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Offline ArcticKat

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NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« on: August 16, 2012, 11:13:15 PM »
Quote from: Drano on April 28, 2009, 03:35:01 PM



If you want to see a similar but larger scale recovery project of a B-29 found on the ice that will just break your heart check out PBS's episode of Nova called "B-29 Frozen in Time" about the recovery of a B-29 called "The Kee Bird". Watch it to the end.

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Found the Nova episode on YT. If you havent seen it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds&feature=related :salute
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 11:42:14 PM »
Want to know how it ends?  :devil
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 11:51:08 PM »
Quote from: rpm on August 16, 2012, 11:42:14 PM
Want to know how it ends?  :devil
Gosh don't remind me....
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 11:56:27 PM »
Nova is pretty awesome.
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2012, 11:58:31 PM »
Yes humans can be very stupid huh?
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2012, 12:02:52 AM »
Quote from: Rob52240 on August 16, 2012, 11:56:27 PM
Nova is pretty awesome.
That's one thing that gets me. PBS churns out legendary stuff like this that nobody else will cover in such intimate detail without turning it into a "reality show" and people want to pull the plug. :confused:

Spoiler: Damned APU!
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2012, 12:10:36 AM »
Quote from: rpm on August 17, 2012, 12:02:52 AM
That's one thing that gets me. PBS churns out legendary stuff like this that nobody else will cover in such intimate detail without turning it into a "reality show" and people want to pull the plug. :confused:

Spoiler: Damned APU!

Yeaaa...   :rolleyes:

Blame an inanimate piece of equipment for Darryl Greenamyer's incompetence and impatience.


This story has come up on this board multiple times, do a search and you'll learn I don't have a very high opinion of the man.  He cost a man his life on this expedition and recklessly endangered everyone involved multiple times.
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Offline Slash27

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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2012, 12:26:11 AM »
Watched it once and honestly all most threw up at the end.
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2012, 12:41:16 AM »
Quote from: saggs on August 17, 2012, 12:10:36 AM
Yeaaa...   :rolleyes:

Blame an inanimate piece of equipment for Darryl Greenamyer's incompetence and impatience.


This story has come up on this board multiple times, do a search and you'll learn I don't have a very high opinion of the man.  He cost a man his life on this expedition and recklessly endangered everyone involved multiple times.
Did you see me waving a Darryl flag or did I miss something? No matter how you paint it, the fire started at the APU. Whether it was the rough taxi, metal fatigue, rotten fuel lines, corrosion or just plain old bad luck... the fire started at the APU.
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2012, 01:29:05 AM »
Quote from: Slash27 on August 17, 2012, 12:26:11 AM
Watched it once and honestly all most threw up at the end.
Same here. It still hurts to watch it.
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Offline Nypsy

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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2012, 06:03:02 AM »
I watched that video once years ago. Now the tape gathers dust on a shelf. I will never watch it again.
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2012, 11:09:05 AM »
So who got the eight 3350s?
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Offline rogwar

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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2012, 11:26:55 AM »
I once found a B29 at the bottom of Lake Mead.
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2012, 01:48:52 PM »
Quote from: rogwar on August 17, 2012, 11:26:55 AM
I once found a B29 at the bottom of Lake Mead.

You're joking right?
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Re: NOVA: B-29 Frozen in Time
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2012, 02:07:28 PM »
Quote from: SEraider on August 17, 2012, 01:48:52 PM
You're joking right?

No I'm telling the honest truth. I really did find one at the bottom of Lake Mead and participated in raising it. Some other folks took it away, worked on it for quite a while and eventually had it up flying around.
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