From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 10:21:07 PST
Steve Grammont wrote:
> >Second, the Kee Bird, a B29, was landed on a frozen lake. An expedition was
> put together by Daryl Greenamyer, with the plan to fly it out. As stated, they
> got it running and ready to take off, and it was burned up by a leaking gas can
> hanging over an APU.
>
> I remember seeing a documentary on this. One man died from injuries sustained
> while mounting one of the engines.
PBS Nova did a show on this effort. The guy got sick and died, but not from
injuries.
> The fire, if I recall, was started by an electrical problem.
>
> Steve
As I remember, they did not have time to fully smooth the runway, and the tail of
the plane bounced and the APU came loose and started the fire. They did not have
extinguishers for it.-John
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