Interesting aviation salvage story

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http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/aviation/story/878723.html

This month a group of deep sea divers and pilots with a passion for finding lost wrecks descended on [a] lake to resurrect this one little plane.
It's not especially valuable or historic. No one was sure it would ever fly again. So why did 11 people, some of them not even Alaskans, spend time and muscle on a risky salvage operation?
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Video: http://community.adn.com/mini_apps/vmix/player.php?ID=5230696&GID=118
 
he might want to comply with the wing strut AD.
 
It was at the bottom of the lake for 18 years for a reason.

The effort of bringing it up cost more than a great flying one. let alone the cost of restoration.
 
So its sumberged in FRESH water for 18 years and they float it through SALT water to the boat :dunno: Why who knows.

Also for anyone that has dove if they call that Murkey dark water in AK then WOW clear water must be the equivalent of CAVU. I'd consider that aweseom viz. I've dove where you can just about see your hand extended in front of you.
 
AdamZ said:
So its sumberged in FRESH water for 18 years and they float it through SALT water to the boat :dunno: Why who knows.
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Only way to get it out of there without using a helicopter (I imagine they were trying to keep costs down, the use of the boat was probably donated.) No road access, lake is next to seashore.

As for black water diving, I thought that too until I reflected that they were talking about the bottom. The video and photos shows it after being raised relatively near the surface.

During my time as a collateral-duty diver I've operated in plenty of blackwater situations in silt. You couldn't see your hand on your mask much less extended out in front of you, and a light was useless :eek:
 
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as long as the short salt water trip didnt wreck the data plate the airplane is still restorable with no extra cost over the initial estimate.
 
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