Coral Reef Squadron

[expat]

Not sure if this is general or real aviation, but it is a bit fishy

Not much to read, but the pictures tell the story.

Coral Reef Squadron

Matt

[BigTruck]

Wow, kind of depressing, yet a beautiful thing...

[a1]

The use of our normally considered junk to grow new life is a great thing. As we all may know the Coral reefs of the world in in peril.  :)

[Souichiro]

There was a small feature on it in Flypast a few issues ago... Maybe sad for the airframes but better this than the chopping block

[commoner]

It's well documented that crashed aircraft and sunken ships become reefs after a number of years.....good to see these old wrecks being put to good use though......

Reminds me: did we ever settle that topic a few weeks back on how you pronounce PHUKET......commoner  ;D

[Chiari]

just creating more diving sites to make more money. has nothing to do with the health of the sealife, sadly.

anyway how many years is needed to take a natural-look?

[expat]

justanyway how many years is needed to take a natural-look?

Wrecks start to be colonised the moment a ship hits the sea floor and it only takes a couple of years to make a ship look like it has been on the bottom for a 100 years.

Matt

[BigTruck]

And it DOES stimulate coral reef growth, so even if it is to make more money, whatever man, it's also helping the eco systems.  I'm for it!!  I love aquatic life, very beautiful.

[T1MT1M]

[quote]And it DOES stimulate coral reef growth, so even if it is to make more money, whatever man, it's also helping the eco systems.