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I was thinking for a second that maybe this was NAS SIGONELLA bird considering the proximity, but I noticed that SIG wasn't stood up until 1959. So not likely I guess.

So I'm guessing this bird came off a Flat-top.

Also, can anyone see anything in the pictures that would able to determine what type of -5 this is? Like say for example a -5N?


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They'll probably throw it back to preserve it for future generations :? :roll: :roll: :?


After they de-mil it :wink:

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i'd say it's thoroughly sh*t canned, but a neat find none the less!!

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Just come across this video of it, nice see it was carefully handled & dismantled :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtnUNuMN8EY&NR=1

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Yeah, nothings says preservation like the sound of a chop saw !! They must have gotten their copy of the Naval Historical Aircraft Recovery Manual from the guys at AMARC !!
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where is the tail section?? was it torn off in the netting & left on the bottom?? if so will anybody be looking for it??

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Yeah, nothings says preservation like the sound of a chop saw !!!


A little metalset will fix that right up! :evil:
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Just go Trawling off the Florida's coast. You'll pull up all sorts of stuff.


Forget Florida. Go "fishing" in Lake Michigan instead. 8)
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Just come across this video of it, nice see it was carefully handled & dismantled :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtnUNuMN8EY&NR=1


Our tax dollars at work!

That thing was really rough, but the recovery effort shouldn't make it worse. Just MHO and I could be wrong...

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It wasn't a recovery effort per say, it was caught up in a fishing net, the Italian Vintage Aircraft Society had a look at it, but last I heard it was touch and go as to whether it would be scrapped or not

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Today I again stumbled across the sad video of the USN sawing the wings off. I assume that she has since met her end. Can anyone confirm her fate?
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I can't believe they took a saw and chopped the wings off it. Maybe it could have been restored for static display somewhere. Maybe they could have taken a little more time and unbolted the outer wing panels. Who chops up a relic like that?

I'm so pissed right now.
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Ober, was it Werner that told us the story about the Me-109 that was brought up in a fishing net and lost before they could get a line on it. The pilot was still in the driver seat....

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F2G_lover wrote:
I can't believe they took a saw and chopped the wings off it. Maybe it could have been restored for static display somewhere. Maybe they could have taken a little more time and unbolted the outer wing panels. Who chops up a relic like that?

You'd need to spend a lot of money and effort to stop the thing fizzing away in front of you. 50 years in the salt ocean takes months (sometimes years) of decontamination to just stabilise the machine.

Sorry, but IMHO, it's junk that looks like part of a Corsair.

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