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Precious Cargo (not AirForce One)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:13 pm
by f-35simpilot
Nice seeing this airline at YVR in the first place!

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Cargo bay is open!

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My god... is that a body, indeed it is... in fact it is the body of some catholic saint, somebody said it was a mummy... someone said it was a plasticized body, not really sure who to believe, but it is the REAL body either way!
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with the cargo door shut!
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Re: Precious Cargo (not AirForce One)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:37 pm
by SeanTK
What the......

Ok, that's going into a random image thread.
That is by far the strangest image I have seen in a VERY long time, and can dig up some pretty weird stuff.

I don't have words to describe how weird that is.....

Re: Precious Cargo (not AirForce One)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:03 pm
by ApplePie
After a little bit of research this is what I found:


http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select. ... 4&id=57481

[quote]An acrylic likeness of the incorrupt body of St. John Bosco containing a relic of the

Re: Precious Cargo (not AirForce One)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:24 pm
by f-35simpilot
glad you know Pie, I could not understand the old guy with a thick accent who was explaining!

Re: Precious Cargo (not AirForce One)

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:39 am
by Flying Trucker
Interesting indeed.... ;)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Re: Precious Cargo (not AirForce One)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:33 pm
by chrism7262
there is actually something just like this at a Catholic Church i went to in Philadelphia. It is actually the body of St. John Newman. It was discovered that his body never actually decomposed, and so they have it in a glass case like this one, and have put an acrylic mask over his face. I may have some of the details wrong but still pretty cool to see  :o