Really should be titled "-17,500 MSL". The USS Hornet was found. The Doolittle raid flew off from the Hornet, she was later sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8) https://paulallen.com/Indepth/Petrel/discoveries/uss-hornet-cv-8.php
Realize, that the Hornet requires less space than the forward hangar deck of Lincoln. Three and a third miles below the surface.
I used to work for a WWII Navy Pilot. I was taking lessons and earned my private at the time, so we would talk about flying all the time. I was helping him clean out his attic and found this photo and remarked how cool it was. He said “take it, it’s yours. I finally got around to framing it and it hangs in my pool room.
My late father in law was the damage control officer on the Hornet when it was sunk. He had some pretty gruesome stories...
Here's a photo from the Hornet about 4 months before the sinking. Damaged Wildcat lands hard, the guns fire off killing 5 and wounding 20. You can see the smoke from the guns. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ens_Sheedy_crashing_USS_Hornet_Midway_1942.jpg
And April '42, a couple months before the above photo. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Hornet_flight_deck_April_1942.jpg
Wow. A little perspective just sank in about the picture I posted above. It was 42 years old when I found it in that attic.............and then I realized I’ve owned for 35 years since then.
Of course it will, it's an International Harvester. Probably wouldn't even have to drain the fuel tank.....
Salt can preserve meat, why not a tractor... Heck I think I'll move to Florida. Maybe that salty air will preserve my plane too
Someday, maybe, parts of MH370 might show up on an image like that. But in the case of the Hornet, these guys knew where to look.
