Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:01 pm
Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:09 pm
Wildchild wrote:I don't believe so, but I might be wrong.
Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:22 pm
Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:29 pm
Wildchild wrote:"Numerous aircraft mishaps occurred during the World War II years, but detailed data is not readily available. In late 1970, wreckage of an FM-1 Wildcat was located by hunters near the south shore of nearby Lake Jessup. Subsequent contact with and investigation by USN authorities indicated that the pilot had safely bailed out of the aircraft during this circa 1944 mishap."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS_Sanfor ... _accidents
Serial # should be 38-498, listed as a YFM-1A
Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:21 pm
Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:52 pm
RandolphB wrote:Wildchild wrote:"Numerous aircraft mishaps occurred during the World War II years, but detailed data is not readily available. In late 1970, wreckage of an FM-1 Wildcat was located by hunters near the south shore of nearby Lake Jessup. Subsequent contact with and investigation by USN authorities indicated that the pilot had safely bailed out of the aircraft during this circa 1944 mishap."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS_Sanfor ... _accidents
Serial # should be 38-498, listed as a YFM-1A
This plane is still there, on private property...owned by people who are very adverse to having anybody poking around looking for it (Translation: How would you like to be shot?). A couple of photos showed up a year or so ago in a forum...can't remember which one. A friend of mine has seen it, but only because he is friends with one of the old families with money in the area that knew the owners. (This plane was the subject of much dreaming by my friend and I in high school in the 70's. I am glad he kept looking and finally answered the question to if it was still there). The owners have been approached before by people thinking a almost pristine aircraft, waiting for a set of tires and a wax job is there to be had. What is there is a couple of large peices of broken corrosion that is quickly rotting away as it has for decades.
Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:14 pm
Wildchild wrote:RandolphB wrote:Wildchild wrote:"Numerous aircraft mishaps occurred during the World War II years, but detailed data is not readily available. In late 1970, wreckage of an FM-1 Wildcat was located by hunters near the south shore of nearby Lake Jessup. Subsequent contact with and investigation by USN authorities indicated that the pilot had safely bailed out of the aircraft during this circa 1944 mishap."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS_Sanfor ... _accidents
Serial # should be 38-498, listed as a YFM-1A
This plane is still there, on private property...owned by people who are very adverse to having anybody poking around looking for it (Translation: How would you like to be shot?). A couple of photos showed up a year or so ago in a forum...can't remember which one. A friend of mine has seen it, but only because he is friends with one of the old families with money in the area that knew the owners. (This plane was the subject of much dreaming by my friend and I in high school in the 70's. I am glad he kept looking and finally answered the question to if it was still there). The owners have been approached before by people thinking a almost pristine aircraft, waiting for a set of tires and a wax job is there to be had. What is there is a couple of large peices of broken corrosion that is quickly rotting away as it has for decades.
If it's rotting away, why do they care? couldn't they at least place it indoor's??
Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:42 am
Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:07 am
Lots of people like the idea of something junk on their property because, I guess, it makes a cool story. How many antique cars and railroad equipment sit rusting on private land because the owers want it that way and have no intention to ever sell? That happens a lot.Wildchild wrote:If it's rotting away, why do they care? couldn't they at least place it indoor's??
Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:22 am
Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:30 pm
Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:16 pm
p51 wrote:Lots of people like the idea of something junk on their property because, I guess, it makes a cool story. How many antique cars and railroad equipment sit rusting on private land because the owers want it that way and have no intention to ever sell? That happens a lot.Wildchild wrote:If it's rotting away, why do they care? couldn't they at least place it indoor's??
I know for sure of a fighter plane in a lake. I've stood on what's left of it. I dated the owner's oldest daughter for a time, many years back and I'd never have known about it otherwise. Hardly anyone knows it even exists, probably to this day (I lost track of them after she dumped me but I suspect they still own the area as it was a huge chunk of land). They liked the fact is was there. They'd never dream of having someone haul it out, because then it wouldn't be theirs anymore. So many people would rather something turn into a pile of rust than let anyone else have it and do something with it. Just watch any episode of American Pickers and you'll see the same mindset in each episode.
Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:32 pm
Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:47 pm
Serial # should be 38-498, listed as a YFM-1A
498 forcelanded due to engine failure at Orlando AAB, FL Oct 23, 1941. To CL-26 Feb 1942
497 crashed and burned Jan 22, 1942.
The most serious accident occurred to YFM-1A (Model 8) 38-497, on a flight from Chanute Field, Illinois, and Keesler Field, Mississippi,
Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:05 am