[AT] OT B-29: Frozen in Time

[Dave Merchant]

Salvage effort was an embarrassment.

They left a portable generator running in the tail
as a substitute for the proper APU
without tying it down during attempted taxi test(?),
it dumped fuel that caught fire.

4 good engines + props went down with it.

Name was Kee Bird.

Sad.

Dave Merchant



At 10:02 PM 7/20/2010, you wrote:
>Just watched on PBS --What a story; anyone who enjoys the old planes & 
>challenges with machinery would enjoy this!  It will be re-run now & then.
>
>Gene
>
>B-29: Frozen in Time
>Following efforts to retrieve a B-29 bomber that was lost in the Arctic 
>Circle during a 1947 mission. Included: comments from members of the 
>original flight and the 1994 salvage crew, whose lives were jeopardized by 
>the harsh climate.
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