Warbird Information Exchange

Oh, man, this is great.

As I read that article I could not help but think that if Christopher Guest ("This Is Spinal Tap", "Waiting for Guffman", "Best In Show", "A Mighty Wind") made a mockumentary comedy film about aircraft wreck investigation, this would be the perfect script for it. Catherine O'Hara could play Wendy.

August

August,

Thanks for giving me a big laugh this AM! I needed it. Just thinking about Guest, his usual cast, and some of the potential scenes from the movie and I can't help but snicker.



Jim

Yeah Jim, can't you just see Fred Willard as the stuffed shirt Navy brass ... Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, and Larry Miller as the meddling xenophobic locals ... Guest and David Cross as the amateur salvors ... and in the end they don't even have convincing evidence that they ever found the wreck. I can barely resist emailing the link to Guest, I'm sure he'd instantly see the possibilities.

August

I think the flash back scene of the wreckage search being carried out with dynamite might take the show! I can just picture a row board with some E-1 and an O-4 tossing them over the side and the camera pans out and they are surrounded by thousands of dead floating fish.


On a side note, a PBJ and being an “H” model seems like something worth recovering. But I get the idea that the crew don't mean squat to them. The a/c could not be easily recovered and restored so they did not even try to recover the crew? That makes my blood boil a bit. All missing crews should be recovered and given a proper burial (IMO).

Maybe they need to try and find Neisse or Champ next!

Note to self, “must no rant, must not rant”

Tim

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"Mah name's Commandah Hahlan Peppah, and ah'm heah to talk to y'all about the PBJ Mitchell. The Mitchell's a noble breed... sometimes, I heah'em talkin' to me..." Yep, that would be a riot.

Sounds to me like this woman is full of more crap than a Christmas turkey.

Lynn

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Wisdom, courtesy of shrike: "In aviation, as well as marriage, it's often just as important to be seen to be doing something as is to do it properly in the first place."

Hee hee...might I suggest Ms. O'Hara including some voice-overs from Ms. Coble's actual dynamic narrative:

Coble quickly saw the potential assistance her career choice could bring to the town of Badin...

This is precious. I haven't seen this much talent at self-promotion since L. Ron Hubbard.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Did you miss that in the article Tim? She doesn't do the "icky" stuff anymore.




I like the part where she reveals that she's some kind of "artifact empath"
...a "warbird whisperer", if you will....

I say, let's test that claim. Let's hook 'er up with a double-bandolier of
weight belts to get 'er beyond neutral buoyancy and tow 'er like a sidescan.
"Just light-off a stick of TNT when you think we're near target honey"

As to the line-up for the movie...too bad Chris Farley's dead...he'd a made
the part for Wendy in my book.

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"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

I have a LOT to say about this, but I shall hold my thoughts to myself for now. Maybe a book would be in order?

"PIRATE"
Lex

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An ego is no match for gravity.

And I thought I had too much time on my hands... You guys are too much- really!

THAT would be an interesting read and good basis for the second movie,
NHC-Camp Runamuck-Part Deux


OK Col..your off the hook for the Lead Defense Lawyer..

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He bowls overhand...He is the most interesting man in the world.
"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

If you guys thought the article at the beginning of this thread was good, you should read this one.

http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/24-01/24-01-10.pdf

The most interesting part is on page two. In the last two or three paragraphs she talks about how aluminum emersed in salt water reachs a state of stasis & is able to survive intact for perhaps hundreds of years.

After reading the article, I'm beginning to wonder if she is getting a bum rap. Obviously, she is well versed & knowledgable in archeology & apparently, in metallurgy as well.

Mac