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Old December 29th 03, 01:23 PM
George R. Gonzalez
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Default How many rivets to drill out?

Thinking back about that B29 on the greenland ice, and how maybe it *could*
have been recovered,
I've pulled together these facts:

The C-130 can land on unimproved runways.

The interior space is about 9x10x40 feet, about 20,000 pounds max load.

The B-29 fuselage is 9.5 feet maximum diameter.

Now ASSUMING the ice up there gets thick enough to support a C-130, and one
can pack down the snow enough to allow a takeoff, could one disassemble a
B-29 into say 4 fuselage sections and fly them out? Then take the engines
off the wings and fly them out too.

The wings are a bit of a problem with their 17-foot wide roots, but maybe if
you let the widest 30 feet or so dangle out the back (with a red flag on it
of course).....


How many rivets would you have to drill out to do such a thing?
If another B-29 is found out in the boonies, wouldnt this be a better scheme
than trying to fly itout?

How much does a C-130 rent out for per day anyway?



Regards,


George



 




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