Found. Avenger Aircraft. Flight 19? (Jupiter WW2 Curtiss Helldiver SB2C)
Did a Tec Dive Tuesday. It was rumored there is another deeper ledge off Jupiter. Well there isn't, but we stumbled on an airplane. I saw some fish swimming so I followed them. We ran into several grouper and a couple Hogfish. We took some and made our way to the surface. Back on the boat we were excited about the fish and schubasteve and I say did you notice the airplane? Apparently we were so busy with the fish, we didn't even make a big deal of the airplane . 2 other Tecs, Phil DeBerard and brother Dave said the same. I went back to the plane today with another group and took some video. Experts advise this plane is likely a T6 Avenger , the plane from the famous lost squadron of 1945. Pretty exciting. Going back next week. If you are certified to do 185fsw and want to go, call me. Video was edited by My bud John Sharktales. Enjoy
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Bravo on the find Randy!
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that's really cool. If it is one of the missing planes, that would be astounding.
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awesome find... its in incredible shape considering its age
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Very exciting! Congrats on the find and nice video.
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Wow! Those first few seconds showing the overall look are breathe taking...beautiful find!
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Very cool. No shortage of lionfish that's for sure.
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Epic find! Major accomplishment in the wreck diving world!:thumps:
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It was awesome to swim up on something like knowing no one has seen that thing for a LONG time. Fish all over it. I had my CAMERA! but the damn shutter button was stuck. People ask me all the time "...why do you want to go through the training and equipment to tec dive, whats there to see down that deep...". You might find an undiscovered wreck of potential significance. Get qualified and come tec diving.
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Wow, major congrats! soon you'll be getting some phone calls....
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you will be on some awesome tv specials for a long time after this find.... good work
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Here is some Flight 19 information for the mind to ponder and the critical eye to reflect on.
Flight 19 - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19 Quote:
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For you sleuths out there in cyberspace, here is some more food for thought. :scratch:
I checked each year of this Aviation Accident Database for Florida crashes that just might be relevant to this mystery plane Randy found. AVIATION ACCIDENT DATABASE http://planecrashinfo.com/database.htm Here below are three posibilities. There may be more and you can look yourselves. Or, perhaps it is an undocumented crash relating to drug smuggling or such or maybe a junk plane disposal. Let's try to help Randy figure this out. :) http://www.spearboard.com/attachment...1&d=1324623511 http://www.spearboard.com/attachment...1&d=1324623511 http://www.spearboard.com/attachment...1&d=1324623511 |
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You found my secret freediving spot!
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Here attached below is another tool for the curious.
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