B-29 Crash Site - Dive Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Hidden Treasures at Lake Mead. This B-29 crashed into Lake Mead in the 1940's. Located in the 1990's it is now a popular destination for technical divers at Lake Mead. Special permits are required to dive at this location. This is the B-29 featured in Fallout New Vegas

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• technical
• diving
• culture
• history
• WWII
• lake
• mead
• national
• park
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• nevada
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• b-29

[mosquito1958]

Any chance of raising this wreck before it corodes away forever??

[LakeMeadNRA]

@mosquito1958 We have decided to preserve it in place. Taking it out of the lake would change the historic context of the wreckage and remove a great archeological dive experience for park visitors.

[50iffy]

fallout new vegas - only reason i came here

[RoninAvenger]

0:40 NCR ranger they're trying to steal the plane from the boomers.

[magicbrainman]

in other words having a valued historic relic needs national park divers to go down with the prospective divers so wouldn't it be better protected and a magnet for visitors if it were raised and cleaned and housed in a museum?

[magicbrainman]

should be reclaimed from the bottom and placed in a building as a static display which is the best way to preserve it. Crazy that divers can go down there without a national park svc supervisor to oversee dives. If such oversight is provided to protect the plane, what a nutty situation let alone if anyone dies when diving.

[scubaviews]

Great video, very informitave.

[tickelmuckathy]

@mosquito1958 Yes, in 2281 a courier will attach ballasts underneath its two wings and using loyal's detonator, deploy them from the shore. This 3D imaging video describes how it should play out watch?v=Nrt2ouypIhY&feature=re­lated

[CraziXGames]

@503burnside no u

[503burnside]

@CraziXGames haha you're retared

[bigdavemaine]

@mosquito1958 Another aspect to keep in mind is you have diminshed risk of corrosion in fresh water envrioment. Some of the wrecks from the War 0f 1812 in the Great Lakes are still very intact.

[jacklazzell]

that particular b-29 carried a top-secret device in the place of the top turret that was designed to collect the sun's rays and direct the beam at enemy aircraft, hence jamming all electronics and causing system failure. however, when the plane was located, the device had already been removed. theorists believe that the army sent in a recovery team in to retrieve it before it could fall into enemy hands.

[cheesedude24]

@LakeMeadNRA Yes, it was a very advanced plane, but no where near the most advanced ( the most advanced being planes like the Me-262, Ta-183 or heinkel lerche ) Great video anyway.

[PatricksLaw]

Big Sal always said he wanted to sleep with the Lake Lurks.