1 posted on
08/09/2017 9:33:41 AM PDT by
simpson96
To: simpson96
Would it perhaps be a Lockheed Electra?...............
2 posted on
08/09/2017 9:38:17 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: simpson96
It isn’t an avenger or a wildcat. Could be a dauntless.
3 posted on
08/09/2017 9:41:03 AM PDT by
rlmorel
(Those who sit on the picket fence are impaled by it.)
To: simpson96
Looks kinda like a Japanese betty bomber.
To: simpson96
Yeah. It looks “almost perfectly preserved”...pfft!
7 posted on
08/09/2017 9:46:09 AM PDT by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: simpson96
It’s not upside down, based on the angle of the wing to the fuselage.
To: simpson96
I’m guessing either a flying boat or a damaged aircraft attempting to make a water landing and hitting the ridge just to the right of the nose ... which then flipped it over.
Crew could’ve survived that scenario depending on speed at the tip.
Beautiful juxtaposition.
9 posted on
08/09/2017 9:46:54 AM PDT by
reed13k
To: simpson96
Given it's inverted with no visible wheel wells, could it be an A6M2-N Rufe with the central float torn off?
To: simpson96
To: simpson96
To: simpson96
TBF? Large cockpit, small man in a kayak = TBF? Wing hinges???
30 posted on
08/09/2017 10:15:12 AM PDT by
Bringbackthedraft
(Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
To: simpson96
It’s hard to believe this was just discovered.
34 posted on
08/09/2017 10:24:01 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: simpson96
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aichi_E13A Aichi E13A "Jake" http://www.dive-the-world.com/reefs-and-parks-palau-peleliu-ww2-history.php Jake's Seaplane This is one of the most accessible sea planes to dive in Palau. This 1938 built Aichi Navy float plane which had a 3-man crew now rests among hard corals in 13 to 33m depth meaning it is visible from the surface. It seems to have crashed shortly after take-off. Unbent propellers suggest they were not turning at the time of impact with the water's surface. Much of the inside of the plane has been stripped of artefacts although some dials and gauges remain. You can inspect the surrounding reef for cuttlefish, octopus and nudibranchs.
48 posted on
08/09/2017 10:51:20 AM PDT by
DFG
To: simpson96
Alternate headline: Palau Kayak Tour Visits Well Known Local Wreck: Photgrapher Sells Picture to Online Publisher, Writer Cranks Out 500 Words of Click Bait Fluff and Nonsense.
49 posted on
08/09/2017 10:54:15 AM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
To: simpson96
“Almost perfectly preserved”?
54 posted on
08/09/2017 12:00:31 PM PDT by
353FMG
To: simpson96
“’For me, it’s the juxtaposition between the wreck and the person kayaking carefree right next to it. It seems disrespectful given that someone could have died in that wreck.’ “
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I never thought of carefree kayaking as disrespectful.
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56 posted on
08/09/2017 12:05:46 PM PDT by
Mears
To: simpson96
From the article.
believed to be a Japanese Aichi E13A long range reconnaissance seaplane
70 posted on
08/09/2017 12:53:04 PM PDT by
csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: simpson96
Looks like an upside down B5N (Kate). The engine/prop assembly is broken upwards with respect to the aircrafts top.
75 posted on
08/09/2017 1:11:41 PM PDT by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: simpson96
That’s just all kinds of eerie creepy.
Still waiting for someone to find Amelia Earhart’s plane.
76 posted on
08/09/2017 1:33:46 PM PDT by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: simpson96
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If that thing is “perfectly preserved,” I’d hate to see a damaged one!
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84 posted on
08/09/2017 4:49:27 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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