Posted on Jul 27, 2018
Long Lost WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland
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If they can fish this one out the ice, they can restore her to her former glory, like its sister aircraft, ‘Glacier Girl’.
Long Lost WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland
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The excavation of Glacier Girl was documented in an episode of The History Channel's "Mega Movers" series, titled "Extreme Aircraft Recovery".
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This would be a great rescue. I wonder how much it would cost to recover the plane?
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TSgt David L. - I don’t remember if they mentioned a price either. But I do know they had to melt holes down to the wreckage, take the plane apart, and drag the pieces back to the surface to be shipped off.
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PFC (Join to see) - That I remember. Pretty interesting to burn through the ice to recover these relics. The whole story was interesting.
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TSgt David L. - the process was well worth it though. ‘Glacier Girl’ can now grace the skies with its historic story and perhaps take its place alongside its squad mate once again. I will say that restorations can take a lot of money and time and aircraft such as the P-51 can cost a million. Heck, a B-25 on an aircraft sale sight goes for 1,400,000. I actually got the privilege to see a P-51 red tail, B-17, B-25, a Lakota observation plane, and a TBM Avenger at an airshow.
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