Sad! but we picked up your plane.

[planedriver]

The good news is, we picked up your 'plane. The bad news is that we broke it in half!

 

http://www.kptv.com/story/23283451/helicopter-removes-airplane-from-bottom-of-lake

 

 

[metalman]

Well I reckon we can fix it,, new avionics, engine bulk strip ,dry out the interior,,,,,,,,,,,,mmmmm,,,,,,bugger, what's the going price per kilo for aluminium!

 

 

[dazza 38]

It wouldn't be worth repairing even before the tail broke.

 

 

[kgwilson]

It wasn't completely submerged so the panel & avionics would have been OK, the undercarriage looked intact, the water was clean and fresh, if the 2 or 3 tonnes of water in it had been allowed to drain out before it got hoisted into the air and it was allowed to dry out slowly, it would have made a good restoration project for a budding LAME.

 

 

[facthunter]

A lot easier to fix than corrosion is. Nev

 

 

[old man emu]

D'oh! Shoulda opened the doors and let the water drain out before we lifted it right out of the lake.

 

OME

 

 

[ausadvance]

c'mon boys! nothing a blow dryer, some cable ties and a couple of rolls of duct tape wouldn't fix! have a little faith! there is a chance however we may not be able to save the fuel.......

 

 

[Greg Spiers]

The good news is, we picked up your 'plane. The bad news is that we broke it in half!http://www.kptv.com/story/23283451/helicopter-removes-airplane-from-bottom-of-lake

Reminds me when I was talking to the owner of Mundoo Island in Lake Alexandrina (1970's, can't remember his name), he had a station up north and had taken supplies out to a crew who were some way from the homestead fencing or something. He flew out there in his Cessna (can't remember what species) misjudged the landing and put the thing in a dam. He borrowed one of the vehicles there and drove back home, sent a crew out with a truck to pick it gently out of the dam and transport it home. It arrived in pieces. They had tied a rope around the nose wheel and ripped that off, tried the prop boss and tore the engine out of it, not much left to grab hold of so tried the wing root and gratefully had at least one wing out of the bog and so it went on until extracted. He had a sense of humour about the whole incident as we were laughing uproariously, not sure I would have felt the same if it was mine.

 

Greg