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Originally Posted by azrael  I met a guy yesterday who researches (as a hobby) plane crash sites...he saw me inspecting trees...and approached with had a few questions about trees... such as species recognition, fire damage, radiant heat damage, shrapnel damages, general impact destruction/recovery...and so on.
He's promised some photos of same which I will post when I get them.
Also provided some keywords for Google search (Aust.) if anyone is interested. Here goes....ADF-Serials....Crash Site & Memorials.
Try Welcome to ADF Serials |
There was one in the forest near here, in the 1940s - small plane. I think 3 people perished. 2 were buried along Butte Fork trail and there is a pile of rocks covering them, and a plaque.
With a tip from a local hiker, I found the remnants about 1000 feet downhill from the plaque and trail. About all that remains is a lot of the engine. Looks like a bunch of cylinder heads in a circular arrangement. And the battery is there and the aluminum battery case. A few pieces of metal, and that's about the extent of it.
That's about 60 years gone by.
A few miles up the trail is this old historic Butte Fork Toolhouse built for the Forest Service in the 1920s to store trail building supplies. This cabin will be passed before reaching the crash site. There are not very many historical buildings in this Rogue River National Forest.
The Harlow Cabin below has nothing to do with plane crash sites. It's about 5 miles from the trailhead for Butte Fork trail, but to the east.
