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Old (and controversial) news. I'm very happy they were saved and some are not very happy they were moved. You can tell in the video that they were not long from falling apart into nothing unless preservation steps were taken.

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"They done it, they done it, damned if they ain't flew." December 17, 1903

they should have been a lot more gentle/ respectful in the moving of those wrecks...

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It looks like that tree had basically grown into or around that Zero they were shoving. It might have crushed it or fell on it if allowed to continue. Those planes look like they were ready to crumble into heaps.

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"They done it, they done it, damned if they ain't flew." December 17, 1903

So the obvious question is...where did they end up?

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According to Pacific Wrecks, they went to Australia and will become part of the Solomon Islands National Museum.

It's better to have them cared for in some fashion than falling apart in the jungle. According to PW, logging contractors went through some of the islands as late as the 1970s and took what they wanted at will. Some of the abandoned wrecks in the area were also affected by the 2008 tsunami waves.

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"They done it, they done it, damned if they ain't flew." December 17, 1903

CW covered this recovery with some exclusive photos back in Issue 64 (2008)

Dave

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