Dan Wilson Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Well anythings possible if you throw enough money at it. As for pushing your govt. to bring it up - I cant help you there, sorry. If they do try to resurface the wreck I am pretty sure they will have to get an assist from the USN, as most nations do not have the equipment to do it. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 sir. does USN have the right equipment for resurfacing it? And if they have.. how long would it take to do so in your own opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yes the USN does have the gear but as to a timeline I wouldn't have the foggiest idea. That would have to come from some of the blue water squids that do that kind of stuff, my experience is all Army and Air Force. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Millen Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) When the C-130E went down off the small island west of Taiwan Makung. I volunteered to dive on the wreck. I was on the investigation team and spent 5 days diving on the wreck. It looked like a china plate that was dropped on a concrete floor....wrechage was in a million pieces. By the looks of the sonar photo.of the PI wreck ..seems that the right wing is seperated and no telling if the engines got twisted off....I think it would be very unlikely if it could be raised other then in pieces Also I did not see any mention of the depth. The one at Makung was in 80 to 120 feet of water. I might add that I disagreed with the results of the investigation team...they determined the cause as blown tire....I insisted that it was probably a thrown prop...but due to go home itisus of the Col in charge the investigation was called off early before we even got to look at all the wreckage sites..... Muff Edited December 5, 2009 by Muff Millen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 sir muff... is it possible to dive the wreckage here in PI? i think it is about 600ft.. when will they ever act on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Dan, Thanks for the video. I forwarded it to my Filipino friends that I flew with at Transafrik. The majority of them flew with the PAF before going to Angola. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 sir.. my father had some comrades who are now in angola.. sad to say they wont meet each other again,.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 For any of you old 706 TAS guys, Bill Wirstrom and his bride have built a home near Mactan. He stopped by the base to take pictures of the Herks. Some of the PI B model Herks were from the 706TAS. Anyhow, the AC on 4593 used to be on these pages, his name was Manny Zambrano. A real nice guy. Manny showed Bill around and they took this picture. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 sir manny was the pilot of 4593 when it went down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 is it possible that there are survivors in this incident? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Gary Saw this pic of 4726 flying. Are you doing another one for the PI? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunCrewChief Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I got picked up the the USG as an AFETS Rep and no longer work for BAE/MTC. I believe they are bidding to do another PDM on another PI aircraft, but not sure where that stands. Glad to see she is flying again! Spent the better part of 2 years in and out of the PI, every three weeks would fly out for three weeks and home to WR. Lots of Delta Sky miles...lots of San Miguel Super Dry! Glad I dont have to make that flight anymore, even though it payed for my honeymoon to Jamaica! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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