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Title: B-23 wreckage
Post by: W7LPNRICK on August 28, 2011, 09:51:08 AM

Found near Loon Lake in Northern Idaho on Google Earth

 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26873890?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26873890?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com)

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: Chemdawg on August 28, 2011, 09:56:29 AM

The Dragon? Hmmm...learn something new everyday...wikipedia rules :rock

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: f35raptor on August 28, 2011, 06:33:56 PM

nice love this state always somthing new that shows up.

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: warhed on August 30, 2011, 09:10:21 PM

Only someone from Idaho would call a 70 year old wreck "new."   :neener:

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: cobia38 on August 31, 2011, 06:33:26 AM

 doesent look like a new discovery, notice the engine parts that have bean scavenged

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: W7LPNRICK on August 31, 2011, 04:37:42 PM

Quote from: cobia38 on August 31, 2011, 06:33:26 AM

doesent look like a new discovery, notice the engine parts that have bean scavenged

I was only "New" to me.   :D

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: Raptor05121 on August 31, 2011, 05:04:15 PM

Rocky mountains have swallowed a plethora of airplanes. Last summer a group of hikers found an amazingly-intact B-17.

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: Tyrannis on September 01, 2011, 02:50:04 AM

Quote from: Raptor05121 on August 31, 2011, 05:04:15 PM

Rocky mountains have swallowed a plethora of airplanes. Last summer a group of hikers found an amazingly-intact B-17.

link?

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: Raptor05121 on September 01, 2011, 02:29:57 PM

Quote from: Tyrannis on September 01, 2011, 02:50:04 AM

link?

shoot, its been a while. i cant remember which forum I saw it on. If you saw the bookmarks toolbar on my firefox it is nothing but forums.

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: B-17 on September 01, 2011, 02:49:04 PM

Wow... what an ugly bird IMO.

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: W7LPNRICK on September 01, 2011, 05:35:29 PM

(http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051028-F-1234P-001.jpg)


http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051028-F-1234P-001.jpg (http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051028-F-1234P-001.jpg)  ugly? It's prettier than any plane I own... :ahand

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: W7LPNRICK on September 01, 2011, 05:37:52 PM

This one's got a glass gun bubble on front.  :salute

(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/001-100/walk041_Douglas_B-23/images_Tracy_n_Jeni_Saulino/B-23_Dragon_5.jpg)

Title: Re: B-23 wreckage
Post by: TeeArr on September 04, 2011, 03:34:18 PM

I remember seeing a B-23 Dragon parked at the Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Az. back in the late 70s.  There were also 2 P-38s there too owned by a guy named Levitt.  At least one was an early model with the sloped intakes.  Thanks for a great memory.