Re: [meteorite-list] American Meteorite Museum and Quiz
Dear List, I just reread the article from 2008 in Meteorite Times and I don't have a lot of additional information to add. The actually crash information from the government reports is in the previous article from 2003 I think it was. But, as to what happened to the rest of the plane. Some was indeed removed from the crater and salvaged, but most of the remains were put down the shafts in the crater center which are fenced off now. Just the couple pieces a few feet long are all that remain. They can be found along the western edge of the crater near the bottom of the talus. As I mentioned in the article you can see them in binoculars or even in a camera with telephoto lens from the visitor center deck. And at the right time of the morning the sunlight coming over the edge of the crater rim will gleam off the fragments for a while. Makes a great photo when the bright shiny sparkle shows well. Best regards, Jim __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] American Meteorite Museum and Quiz Answer
> > Here's the quiz - sometime around 2003 a small plane > > crashed at the bottom of the crater but it is now gone. What > > happened to it? > According to the Meteorite Wrangler I spoke with on the tour, the wreckage was disposed of by dumping it down the mine shaft in the middle of the crater.There is still a small piece of tail section still visible toward the rim. Paul Swartz __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] American Meteorite Museum and Quiz
Hello Richard, Thanks very much for the additional information on the crash. You always have great info and it's interesting. All the best, Brian __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] American Meteorite Museum and Quiz
Hi Paul. >From what I can tell the crash actually happened in 1964. Here is a report of >the accident: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=69872 I haven't noticed it on my visits, but supposedly part of the tail is still in the crater somewhere. The actual NSTB report is much more dry and succinct: http://www3.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=79450&key=0 A MUCH more detailed and interesting account of the event can be found in Jim Tobin's "Fragments", including pictures(!), in the September 2008 Meteorite Times http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2008/september/Jims_Fragments.htm I would assume that the majority of the airframe was either airlifted out, or packed out in pieces. Maybe Jim can tell us more about the final disposition. Nice pics BTW. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 3/24/11, valpar...@aol.com wrote: > From: valpar...@aol.com > Subject: [meteorite-list] American Meteorite Museum and Quiz > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 5:02 AM > I took a trip to northern Arizona > about a week ago and visited Meteor Crater. I stopped by the > American Meteorite Museum and took a few pictures, which I > posted here: > > http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa463/pas520/ > > Then, it was off the Meteor Crater. They've made a lot of > improvements since I was last there. It's a very nice > facility. > > Here's the quiz - sometime around 2003 a small plane > crashed at the bottom of the crater but it is now gone. What > happened to it? > > Paul Swartz > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] American Meteorite Museum and Quiz
I took a trip to northern Arizona about a week ago and visited Meteor Crater. I stopped by the American Meteorite Museum and took a few pictures, which I posted here: http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa463/pas520/ Then, it was off the Meteor Crater. They've made a lot of improvements since I was last there. It's a very nice facility. Here's the quiz - sometime around 2003 a small plane crashed at the bottom of the crater but it is now gone. What happened to it? Paul Swartz __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
