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No....it's a real one.
Posted by Stephen C on Sun Apr 25, 2004 03:19:32 AM
In reply top P-47 - Hows this for an amazing preservation posted by Rob Mears on Sat Apr 24, 2004 02:16:01 PM
Yes it is real. Of course the picture you see is of the most recognisable section of the aeroplane. (thankfully it's also the bit with the artwork on it)
Landslides can cause a bit of nuisance though,..like burying things about 8 metres down on a slope that was already at 45 degrees!
SC
: Picture taken circa 1990 in Gusap, Papua New Guinea. Thes
: e remains were later overtaken again by a landslide in the
: area. The wreckage was reported as "destroyed", but how
: much destruction could a landslide cause to something alre
: ady considered "wreckage"?
:
: I suppose what's left of the plane is still there.