[harrison987]

My two cents...

Fluids are common. I have been involved with a few recoveries and many times coolant and fuel still remains.

These wrecks in the East are not being recovered because they want to "finally give the pilot a burial"....or for "historical purposes".

They are being recovered for money and the VALUE of the wreckage. If these were worth scrap value, no one would be doing it.

If it were not for the collectors in the West...AS WELL as the collectors in the EAST (trust me, there are a lot)...no one would be bothering to recover or dig for these wrecks.

This specific wreck was not really dug "carefully"...I cringed every time the backhoe tore into the fuselage when trying to pull it up.

Everything was done with haste...which is why people are a bit upset.

Already parts from the wreck are being sold for money...

Mike