dive report above, it seems the lake is only 3 metres deep, and the wreck was blown up with dynamite some time after it ditched after hitting a pine tree on approach, killing 4 occupants – ie “scrapped in place” and the remains were apparantly later fully recovered when the lake was dry in the mid 1970s?

So that still leaves the question – where is the well known wreck in a deep lake mentioned above, and what survives?

Regards

Mark Pilkington

Yes Happy St.Georges Day Bumblebee,I eagerly await to see how my childrens school will mark the occasion as they did St. Patricks Day.

I did have a book about air crash investigation with a Vulcan breaking up in flight on the cover.One of the wartime investigations was a Stirling which broke up in mid-air( I think over Exmoor) that was fitted with RATO and there were really nice images of it assembled from bits as part of the investigation and the RATO rockets.Someone is bound to have the book on the forum,sadly, lent mine to someone who never returned it.

What a shame, at that price I could have bought this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120542738595
and sold the pistons on eBay :diablo:

What is it then? hint please :confused:

What model of hercules engine is this? obviously a late one.

Due to Bone density differences, White men can’t jump and Black men can’t swim. (At a decent competitive level).
There, I’ve pointed out differences but in no way is it racist – although I’m sure some unread people would claim it is.

Never knew that..learn a new thing every day ..may be the pc title of the future will be `Due to bone density differences,white men can`t jump`.

No it isn`t….and what about `White men can`t jump` LOL