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Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:04 am
by Mr. Football
Very interesting! Is there a link?
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:06 am
by Mr. Football
Nevermind...found it (gotta love Google)
Ju 88 and He 111 recovered from Norwegian lake...
A pair of well-preserved Luftwaffe bombers were lifted from the Jonsvatnet lake near Trondheim, Norway, in September, 64 years after they sank through the ice of their temporary winter base. See Aeroplane magazine November 2004 for the full story and spectacular pictures
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:46 am
by aferguson
holy.....looks in amazing condition for a 60 year old bird!
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:30 am
by toyktdlgh
Yea, 60 years under water.
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:46 pm
by tmanthegreat
It will be awesome if they can be restored to flying condition. As the P-38 "Glacier Girl" project demonstrated (that was the P-38 excavated from beneath artic ice and restored), with a little ingenuity and manufacture of replicated parts, anything is possible.
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:39 am
by p51
How Glacier Girl looks now:
(I took this at the Planes of Fame Museum a few weeks ago)
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:15 pm
by mburduck
A friend of mine in Norway recalled my interest in WW II equipment and told me about this recently in an e-mail.
That cold water up there really helps preserve stiff!
Mike
PS I hope not too many folks are "offended" by this find!