Comments on: A place for submerged aircraft in maritime archaeology?

By: Eden

Eden — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:30:28 +0000

I was thinking that too. And there are ‘airships’ (not just the planes designed to land on water, though those count too) still.

By: John Clarke

John Clarke — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:57:12 +0000

I’m sure you know there is no such real location as the Bermuda Triangle – what there is is the Point of No Return – that point in even current flights where it is less fuel & safer to continue to the destination rather than turn back. The Tudors were at the then pinnacle of technology but still suffered from an engine failure rate that would ground any modern aircraft fleet. BTW it may be autocorrect but they were “Star X”.
An interesting fact is that Alcock & Brown’s Vimy was the only one of the Transatlantic Air Race to make it across so there’s several historic aircraft wrecks in the Atlantic between Newfoundland & Ireland.

By: Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:37:42 +0000

I hadn’t initially considered aircraft as of interest to maritime archaeologists but it makes perfect sense. My wife’s uncle was lost over the Bermuda triangle in the Avro Tudor “Start Ariel” in 1949 so there is a strong family interest in lost planes even though there is little or no chance of any wreckage ever being found.

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By: Marco Di Paolo (@marcodpaolo)

Marco Di Paolo (@marcodpaolo) — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:45:58 +0000

Well there is a clear connection between maritime and air means of transportation and thus we find a connection too between ships and aereonautics in terms of Space Exploration.

International Space Station – ISS
Star-ship
Etc…

Pretty curious post!

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 14:51:28 +0000

I am fascinated by the wrecks and recovery of aircraft (predominantly fighters) from the South Pacific. My father was in Army-Air stationed there during WWII. On a personal basis, I think it is a good thing when these planes are recovered because it often allows families to have closure. In both instances, air and water, are alike in they provide a sphere that man uses to move about it, whether near or far. Completely fascinating.

By: John Clarke

John Clarke — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:04:57 +0000

The problem with all aircraft recoveries – especially those from the sea – is that any airframe will rapidly decompose on contact with the air no matter how good a state it appears to be in prior to lifting. The Beaufighter brought up memories of another which was lifted off Cornwall back in the late 60s or early 70s. They used an oxyacetylene torch instead of drilling out the nodes and got phosphorus burns because they didn’t know that nightfighters were typically loaded with every third round tracer. Anyone doing such a recovery must thoroughly research their subject aircraft or risk getting injured or even killed by the anti-tampering charges built into a lot of WW2 aircraft radios.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:53:20 +0000

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By: Nigel Kerr

Nigel Kerr — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:31:51 +0000

As a person deeply fascinated by aviation I have always been aware that the sea is littered with ‘airwrecks’, as numerous aviators since the early days of flying have been lost without trace when flying over water in peacetime, if you then add in two world wars and dozens of untold skirmishes there are many a/c wrecks at the bottom of the world’s seas.

Some aircraft plummeted from height and broke into many pieces upon impact which became scattered on the sea floor, others which successfully ditched or were sunk at moorings may have been more intact, although tidal conditions, trawling, wreck hunters may have compromised the sites.

By: Esther Unterweger

Esther Unterweger — Wed, 27 May 2015 08:07:32 +0000

Maybe this will be of help:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/index
https://www.gov.uk/aviation-archaeology
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/links.htm