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lethial · (05-10-2012, 06:45 PM)

The Internet · (05-10-2012, 06:47 PM)

Originally Posted by JetBlackPanda:

haha I just might.

This story reminds me of the Lady Be Good. If you are unaware of the story check it out.

Lady Be Good

They find aircraft like this all the time, granted its getting more rare but most of the aircraft that you see at airshows are recovered from scenarios like this.

Glacier Girl is another example and Kee Bird could have been great but the recovery team was full or morons.

sorry again for derailing this thread.

Wow, that Lady Be Good story was interesting, going to check the other ones out.

sixteen-bit · (05-10-2012, 06:47 PM)

wow, incredible find.

MattKeil · (05-10-2012, 06:49 PM)

Originally Posted by lunchtoast:

A little too RAF...

Well fucking played.

Casp0r · (05-10-2012, 06:50 PM)

Pictures 7-9 don't load for me :(

RustyNails · (05-10-2012, 06:51 PM)

Count Almasy, noooooo :(

TheMan · (05-10-2012, 06:52 PM)

Originally Posted by JetBlackPanda:

haha I just might.

This story reminds me of the Lady Be Good. If you are unaware of the story check it out.

Lady Be Good

They find aircraft like this all the time, granted its getting more rare but most of the aircraft that you see at airshows are recovered from scenarios like this.

Glacier Girl is another example and Kee Bird could have been great but the recovery team was full or morons.

sorry again for derailing this thread.

dude, this is fascinating, please make a thread.

better yet, do an AMA on reddit

The Incarnation · (05-10-2012, 06:52 PM)

All I can think about is the Vultures circling above just before his death..

Lonestar · (05-10-2012, 06:53 PM)

Horrible first thought.

Ferrio · (05-10-2012, 06:55 PM)

Originally Posted by lunchtoast:

A little too RAF...

Man.. really didn't expect a reference like this in this thread.

UrokeJoe · (05-10-2012, 07:03 PM)

Pretty freaking amazing with a wow that shit is real.

Lionel Mandrake · (05-10-2012, 07:06 PM)

Damn, that's cool.

ChiTownBuffalo · (05-10-2012, 07:09 PM)

Might be a little too RAF.

SUPREME1 · (05-10-2012, 07:27 PM)

Originally Posted by Napoleonthechimp:

Uh... Is that we compare something's value now? Because I'm pretty sure no one is comparing it to the discovery of King Tut's tomb.

Uh... the quotes in the OP.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is very cool and all, just kind of cringed when I read that part. Why even compare it to anything else? Let it be it's own thing.

Prez · (05-10-2012, 07:31 PM)

Originally Posted by dc89:

Quote:

It is thought the pilot survived the crash and initially used his parachute for shelter before making a desperate and futile attempt to reach civilisation by walking out of the desert. The RAF airman, believed to have been Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping, 24, was never seen again.

Which way did he go? His footprints are all over the place.

NekoFever · (05-10-2012, 08:38 PM)

You tend to forget how colossal the Sahara is, but even within 200 miles of civilisation - which isn't really that far these days - a freaking plane can go undiscovered for well over half a century. Pretty amazing.

planar1280 · (05-10-2012, 08:42 PM)

Originally Posted by Stabbie:

Which way did he go? His footprints are all over the place.

you are joking right?

DarkKyo · (05-10-2012, 08:44 PM)

Originally Posted by planar1280:

you are joking right?

He thinks it's the moon.

FStop7 · (05-10-2012, 09:13 PM)

Originally Posted by RustyNails:

Count Almasy, noooooo :(

Same thing I thought.

Captain Tuttle · (05-10-2012, 09:22 PM)

Incredible. Big thanks to the OP for making the thread

xbhaskarx · (05-10-2012, 10:10 PM)

Isn't this the plot of The English Patient?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116209/plotsummary

GK86 · (05-10-2012, 10:11 PM)

WWII planes are badass. Love them.

Bazza · (05-10-2012, 10:15 PM)

Originally Posted by FStop7:

Britain concerned about the preservation of antiquities in Egypt.

Now that's irony.

lol came to post something similar, would be nice to get it back but we can have no complaints if they decide to keep it for them selves.

Venfayth · (05-10-2012, 10:18 PM)

There's something fishy here

Archer · (05-10-2012, 10:23 PM)

Originally Posted by Venfayth:

There's something fishy here

engine piston?

gooey kablooie · (05-10-2012, 10:26 PM)

Originally Posted by Archer:

engine piston?

All pilots had laser swords back then.

LQX · (05-10-2012, 10:30 PM)

Originally Posted by Venfayth:

There's something fishy here

Makes no sense. Tusken Raider don't carry lightsabers and they are the only ones that would be in the desert.

Previous · (05-10-2012, 10:38 PM)

Originally Posted by LQX:

Makes no sense. Tusken Raider don't carry lightsabers and they are the only ones that would be in the desert.

Something is wrong, look at the footprints all over the place.. The sand people ride in single file to conceal their numbers.

Guerrillas in the Mist · (05-10-2012, 10:44 PM)

This reminds me of that story about those well-preserved spitfires found in Burma recently.

evil solrac v3.0 · (05-10-2012, 10:45 PM)

Originally Posted by Archer:

engine piston?

no, lightsaber.

Wolfe · (05-10-2012, 11:23 PM)

Originally Posted by SUPREME1:

Uh... the quotes in the OP.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is very cool and all, just kind of cringed when I read that part. Why even compare it to anything else? Let it be it's own thing.

To be fair it does say the "aviation equivalent", which is still kind of absurd in a way but maybe it had more to do with the preserved state of the aircraft.

Escape Goat · (05-10-2012, 11:24 PM)

Originally Posted by Previous:

Something is wrong, look at the footprints all over the place.. The sand people ride in single file to conceal their numbers.

And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.

Snaku · (05-10-2012, 11:26 PM)

Reggie!!!

greycolumbus · (05-10-2012, 11:27 PM)

Originally Posted by gar3:

King Nine Will Not Return.

Instantly thought of this

Wubby · (05-12-2012, 04:16 AM)

The British are on it! Hope they get it

Quote:

As Copping's story becomes known, British authorities are hoping to bring his plane back to the United Kingdom and put it on display at the RAF Museum in London. Museum representatives are working with the British Embassy in Cairo and Britain's Ministry of Defence on a possible recovery operation.
"It's an incredible story," said museum spokesman Michael Creane. "It's a perfect story in so many ways. It's incredible the plane sat there in this untouched part of the world for so long. ... We're dedicated to recovering it as fast as we can. This would be a fantastic asset."

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/11/wo...html?hpt=hp_t3

Air · (05-12-2012, 04:21 AM)

Wonder what else lies beneath the sand.

BigJonsson · (05-12-2012, 04:26 AM)

ZZMitch · (05-12-2012, 04:26 AM)

It would be funny if someone found something like this on Google Maps, although you probably can't get that close in on Google Maps on an uninhabited area like this.

Para bailar La Bomba · (05-12-2012, 04:30 AM)

Originally Posted by Air:

Wonder what else lies beneath the sand.

More sand. Then rock.

The English Conquistador · (05-12-2012, 04:35 AM)

Originally Posted by lethial:

Yup, this and Uncharted 3 popped into my head.

Rhomega Beta · (05-12-2012, 04:54 AM)

King Nine Will Not Return

EDIT: That's what you get for skimming the thread

GT Vespene · (05-12-2012, 06:52 AM)

Under similar circumstances, Nathan Drake found ran into a mercenary camp, a made up tribe of desert people and a fake lost civilization.

Real life's a bitch.

Sneaky Gato · (05-12-2012, 08:26 PM)

Originally Posted by JetBlackPanda:

I could go on and on.. there are a few other guys that do it, I mainly do it in the American Southwest. (a lot of WW2 airbases were setup here during the war due to good weather) this lead to many accidents around the region.

anyways sorry to derail the thread.

That's really cool! My great uncle died as a test pilot in New Mexico in a P-40 during WWII. They just found his remains a few years ago.

Kinyou · (05-12-2012, 08:35 PM)

Originally Posted by Wubby:

The British are on it! Hope they get it

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/11/wo...html?hpt=hp_t3

I wonder if the Egyptians hand it over for free or rather sell it.

NoRéN · (05-13-2012, 05:43 PM)

Originally Posted by gar3:

King Nine Will Not Return.

Lady Be Good

Quote:

"King Nine Will Not Return" is an episode of The Twilight Zone that told the story of a B-25 crew member finding himself alone with the wreckage of his plane in the desert.[9] In the episode, the marker of a grave of a member of the fictional plane’s crew is dated "5 Apr, 1943," the day on which Lady Be Good was lost.

NYR94 · (05-13-2012, 06:04 PM)

Where's the pilot? I don't understand. Where's the crew? Hey!

Wubby · (06-28-2012, 01:01 PM)

They found the bones of the pilot 8 miles from the plane. That's a pretty good distance considering it's in the middle of the Sahara desert. Not a good way to die.

Also as everyone figured the plane is already being trashed. All windows have now been destroyed and gauges are all broken as well as who knows what's missing from souvenir hunters. British museums are moving too slow on this. There may be nothing left soon.

PDF Source: http://www.qattara.it/versione%20in%...ESTO%20_1_.pdf