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Thread: Info on the boatplane in Lake Mead

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    DILLIGAF
    Missing Plane Discovered
    At Lake Mead
    BOULDER CITY, NV - The National Park Service (NPS) announced yesterday a submerged PBY Catalina flying boat that crashed 60 years ago in Lake Mead has been located. On October 24, 1949, the Navy PBY-5A Catalina flying boat, converted for civilian use by the Charles Babb Company of Los Angeles, took off from the Boulder City Airport for a test flight. The aircraft was attempting a water landing in the Boulder Basin area of Lake Mead. Unfortunately, the landing gear was still down, causing the plane to flip and burn.
    The occupants of the aircraft were pilot Russell Rogers, mechanic Charmen Correa and Clarence Masters, all from Southern California. Boulder City Airport Operator Tom Swift and his associate George Davis were invited to join the group on the test flight. Swift and Masters were thrown clear of the plane; however they never regained consciousness and later died at the hospital. George Davis, the only member of the group that was strapped in his seat, survived the crash but did have a broken leg, cuts and bruises. Rogers and Correa went down with the plane. Body recovery operations were conducted shortly after the crash, but researchers are unable to confirm if the bodies were ever retrieved.
    PBY Catalina was the United States Navy designation for an American and Canadian-built flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s. PB stands for Patrol Bomber, with Y being Consolidated Aircraft’s manufacturer identification. When used by the military, it could be equipped with depth charges, bombs, torpedoes and .50 caliber machine guns and was one of the most widely used multi-role aircraft of World War II. All weaponry was removed from this aircraft when it was converted for civilian use by the Babb Company.

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    dirty old man
    If the water keeps dropping, you'll be able to dive down to the B-29 at Midpoint

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    Panic Button
    You can dive the B-29 now, just have to get a permit and dive with one of the approved shops. It's sitting at ~165' right now.

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    IDRPSTF
    How long before someone pipes up with the PBY sucking up the diver in a lake and dropping him on a forrest fire story?

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    work2play
    If the level in Lake Mead keeps dropping, you will be able to dive down and see all the bodies the mafia has sent to the bottom. lol

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    burtandnancy2
    uh-oh, who else knows about that?

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    Trailer Park Casanova
    If the water keeps dropping, you'll be able to dive down to the B-29 at Midpoint
    http://kvbc.images.worldnow.com/images/4571532_BG4.jpg
    Lake Meads B29.

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    burtandnancy2
    Theres a really great video on the whole deal but I couldn't tell you where to look. Trailer Parks shot above may be of one of the motors that tore off...

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    ratso
    Where are all the zebra mussels?

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    Trailer Park Casanova
    http://kvbc.images.worldnow.com/images/4571532_BG5.jpg
    http://kvbc.images.worldnow.com/images/4571532_BG1.jpg
    The rules to dive to it have been eased a little, but even stopping or anchoring above the site is prohibited without a permit.
    http://www.indepthconsulting.com/ima...ver%20lake.JPG
    On initial impact three of the four engines (numbers 2, 3, and 4) were torn off the plane and sank. The plane then skipped back into the air and traveled an estimated 30 seconds before touching down with its tail and ditching in the lake. After the crash, the plane stayed afloat long enough for the five-man crew to escape safely. The only injury was scanner Frank Rico who broke his arm on impact. The plane lay undiscovered until 2001 when it was found by a group of sport divers.
    http://www.indepthconsulting.com/Ima...Pilot-seat.jpg
    Co-Pilots station. Still in remarkably good condition.

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