Posted on 12/16/2024 3:37:52 AM PST by Duke C.
The plane was part of a 'super-secret operation'. On a cold, dark night in January 1952, a distress call went out over Death Valley.
“Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is Air Force 001 bailing out north of Barstow, California,” an official crash report would later read. Seconds later, six men jumped out of a 16-ton, two-engine, SA-16 Albatross plane into total darkness. The plane — with its backdoor hanging open — continued unmanned for a few moments, eventually crashing into a nearby desert mountain.
More than 70 years later, the metallic carcass is still there.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
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What does this mean?
It means, respectfully, that I have no idea what your original response was directed to...
My first comment (post #2) was directed to Duke C.
My second comment (post #17) was direct to you.
I have no idea what you're trying to say in your posts to me.
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