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PBY beached during filming of movie

why do i feel angry when i read that it broke apart?...my god theyve been salvaging ships that have sunk let alone many many sunken pleasure boats,why would they attach whateve they did and try to just lift it?..who was doing this?..where were the buoyancy bags ect?..why didnt they use them to raise it and then float it right up onto the beach?..did the local government idiots decide it could be beached?...i usually dont complain about situations like this because i know that 90% of the time the people doing the work are professionals . but whove these jokers were didnt have a clue...try to lift something like a plane (they are delicate )out of water,with it half full of water is a recipe for failure...i hope the owner of the plane sues them until the movie company has to just fold up and go away....or atleast get a judge to give the owner millions of dollars of every movie they ever make from now on.


end of rant...thank you for lissinin...
 
Hi Dave.

You would have thought someone would have had a dim idea of what they were lifting... aluminum. You just can't hook onto it without it tearing. Did they even bother to pump out the tons of water in it? Apparently not.

You nailed it on the head. Airbag it, and float it to the shore until it can properly be removed to a hangar for repair.

Dick
 
It is apparent that this particular salvage company had no experience dealing with safe aircraft recovery.
 
Yep, sounds like they called a salvage company that dealt with boats, not aircraft. I don't think the PBY was ever intended to be lifted from the water by a crane. What a shame.
 
Step 1) Install wide lifting bands around wings at the wing root.
Step 2) Pump out all water possible while gently and slowly lifting aircraft out of water.

The choice of where to lift is a no-brainer. What supports the aircraft while flying? :ernaehrung004:

Note where they are lifting the aircraft from the Hudson River:
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Bill, I concur. That's exactly what I was thinking as I saw the events unfold. Honestly, I feel it might have been better to rig floatation bags under the hull and once stabilized and level, pump out the remaining water and then slowly/safely tow it to shore. Once there, then make a careful attempt to beach it with the gear manually extended. The reason I feel that trying to lift a PBY out of the water is not a good idea is simply because the wing root and wing structure of a PBY are somewhat fragile to begin with(not taking into account the age of the airframe). I have seen similar hoist attempts with PBY's go horribly wrong as this one did. Sad, very sad indeed!
 
StormILM said:
Bill, I concur. That's exactly what I was thinking as I saw the events unfold. Honestly, I feel it might have been better to rig floatation bags under the hull and once stabilized and level, pump out the remaining water and then slowly/safely tow it to shore. Once there, then make a careful attempt to beach it with the gear manually extended. The reason I feel that trying to lift a PBY out of the water is not a good idea is simply because the wing root and wing structure of a PBY are somewhat fragile to begin with(not taking into account the age of the airframe). I have seen similar hoist attempts with PBY's go horribly wrong as this one did. Sad, very sad indeed!
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Bingo! The PBY wing structure and how it is connected to the airframe is not the same as conventional aircraft.
 
Oh my, did they use Lizard Lick towing or something.

I'm sure the guys at Kermit Weeks place would have been able to advise on recovering a veteran airframe.
They're in the same state after all, even if a few hundred miles distant.

Ttfn

Pete
 
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