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Raising Hell from Lake Michigan

Postby jime59 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:10 am

I thought that title might grab you. Has to do with raisng an F6F Hellcat from the lake after being there for 64 years.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/news ... 01.article

Pretty cool eh ? 
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Re: Raising Hell from Lake Michigan

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:24 am

I saw this on the news this morning.

I thought it was cool that the grandson of the pilot was the first to sit in the cockpit after it was raised.  8-)
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Re: Raising Hell from Lake Michigan

Postby expat » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:55 am

I was just about to post this too 8-) Will they preserve it as is, making a diorama (minus the water of course) of how she was found, or will she be rebuilt?

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Re: Raising Hell from Lake Michigan

Postby jime59 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:51 am

Yeah, I caught that son/grandson connection thing too.
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Re: Raising Hell from Lake Michigan

Postby BigTruck » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:09 am

;D
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