Back in the 70's a F105 at the Warren Grove range in southern New Jersey (R-5002C, north of KACY, and midway between A-220 and ACY Class C), crashed into a fire tower on Bear Swamp Hill in the Pine Barrens destroying the tower, the aircraft, and of course, the pilot.
The guv'mint found most of the pieces, but missed the nose gear, which I have personally visited. A few days ago, a friend reported that someone had found another piece. I was able to get lat/long and another friend went into the woods and found the piece shown in the pictures below.
My first reaction was that it was a piece of the empennage, possibly horizontal stabilizer, but now I'm not really sure it is.
Any thoughts?
The guv'mint found most of the pieces, but missed the nose gear, which I have personally visited. A few days ago, a friend reported that someone had found another piece. I was able to get lat/long and another friend went into the woods and found the piece shown in the pictures below.
My first reaction was that it was a piece of the empennage, possibly horizontal stabilizer, but now I'm not really sure it is.
Any thoughts?