Plane Off Service Club Venice

2TH DIVR

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• Sep 4, 2006

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Went out of Service Club today and went west. In about 19' I came across the remains of a plane, part of the fuselage. It is aluminum frame and skin. There were a couple of hydraulic cylinders, couldn't find any remains that would indicate the cockpit area.
Maybe a training plane that went down when Venice was a training base?
Has anyone else happened to find this? I have been diving Service Club for 7 years and this is the first time I have come across this. I know there is a the remains of a steel barge and a twin engine wooden pleasure boat out there.

Conditions today were;
temp 86
vis <1' before the sandbar 4'-5' after the reef line

one small worn meg today & about 30 small teeth

 

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• Sep 5, 2006

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don't know much about the area, but if you post pictures I might be able to help identify the aircraft type.

 

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• Sep 5, 2006

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Our dive team was a part of a recovery effort there in, I think, 93 (it was before I joined the team). An aircraft went down shortly after take off, killing two. I think they made the recovery south of the pier, though. Wildbill told me that the body of the plane had been compressed to roughly the size of a pickup bed.

 

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• Sep 5, 2006

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Thats kind of neat! Would it be possible to get some compass headings to these locations from an entry point? I think these would be a great addition to the Local Insider Info post as they would offer some variety to the usual 'tooth' dives.

 

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• Sep 7, 2006

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Hey 2th, did you happen to take a bearing to a couple of points on the beach?

Better yet, Anyone with coords?

I know you said you went due West from Service Club, but thought you might have surfaced to verify the location.

I might head down there this weekend. With so many looking, maybe we can locate it.

 

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• Sep 8, 2006

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What is the red tide condition?

 

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• Sep 8, 2006

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DanBMW:

What is the red tide condition?

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Today's official report, from samples this week, is medium at north jetty and Venice Beach, to high at service park and Venice Pier. We're in a period where you are hit or miss on any given day.

East winds increase the chances of a good day. And for what it's worth, the air has seemed better this week, even with SW wind, than it was a week ago.

 

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• Sep 8, 2006

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No bearings.
Think I will take an extra float along on my dives and mark it, when I come across it again.