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Re: Michigan Recoveries
Posted by Ron Henry on Wed Apr 17, 2002 01:23:46 PM
In reply top Re: Michigan Recoveries posted by Rob Mears on Tue Apr 16, 2002 08:17:15 PM
: The training airframes that remain in Lake Michigan includ
: e the following:
:
: TBF/ & TBM Avengers
: SBD-1 thru ?5 Dauntlesses
: FM & F4F Wildcats
: SB2U Vindicators
: F4U Corsairs
: F6F Hellcats
: SNJ's
:
: These are the types that have been identified and await re
: covery. Alas, the Navy still has the final say on this.
:
: I'll add that the Wildcat's that are stored outdoors at Pe
: nsacola will probably suffer far greater damage in the ope
: n weather than they would have had they remained submerged
: at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The Navy surely needs to
: make a move on this, or finance some cover for those plan
: es.
:
: I also believe the Navy should watch themselves when it co
: mes to parting out these planes. They have a slew of 100%
: original (extremely rare) aircraft, and they are already
: passing off major components off of them for museum trades
: .
:
: Rob
The USN bureaucrats probably have an excellent explanation for why they can't sell off surplus airframes to commercial buyers, and use the income to benefit Pensacola - but I can't see why not.