I know where some P-51's and B-17's are buried. My Dad told me the story when I was 8 yrs old, now I'm 62,

[fubar57]

I prefer sharpest crayon in the sock drawer

 

[pbehn]

I prefer sharpest crayon in the sock drawer

On the beach or in the sea?

 

[SaparotRob]

Stirred, not shaken.

 

[Peter Gunn]

Stirred, not shaken.

If a Gin Martini or a Gibson, you're damned right.

 

[fubar57]

the spot is not walker or wheel chair accessible so if you are a fast walker you can beat 'em to it! I'm going to do a little research Monday at the museum located there.

Cat 7495 shovel walks about 3kph so it might take a few years to get down there

 

[GrauGeist]

One major hurdle, is who owns the land, now.

If it's privately owned, there's a chance of negotiating access to investigate and retrieve any artifacts.

If it's government owned (Federal, State, County), then good luck with the miles of red tape...

 

[MIflyer]

At Tinker AFB there was a legendary case in the mid-50's. They had a number of P-47N's stored on the base and offered some up for auction. A man bid on them, won the bid, and then drained the avgas out of the full tanks on the airplanes, sold it, and the proceeds from the gasoline sale paid for the cost of the airplanes.

In 1955 the USN sold off its F8F Bearcats for $500 each.

Also in 1955 the US railroads sold off their remaining steam engines for $500 each and that included permission to use the RR lines to drive them to their final destinations.