Anyone wanna see a WWII plane 120 feet deep for 52 years?

[MichaelHarris]

took these off the coast of Hawaii, wish I had this bad boy in my shop.

[zbdent]

1. If I were a Repuke, I would mention the relationship

of the most popular container of food to feed the fish in Hanauma Bay, and the reason why there's no remains of the pilot to be found.

Of course, that was gone long before somebody decided to start packaging frozen peas . . .

[MichaelHarris]

3. LOL

I had researched the plane, he got out and used a raft that they store somewhere in the plane.

[ixion]

2. cool! nice pics

thanks for posting! :-)

[MichaelHarris]

4. thanks n/t

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. What kind of plane was it???

The canopy kinda looks like a F-4U Corsair.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Either that or a Zero (nt)

[MichaelHarris]

8. it is

good call. Theres supposed to be a way to tell the vintage by the number of prop blades. This had 4

[CrownPrinceBandar]

10. Thanks. I've been an airplane junkie since I was a kid....

Thanks to my late WWII vet Granddad who bought me models of warplanes.

I wish I could learn to fly so I could pilot some of the old WWII beauties. The F-4U would be at the top of my list. Followed closely by the P-51 and the ME-109. I've only been able to fly them in sims on my computer. I imagine the real thing would be incomparable.

[Archae]

13. Ever been to the EAA fly-in?

When they bring the warbirds in, (BIG SIGH)

I live on the flight path to Oshkosh, so the planes heading north there fly over pretty often.

Couple years ago one morning I heard a roaring sound, I go outside and a B-17 escorted by 4 or 5 different WW2 fighters just RUMBLED over.

They were only a few hundred feet up, and the sound was pure music to me.

[MichaelHarris]

17. When I lived in Tx

I went to the Wings over Houston thing all the time.

[MichaelHarris]

14. its the only

corsair I've ever seen. I've been to airshows but I don't think there are many restored corsairs. I used to love to build WWII planes. It would be a nice project to take a kit and bash it a bit to look like this one.

[MichaelHarris]

19. mine was

always the P-38 until I saw this. As soon as I got home I got an R/C version. Never flew it though, too skeert.

[zbdent]

12. Imagine my embarassment - I thought that coral forward of the

cockpit was a Japanese symbol.

Glad you did say that it was a Zero.

[MichaelHarris]

18. ya know

one of the things I'm not sure of is if this one has been designated as a monument since the pilot didn't die. Last I heard he still lived on the big island. Either way I didn't take anything, can't say the temptation didn't creep in though.

[wtmusic]

6. Sounds like a great dive

is that a Thunderbolt?

[MichaelHarris]

9. its a

Corsair, navy pilot I think.

[wtmusic]

11. Ah yes, suckers were hard to fly

and quite a few ended up in the drink!

[TheMightyFavog]

15. There's a reason thos Corsairs were called Ensign Eliminators.

End of Line.

[MichaelHarris]

16. they say

because of the gull wing they had to veer left and right while taxi'ing just to see. It sat very nose high.

[wtmusic]

20. the INVERTED gull wing

I'll believe that design choice made sense the next time I see a seagull flying upside down...

[MichaelHarris]

22. lol

[MichaelHarris]

23. heres a better pic from a website

http://www.islanddivershawaii.com/divesites.htm

http://www.diveoahu.com/corsair.html

http://www.diveoahu.com/corsair2.html

[CrownPrinceBandar]

28. Here's a pic of a F-4U in drier conditions...........

[MichaelHarris]

21. it was a great dive

except very little life. There were these snake-like somethings poking out of the sand though. You we're supposed to be able to climb in the cockpit but a moray eel was there and well I didn't wanna bother him.

Thats my second WWII dive, the first was a torpedoed Liberty ship off the coast of florida.

[ForrestGump]

31. 'Snake-like somethings'

would be garden eels, most likely.

[MichaelHarris]

33. lol

thanks I forgot what thos we're called and me studying marine biology in college. Smack my ass and call me edna.

[ForrestGump]

35. Hi, Edna

:spank:

[GOPisEvil]

24. Awesome!

The WWII geek in me is impressed! :D

[MichaelHarris]

25. Thanks, I

think all of us has a little WWII geek in us. The planes we're pretty cool

[GOPisEvil]

26. I lived in HI for 3 years.

Seeing Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial got me started on my geekdom.

[MichaelHarris]

27. I've been twice and one thing I regret alot

is not going down the the memorial. We drove by and it was so crowded each time. We have friends there and they've seen everything so its kinda boring to them. No one fishes except me so I spend alot of my time there walking to shores with a flyrod.

[ironflange]

29. How about this baby?

This is "Glacier Girl," the P-38 they found frozen in the Greenland icecap. She's flying now, and in showroom condition.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

30. Cool. I didn't know they got her back together already.......

Very Nice. :thumbsup:

[ironflange]

34. It sure didn't take them long

Of course, it was perfectly preserved, prolly only needed a coat of paint. :evilgrin:

[MichaelHarris]

32. ha

I said I wasn't posting anymore because of the delete-a-thon on my posts today but I had to respond to this. That picture would make a man's nips hard in a second. OK I'm done :)