Tuesday, October 24, 2017

US Navy successful 1973 crash at Sólheimasandur Beach in Iceland

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  1. Hmm, yes and no. Cleaning up contaminated sites (Greenland secret base with radioactive waste, though forever encapsulated in ice) makes sense, but leaving a Super DC-3 carcass just makes people go have a look at it. Trust me, the occasional waterfall and geyser aside, Iceland is pretty desolate, so anything to break the monotony is welcome.

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    1. true, it's quite empty of landmarks and eye candy... but I believe that when a mess is made, the responsible entity ought to clean it up. Especially when it's as simple as sending a ship to load it onto, or a helo to lift it out, or a big trailer to put it on and drive it to a nearby recycle center for all that pure aluminum

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    2. When I crawl around at junkyards or scap iron dealers, I see the junk, of course, but also a lot of industrial sculptures. So I am biased. My coffee table for years had a gearbox housing as a base, and when I suggested to the wife that a V8 with a complete transmission would be even better for a larger table, she thought it was a fine idea (in a smallish Copenhagen flat).

      Remember going to an airplane museum in New Mexico once, but after three hours of seing incredible prototypes and such, the airplane scrapyard down the road was even better. Dozens of F-4 fuselages lying on top of each other, etc.

      I'm sure that if I were into diving, exploring airplane wrecks in the ocean would be great too.

      Do you have any idea how much aluminum there is in Iceland? It's her single most important industry.



      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland#Aluminium

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  2. 2 different airframes.......cargo doors are diff. sizes and the 2nd window back in the bottom photo is bigger than the rest.

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    1. I see what you're saying... I wondered about that myself, but then I just say, well, the damn thing is an aircraft of similar build on Iceland. How damn many could there possibly be? And figure that for reasons unknown, it's the same plane, with bigger holes cut around the window and cargo door.... because, like a hair cut, you can always cut more off, but you can't add any back. Maybe they are different, or maybe the photographer tried to pull a fast one. I just don't know

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  3. Larger window is due to that particular being an escape hatch, which has been removed.
    Cargo hatch had two doors, a forward swinging one and an aft swinging one.
    Take my word for it, it's the same airplane. I know one of the crewmembers that put this on the beach.

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