Posted on 12/15/2024 2:46:03 PM PST by DFG
Very interesting...I was going to say “out of Edwards AFB” no doubt and then I did what FReepers don’t usually do, I read the whole article.
Panamint Valley - was where Manson took his gang before they ended up back where he was finally arrested - a movie location in Chatsworth, CA if I remember right. A long time ago but I think I’m recalling it right...
This is some story - thanks for posting. Spent a lot of time at my husband’s folks place out in the Mojave Desert 20 miles east of Lancaster after they left the big city (L.A.) for peace and quiet after retirement. So secluded, you could sit on the front porch and someone would say, “didn’t that car go by here yesterday at this same time?” We went there for the peace and quiet from OC...
Their place was set on a high plateau and we could go out further and watch the Space Shuttle land...went out one evening for a night landing but couldn’t see much and it was mighty uncomfortable with whatever creatures were crawling around who liked to announce their presence with rattles! The paved road was warmth to them.
“”Please - can we leave and make it back to the house now?”
“Control surfaces were covered by fabric”
Thanks. Even in a metal fuselage aircraft in 1952?
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On Ft Irwin near Barstow, I found a projectile about 4ft tall standing perfectly on its base in the middle of the desert. No idea what it was
Death Valley. One of the hottest and driest places on Earth.
Do you know what else is in Death Valley ?
An aquifer containing pristine pure water estimated to be the largest aquifer in the US. No one knows how deep or large this aquifer is.
So, Death Valley is the driest and the wettest spot in the US, and probably on the planet.
P.S. It’s called DEVIL’S HOLE, if anyone wants to look it up.
**Even in a metal fuselage aircraft in 1952?**
Yes. Fabric covered control surfaces was a very common sight metal aircraft during WW2. The Albatross was an amphibious craft built after the war, using proven designs. Though the jet age was underway, amphibs still needed to be slow for their designed job.
**On Ft Irwin near Barstow, I found a projectile about 4ft tall standing perfectly on its base in the middle of the desert. No idea what it was.**
Sounds like someone found it before you did, and thought, “If I see this thing again, I’ll know that I’ll have been walking in circles trying to get out of this desert”.
They were fabric covered.
Those were canvas. Rotted away.
Yes.... The much more modern pressurized B-29 even had those kind of surfaces. That Albatross was a 1949 design. Cheap, easy to repair, effective at prop speeds.
You can watch a female that lives in at the edge of Death Valley in Tecopa, CA explore the wreck on her YouTube channel, Wonderhussy. She has also explored about every old miners cabin throughout the area.
“An aquifer containing pristine pure water estimated to be the largest aquifer in the US.”
And where does all that water go? It goes by pipe to fill swimming pools and provide drinking water for Los Angeles, thanks to a fellow named Mulholland.
Actually, the water comes from snow melt in the Eastern Sierra in the Owens Valley north of Death Valley.
Yes, I’ve watched a few of her videos. Adventurous, etc.
Lots of pictures of the wreck at this link... https://joeidoni.smugmug.com/Aircraft-Crash-Sites/Panamint-Range-SA-16-Albatross/i-kSwg74v
Lol. I hadn't noticed but I believe that you are 100% correct.
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