EISPIRATEN

I am pretty sure only the USAF operated the F100 series The pilot ejected , The only thing I know about the post crash is a helicopter crashed below Vincent Gulch Divide (Gap) nearish the sailplane wreck, there may well have been fatalities there. I'm only guessing but don't feel any effort would ha...

EPIC! dunno how many have made it there but count yourself one of the few, the proud!

HikeUp wrote: I have a question though...if Matt never actually touched it, is it really "now it's mine (his)"?

Yeah no I didn't have my 10ft pole with me

Tragic atomic wegie remains on Mt Lukens Rd

Another resource might be Mike Lawler in the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley , he writes a column for the Cresenta Valley Weekly Treasures of the Valley lawlerdad@yahoo.com

dima wrote: Now you're just making stuff up. It doesn't snow on Mt. Lowe Road.

fake news

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Not much unfortunately it was salvage a couple of times for the aluminum and for parts, some cockpit, frame tubing, some body a bit of the engine etc. enough to know it was an aircraft

I've hiked up that canyon without ropes. The big waterfall at the bottom is the main obstacle, and you can get around it with a heavy bushwhacky bypass on the right. My only experience with the Saucer Branch is 2 canyoneering descents . there is a plane wreck in there too! Nordyn Norseman, May 13, ...

HikeUp wrote: Are you a USC fan?

Oy vey!

Kristen Yeah I've been wreck chaseing for years after I stumbled across the stone canyon BT-13 and caught the bug The other wreck on Yerba Buena is a F-86 on the very steep big tujunga side sadly it was salvaged so there isn't much there. There was a big wing section a few years ago and some scatter...

Re: saucer branch. I might have a photo but yeah a few feet is my memory. If I recall correctly there is a rock drill bit stuck in the rock much further down canyon . How'd you would get to it without canyoneering gear or safely exit / return the way you came requires careful consideration . Keep Hu...

interesting find. I have been to the adit in the Saucer Branch, then down and out to millard cyn

Please be cautious in these old unstable tunnels

This guy was at the top of his game and paid the ultimate price back in Y2K
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/19/local/me-23454

Some clear signs of Poison Oak in winter small white fruit reddish bark joints where there are climbing / fastening hairs red/orange/yellow oak like leaves on the ground places where the stem has attached to something and is climbing My opinion for what it is worth the majority of poison oak exposur...

I always thought it was burbank power and light... but the road section that crosses foothill blvd at wheatland has had debris flows blocking the road LADWP had a crew there during the last series of storms and thought it was strange LADWP was watching bp&l infrastructure DOH!

the local wrecks I have looked for : 12/24/1944 "Mt Gleason" B-24 liberator in fall creek. I did find some small bits scattered down the creek. There is 2 other wrecks associated with this site 1 BT-13 crashed while observing the recovery of the crew and a much later beechcraft? that crash...

Photos I took today 1/27/2019
https://tinyurl.com/194909F51D

I have a parts manual for the P-51D and have Identified the parts in some of the photos

Inspection stamps. To the best of my knowledge they would only be used on a north American aviation aircraft. At least for me the orientation of the armor plate to the engine indicates a single engine aircraft. I found a fuel tank access and a piece quite a distance from the site as I returned XC to...

Went up there this am. It's definitely NAA got excited when I thought I found a serial number, but alas it wasn't to be . I certainly agree it's almost certainly the F51 from 1949. Especially given the widespread debris field. The armor plate is cool, while the heel from the shoe is a reminder of th...

I'm going up there early tomorrow. If it's a p38 there are 2 engines. The P38 was made by Lockheed . The P51 was north American aviation, part numbers and inspection stamps will help sort it out. A serial number would be awesome. Later NAA mfg aircraft had the planes serial number on everything. Tha...

As I now recall Pat Macha told me about a supposed P-38 wreck site in Gold Canyon / Little Tujunga area. I looked with Pat Jr and on my own several times but found nothing This certainly deserves more scrutiny, I had heard from hunters there was debris up there too .. didn't see anything in my explo...

It would be nice to visit the site and scan with a metal detector and try to find a serial number or something.... There are some other wreck sites in the area that are unlocated and there are always unknown sites. The map you show doesn't seem to correspond with the debris pattern diagram in the AA...

Pat Macha gave it to me when I went to his archive in Huntington Beach

The "Big" drop as seen from "Oak Grove Ridge". "Mota Ridge" in the background


Smaller Drop below from "Oak Grove Ridge"

I have made a map of all the adventures I have had in the verdugo mountains www.tinyurl.com/verdugomap I have been exploring the super steep ridges descending off La Tuna Foot Trail to La Tuna Canyon Road lately while slowly regaining what I can of hiking ability after a 2nd knee injury and the inex...

Nice I call this the "Verdugo Crest Trail" !

The name was coined by the Clear Creek Outdoor Education Center staff. It certainly has no "official" sanction. I for years scratched my head over the purpose of this old road grade (ORG) After following the adventures of Paul Ayers?(lawyer in pasadena) and seeing historic photos along wit...

This is a link to the AAF accident report Sheriff's Department report and witness statement

Crash report

Hummm I've looked for this for years

The Pilot suffered hypoxia, most if not all my efforts have been on Yerba Buena Ridge and Gold Creek

"Only in the Angeles"