Author Topic: Aviation Archeology... (Read 362 times)

muckmaw · « **on:** February 08, 2004, 10:09:33 AM »

Anyone into this hobby?

Looks expensive, but very exciting.

I'm interested in learning about any form of Military archeology, from finding old bullets to old air bases.

Anyone into this as well? Can you point me in the right direction of fun things to do in this vane?

SunTracker · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2004, 10:29:05 AM »

You can still find unfired bullets from Custer's Last Stand. History Channel did a show on this and while they were out there, they pulled up some rusty bullets.

Bodhi · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2004, 10:45:40 AM »

drop me an email

nawcdgreen@yahoo.com

bigsky · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2004, 06:34:03 PM »

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Originally posted by SunTracker
You can still find unfired bullets from Custer's Last Stand. History Channel did a show on this and while they were out there, they pulled up some rusty bullets.

umm... thats a national cemetary. you dig there and the feds will have your bellybutton for lunch. and the area surounding that is like a national park. you cant remove anything.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2004, 06:58:08 PM »

heh only if ya get caught

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Originally posted by bigsky
umm... thats a national cemetary. you dig there and the feds will have your bellybutton for lunch. and the area surounding that is like a national park. you cant remove anything.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2004, 09:17:47 PM »

Lots and lots of spent bullets and aviation stuff just northwest of Basra....

AKKarma · « **Reply #6 on:** February 08, 2004, 09:27:07 PM »

Muck,

The BentProp Project is running an expedition to Palau right now. Palau (which includes the island of Peleliu) is the center of the aviation archeology world, IMO. I was there in December 2002, and saw a couple of Zeke wrecks as well as a Jake seaplane (under 50ft of water). It's a hell of a flight to get there, but it's an amazing place to visit, especially if you're a diver. The island of Peleliu is like an open air museum. I saw canteens and piles of live ammo just rusting in the sand right where the Marines dropped them sixty years ago.

AKKarma

Rafe35 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2004, 10:42:25 PM »

I know I probably will be Aviation Archeology / US Naval Historian in the future of my career.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 08, 2004, 11:32:08 PM »

My favorite story of this sort: http://www.serve.com/mahood/a-12/
That whole website is great, he debunks a lot of UFO kook stuff.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2004, 04:44:38 AM »

I fly vintage airplanes, despite warnings from pilots from the club who say it isn't safe, bla bla bla... so far I've never felt unsafe in those birds.
They are well maintained and flown only by a bunch of pilots with loads and loads of hours, many of them ex-military (with the exception of this noob).

If you ever come to Barcelona, give me a call and I'll take you for a ride, you choose the plane

Daniel

bigsky · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2004, 06:47:07 AM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
heh only if ya get caught

but you will get caught. try it if you dont believe me. the airplane or ranger will see you, the fbi on the crow rez will arrest you and throw into the rez jail until you post like a $100,000 bond. its all open country around the battlefield, no place to hide. most all of its been dug up in the late 80s anyway. if you can dive and want to find some ww2 junk. go to a place call union lake, its by millville, nj. south of vineland. towards the middle is whats called grassy island, the water is only @2ft. deep on the "island". during the war pilot from ft. dix used it for target practice and a p51 ditched and sank near it but it was recovered. there you find some junk.