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Posted by Astrozomby on August 17, 2009, 15:27:39, in reply to "Re: What's that hunk of aluminum between Mineshaft Flat and Big Tree?"
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I had read of a chopper crash up there. For some reason, I thought it had been an attempted rescue or something to that effect.
Man, I wish I had a photo of the piece, it's definitely aluminum, but, didn't quite look right for the airfoil. I wonder if it could be part of that.
Was that the Marine chopper that wound up getting carried out by hand, trucked to long beach, and getting re-assembled by a civilian with following lawsuit by the Marines to get their abandoned chopper back? (maybe I have the story wrong).
As I recall, and per the "Memorial" Plaque now visible at the plane crash site, it was a C-47 not DC-3 (the C-47 was a civilian DC-3 repurposed for military use). I imagine not too many jumping from planes over Europe called them DC-3's ;-)
I love this mountain...it's got some interesting history.
-az-
--Previous Message--
: There was a chopper sent to remove
: some of the debris from the DC-3
: crash high on the east flank of SG.
: Apparently, the chopper crashed too
: from what I've read. You may have
: found a piece.
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: --Previous Message--
: I didn't get a picture of it, but
: saw
: a huge length of aluminum (i think)
: by the spring between Mineshaft Flat
: and Big Tree last week.
:
: Anyone know what this is from?
:
: It's a length about 20-30 feet long
: it seems, is flat on one side, and
: curves at the other end, sort of
: like a gothic cathedral window
: maybe? It's hollow with support
: inside to maintain the shape, and I
: think it had some yellow stripes
: painted on it near the ends.
:
: My first thought upon seeing it was
: that maybe it was a helicopter
: blade, but it's not quite the right
: airfoil shape. I suppose it could
: be the leading edge of some type of
: wing, but the curve seemed a little
: odd.
:
: Looked like it's tumbled around as
: it was pretty bent up, but was still
: easy enough to move it in its
: resting place.
:
: Would love to know what it was I
: stumbled upon out there.
: -AZ-
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