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Marc Cheek
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Posted: 29 October 2014 at 3:02pm \| IP Logged \| 1

Pretty interesting...

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Jason Stephens
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Posted: 29 October 2014 at 3:20pm \| IP Logged \| 2

I'd like to see a photo of the piece they found. I find it very hard to believe that 1. the pice would be intact after several decades in a humid climate and 2. No other wreckage found near it.

since its a patch it probably did not have other skins overlapping it so its *possible* it could have come off the aircraft, but again that's highly unlikely. I've never seen that, or heard of that happening. If it did depart the aircraft the rivet holes would have torn and we could see that in the photo.

Most likely wishful thinking.

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Carmen Bernardo
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Posted: 29 October 2014 at 3:41pm \| IP Logged \| 3

They're actually still looking? Given what Jason says, I'm reminded of the wreckage of the steamer that was caught up in the tsunami resulting from the explosion of Krakatoa in the Sunda Straits. It ended up being deposited on a riverbank inland, about 2 miles or so from the sea. That was in 1883.

Today, they say that virtually nothing remains of the wreck, the bulk of it having rusted and rotted away before the middle of the 20th Century. Using that case, I'd doubt that a pre-WWII airplan would last so long.

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Posted: 29 October 2014 at 4:12pm \| IP Logged \| 4

I saw this a few years back I wonder if something has confirmed this even more now.

As for the material, that patch that was found is made of aluminum which takes about 500 years to oxidise and decompose.

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Stephen Churay
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Posted: 30 October 2014 at 6:43am \| IP Logged \| 5

I saw this a few years back I wonder if something has confirmed this
even more now.
As for the material, that patch that was found is made of aluminum
which takes about 500 years to oxidise and decompose.
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That's why finding an aircraft is more likely than other weckages.
Aluminum doesn't rust. At least no where near what iron or steel does.
Of course that's assuming you know where to look.

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