Portage's Sinking Jet

[Reggae Joe]

Howdy all. It looks like this is the weekend when they finally start sinking the Hansa jet at Portage Quarry. The Toledo Blade ran a story on it today, link below. Should be pretty cool to see in the water sometime.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060929/NEWS17/609290324/-1/NEWS

 

[erparamedic]

Sounds neat... I'm assuming you live relatively close to there.

 

[eckybay]

Spiffy! Will have to check it out sometime.

erparamedic, RJ's apartment is just a few miles from the quarry..

 

[Bob3]

... The dive team will use lift bags - bags filled with air - to slowly submerge the plane so that it rests upright and to avoid damage. ...

Heck, why not just "fly" the critter down?

 

[k4man]

Joe,
I'll be there tomorrow with a group from ASK Scuba and Snorkeling Center in Dublin. Sounds like it's going to be way-cool

 

[Reggae Joe]

Hey there, Kevin...been a while. Hope all's well. And no mercy on Michigan fans either. They give you any trouble around the boards, you let me know.

How was the diving today?

 

[k4man]

Hey there, Kevin...been a while. Hope all's well. And no mercy on Michigan fans either. They give you any trouble around the boards, you let me know.

How was the diving today?

Diving was much better than the surface weather!! Not too crowded under with decent viz around 25-30 feet!! Hey, it's not the Bahamas, but not too bad for an Ohio quarry!!

May be headed to Gilboa on Tuesday!

Take it easy.

 

[Tek Adventure Diver]

I was there on Sunday, And the Plane is now in the water. They had some trouble but it is now SUNK, so people go DIVE DIVE DIVE