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[HansHansen]

Hi there,

when i was watching the video about the restored Seafire, i stumbled across this documentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFdFo9Yo0LI&feature=related

its about the restoration of a B-29 that crash landed in Greenland. They try to make it airworthy at the crash site in very difficult conditions.

a very sad documentary, i nearly cried at the end 

[Pase]

i too

[Thunda]

Yeah- really, really sad. You couldnt make it up!

[Wildchild]

  ...i cant watch...

There are some updated pictures though of the plane after the ice melted, and its in the exact same place it started. IF they can recover the wings and tail section, then that plance could still be made flyable if they manage to replacate the center section aft of the bomb bay doors, and re-build a nose, or find one of the 500 B-29 noses avaible

[Gumpy]

       Just a sad end for a beautiful plane.

[LuseKofte]

That is why I like fiction it does not have to end like this in fiction god damn it 

Well he did try

[Wildchild]

Check this out: 2008 picture of Kee Bird... (its 1/4th to the bottom)

http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/warbirds-warbird-replicas/5277-recent-kee-bird-picture.html

Also, Quote-

Their failure was not performing a preflight/pretaxi check of the aircraft. The ladder left in place was noted from the start and not only was the apu and its fuel supply jury rigged, it was needlessly left running. If it was switched off as soon as the first engine was started, it might have cooled sufficiently following engine start sequence was completed so as not to have ignited any spilled fuel to begin with. That small gasoline engine was a major fire risk that should have been dealt with. Leaving it poorly installed and left running while ship was moving was a major screw-up that was too painful to watch. The access ladder could have clipped the ground and damaged the hatchway or airframe if torn away from its points of attachment. The crew were talented, highly skilled men, but none the less careless knuckleheads. I would like to point out that it was knuckleheaded of them to have relied on another antique aircraft, the '62 Caribue, that was in marginal condition to rely upon as their lifeline and only source of transportation. That ship was not air-worthy and could have crashed a more than one occasion, especially the zero-flap landing with the bulldozer on board!

[The_Alaska_Man]

Well i think you might want to check this out.

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,17567.0.html

[toranamadman]

Well worth watching . What a disaster at the end to see a peice of history not to mention all the money and man hours put in to get this bird flyable again .

[Wildchild]

What could have possibly been the only other B-29 that could have flown again... Now sits in the same spot on an ice shelf. If anyone has a spare B-29 fuselage and nose, here are virtually new wings, tail and motors...