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May 11th, 2006, 00:21
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|  Mystery... Tail from Fla. crash jet found in Ireland NORFOLK, Va., May 10 (UPI) -- Scientists are baffled by the discovery on an Irish shore of a 10-foot piece of tail section from a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat jet that crashed in Florida in 2002. The Irish Examiner reported a retired commercial airline pilot found the triangular piece of vertical stabilizer on Friday, and feared it had come off a plane in-flight. However, its markings were remarkably intact, and it was traced to a flight out of Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach that crashed off Florida on Oct. 3, 2002. The 2-man crew ejected and received only minor injuries. The man who found the piece said the metal tail looked new and showed no barnacles or corrosion. "It is quite a substantial piece," he told the Irish Examiner. "You would think it would have sunk, but the inside is layered with honeycomb material, and that could have made it buoyant." But how it got to the beach 4,900 miles away has everyone guessing, the Virginian-Pilot reported. "Nobody has any idea how that vertical stabilizer got all the way up there," said Cmdr. Chris Sims, a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force in Norfolk.
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May 11th, 2006, 00:37
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: G-town, Near D-town. In T-state... er... whatever
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Typical Irish. They never miss a piece of tail.  |
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May 11th, 2006, 00:55
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale
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| Re: Mystery...
There have been boats that have sunken of the FL coast and ened up off the shores of England, Ireland,etc. Its those strong underwater currents. Pretty crazy.
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May 11th, 2006, 00:56
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| Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago
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| Re: Mystery...
The aliens did it.
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May 11th, 2006, 02:34
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May 11th, 2006, 08:28
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Why would he think it was from an Tomcat in flight? I thought the F-14 had been retired? Are they still flying?
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May 11th, 2006, 08:37
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May 11th, 2006, 08:57
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| Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: G-town, Near D-town. In T-state... er... whatever
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 That was like a two second Google search. I fail to see the bafflement. Quote:
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May 11th, 2006, 09:22
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pennsylvania
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makes sense to me.
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May 11th, 2006, 09:25
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May 11th, 2006, 10:03
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