I don’t know the background to this and maybe it’s me being a cynical old ****** but if this ac went in from a great height with a full bomb load and exploded on impact, I’m not sure there’s going to be much to recover. And as for remains of the crew…..?

Or is it me?

RB

Great! Next time I’m in Calgary I’ll head down the Deerfoot for a looksee.

RB

Excuse my ignorance….is this the one at Nanton?

RB

I’m sure Old Sarum Flying Club will interested to find they’re operating from a disused aerodrome….

The DC-8 was a much nicer looking aircraft than the 707…..

The agreement with the Burmese Government was signed less than a week ago and the ground is still quite water-logged. Suitable conditions don’t usually exist until latter half of November.

Well, personal experience of maintaining aircraft in a jungle environment tells me that if these aircraft have been buried in the jungle for 60+ years in an area which floods and dries annually, there’s not going to be much left. No matter how well they may have been preserved when (if) they were buried; preservation oil and even hot-applied lanolin doesn’t last forever.

They might find a few s/steel or brass data plates and various steel components but aluminium and mag alloy don’t take kindly to that kind of treatment.

I hope to be proved wrong.

RB

A narrow tube of steel??? Wrestled with the controls??? WTF? Maybe there was school in the area. Hero pilots always wrestle with the controls to avoid a school.