In October 1953 the bomber (one of the largest military aircraft ever) was on its way to the US from the Azores. It was navigating by sight, and flying low to avoid radar detection. It was supposed to come in over the coast of Maine as a test of the US air defence network.
http://deadmansbay.blogspot.com/2010...rash-site.htmlhttp://www.thetelegram.com/Motoring/...into-History/1
http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20wrecks.htm#51-13721
The walking trail begins here:
This may be obvious to some, but planes that crash into a mountain top will probably involve a long, steep hike up a hill to see the crash site. We didn't set any land speed records, and it took us about 30 mins.
Although we were the only souls out there on this day, clearly the moose make good use of this trail:
The trail is a bit moist, but is improved:
There were 6 prop engines, we only found 4. I would say approx 25% of the plane remains. We were a bit concerned that the plane might be overgrown nearly 57 years after the crash. However, NFLD only gets 35 cm of new topsoil every 1000 years. By comparison, northeast US would get 5 feet over 1000 years.
Anyhow, what wreckage remains sits quite plainly in the open:
Wing:
Inside Wing:
Stuff that looks important:
Engine #1
Engine #2
Engine #3
Rivets, Rivets everywhere, Rivets
I am cutting this post into three pieces due to size...