Avenger Plane Crash Near Dryden

We set out to search for the wreckage of an Avenger airplane that crashed near Dryden Ontario in 1971 while fighting forest fires. Fortunately the pilot was ok, but had quite a story to tell. You can read all about it in an article we found from The Ottawa Citizen at the following link:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19710604&id=qccyAAAAIB...

For those of you interested in geocaching, we also placed a cache there for you to find while checking out the crash site.

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[my94holden]

you try save wots left just a waste if they do scrap it

[cubbeezx]

@my94holden We were pretty disappointed to see that someone had taken it away. Quite an interesting story. Yes, a waste if they took it for scrap.

[my94holden]

thats cool

[cubbeezx]

@my94holden Ya, it was pretty cool! Actually, I am just working on a new video from last summer. We went back to the crash site for a visit. We actually had a geocache hidden there, but it seems someone has gone in and taken most of the wreckage away. Including the geocache that was hidden in one of the wings! I have no idea why, maybe they took it in for scrap?? Not sure if they took it all away now, will check in the spring.

[flyerholland]

always interesting these wrecks that are kept in this way.. they have a story with it wich makes it very intereseting.. what i think. what ya guys think?

[cubbeezx]

@flyerholland Yes, very interesting. Did you check out the link in the description? It tells the whole story.

[cubbeezx]

@cubbeezx We had that last week, then it turned colder but really windy with high wind chills again. At least the sun shining!

[DirtAndSnowChris]

lol lucky! Here in Ottawa the warm front brought +9 and rain with wind! So now all the sledding trails are closed and all the snow has a thick icy layer

[cubbeezx]

@DirtAndSnowChris lol! Actually, that was last March-2010!! We have a ton of snow left, too much!

[DirtAndSnowChris]

Wow you guys really have no snow left!