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Winter 2009 -2010 Two big snows of 40+ inches each - what can you do?   I cut these PINK styrofoam floats last Summer and decided to try them on snow- so the bottom is covered with metal duct tape. They worked fine when the snow was cold but eroded the sides of the floats as you can see. Not exactly a scale T-28 mod, but when Lake Albemarle melted, the water-takeoffs worked better than on snow! You can see the repairs from a couple of major crashes but the plane just keeps on flying.

In 1964 a Marine T-28 'swallowed a jug' and had complete engine failure. Both guys bailed out over a solid overcast and came down in trees safely in Nelson County.

Nobody knew where the plane was for many years, but it's near Humpback rocks. Based on the info in the links below, Pete, Francien and I found it after 3

tries. This well-endowed tree on the Appalachain Trail is the guardian angel of a wreck that hasn't been vandalized, though parts like the propeller were salvaged.

Links with the location clues (don't ask me where it is!)
(Try to forgive this 'rightside' blog's love for Sarah P. --> ) http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2008/05/plane-wreck-on-humpback-mountain-t-28.html
(.PDF of newspaper) http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=96427408&firstvisit=true

(article about the pilots on page 12) --- http://issuu.com/nclmag/docs/nelson_county_life_magazine_44
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=188347&sid=6e1943b316a5770d1a89e191aae69331

http://pacaeropress.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2610625&trail=15

http://blueridgetreks.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/humpback-rocks-virginia-backpack/

_______________________________________________________________Map case in the cockpit