SkyPup Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropNut Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 WOW! Did you see that headset?!!! (just kidding, very very cool video) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted August 12, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks, enjoyed the video... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Nevermind the headset. Howzabout that transponder? And those radios! Woo hoo! Seriously, nice video. I'm glad they could actually find one to restore, considering the sheer numbers that were bulldozed into piles and burned after the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropNut Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Good point, how many are still sitting on oil cans in the south pacific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Can you imagine the feeling, and the look on your face, if you found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropNut Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Yeah..... I saw a Grumman Avenger sitting in a back yard in California when I was a kid. The guy had bought it from the local air national guard (or some such) for scrap. It was flyable when he got it (he said). He was just sure that the aluminum would be valuable someday.....I wonder what happened to it? I really hope that he didnt get around to cutting it up like he had planned.He had purchased it in the 60's sometime.....aaahhh to have several thousand dollars to burn in the late 1940's when they were scrapping military hardware right from the factory. My grandfather was in the recycling business back then. My grandma told me to bought a field of Sherman tanks once for the scrap iron....would have loved to have seen that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAim Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Chances of finding a Zero sitting on drums today would probably be somewhere between slim and none since there was a concerted effort in the 60's and 70's to "clean up" pacific sites. Too bad, I'd love to fly one someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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