From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 08:44:42 PST
Steve....as I recall, there was another fellow in that workforce that they
shipped out to a hospital and he died of, I think, a heart attack. I'm also
recalling (from memory) that the plane burned out on a frozen over lake.
Apparently they were going to use it as their runway and as soon as the lake
thawed, it sank to a deep resting place. I know I had tears in my eyes when it
burned and I bet you guys did too. Boy did I ever want to see that baby come back
home. I'm not knowledgeable....whats a APU? Fred
Steve Grammont wrote:
> >Second, the Kee Bird, a B29, was landed on a frozen lake. An expedition was
> >put together by Daryl Greenamyer, with the plan to fly it out. As stated,
> >they got it running and ready to take off, and it was burned up by a leaking
> >gas can hanging over an APU.
>
> I remember seeing a documentary on this. One man died from injuries
> sustained while mounting one of the engines.
>
> The fire, if I recall, was started by an electrical problem. While the
> replaced and refurbished all the mechanical parts, they did not replace
> the wiring. Apparently the age and weather had made the sheilding less
> than functional in at least one spot. I don't remember the gas can, but
> perhaps it was the electricals that started it up?
>
> Steve
>
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