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Offline Banshee7

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2008, 08:19:18 AM »
It just hurts my poor, tired eyes looking at those pictures.
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Offline Stoney

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2008, 09:19:51 AM »
My personal favorite is a small Japanese pillbox on Iwo Jima.  They took the rear fuselage of a Zero/Ki-84 (I couldn't tell which) and stacked/cemented rocks around the skin.  Its still inside the rocks--that aluminum weathers pretty well.  I think I might have a picture of it laying around somewhere...
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Offline glock89

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2008, 02:22:06 PM »
Quote from: Stoney on October 07, 2008, 09:19:51 AM
My personal favorite is a small Japanese pillbox on Iwo Jima.  They took the rear fuselage of a Zero/Ki-84 (I couldn't tell which) and stacked/cemented rocks around the skin.  Its still inside the rocks--that aluminum weathers pretty well.  I think I might have a picture of it laying around somewhere...
I know they use cars and planes to block roads i believe.
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Offline Slate

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2008, 02:50:11 PM »
    :cry  Sad Dead Birds, a vintage p38 goes for how much now?  :eek:
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2008, 05:47:10 PM »
Quote from: Slate on October 07, 2008, 02:50:11 PM
    :cry  Sad Dead Birds, a vintage p38 goes for how much now?  :eek:

$1.5 million and up.
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2008, 06:54:24 PM »
Quote from: Captain Virgil Hilts on October 07, 2008, 05:47:10 PM
$1.5 million and up.

Far more then that now.  Glacier Girl was closer to a 10 million dollar bird when it was sold as I understand it.

Mustangs are in the 1.5 range and they are far more numerous.  38s are like gold.  I'd think 5 mil if you could find one that somone wants to sell.

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Offline Race

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2008, 12:12:42 AM »
Anyone ever attempted to dig into one of those "graveyards"? Seems to me it wouldnt hurt to try? Even if your recover 5% of what they buried thats still a lot of parts and pieces.

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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2008, 09:55:51 AM »
There have been attempts to do that, but so far nothing is going well. The guy leading the attempts is the same guy who found Tommy McGuire's crash site.
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2008, 04:24:24 PM »
Lots of rumors about digs near Clark Field, but nothing substantiated that I've seen.
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2008, 09:32:30 PM »
Quote from: Guppy35 on October 12, 2008, 04:24:24 PM
Lots of rumors about digs near Clark Field, but nothing substantiated that I've seen.

No one has actually been allowed to really dig, to my knowledge. In any event, it'd be extremely expensive, and the buried stuff would be badly damaged. They'd need ground radar to make sure they dug in the right place, unless they have new information. Even if they were able to find the planes and dig them up, the rest of the job, getting permission to export, followed by arranging for and paying for shipping.
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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2008, 11:37:20 PM »
Photos like that will break a man's heart.  :cry
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Offline mensa180

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2008, 11:27:02 PM »
I think I just died a little bit on the inside :(.
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Offline B3YT

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #27 on: October 18, 2008, 03:57:19 PM »
Quote from: glock89 on October 02, 2008, 02:09:45 PM
Oh i love how you make fun of people just trying to get my point out there god kill me now if i spell something wrong.



ack-ack 

try this:
 Oh I love how you make fun of people . Just trying to get my point out there ; God kill me if i were to miss spell now!

Notice the  clarity of that sentence. How easy it is to follow your trail of thought. I also change some of the wording to get a greater sense of distress and angst. Thus with these simple measures (plus firefox)  you could deflect most of the flak directed at you.
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Offline glock89

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #28 on: October 18, 2008, 03:59:02 PM »
Quote from: B3YT on October 18, 2008, 03:57:19 PM
try this:
 Oh I love how you make fun of people . Just trying to get my point out there ; God kill me if i were to miss spell now!

Notice the  clarity of that sentence. How easy it is to follow your trail of thought. I also change some of the wording to get a greater sense of distress and angst. Thus with these simple measures (plus firefox)  you could deflect most of the flak directed at you.

Can't we just put this toejam in the past.
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Offline B3YT

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Re: Scrapped Lightnings
« Reply #29 on: October 18, 2008, 04:21:15 PM »
Quote from: glock89 on October 18, 2008, 03:59:02 PM
Can't we just put this poop in the past.

forsooth! I do see that you have used a full stop , aswell as an apostrophe . Haza  :salute
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