Original Posted By: del magsam
That pict of the Big Beech D-17 reminds me of my youth some years ago. I was working for Lake Osoyoose State Park on the US/ Canada border in north central washington.A white Beech staggerwing flew over and landed at the local airport. Since that is the "Port of Entry" from Canada,and I knew he would be there a while, I got permission from my boss and took a drive out there and take a look at it.The fellow was standing all alone waiting for the border guard to arrive. He told me that he had just come south from Alaska, where he had recovered the plane as a crash in the Alaska bush.This fellow hiked in to the crash site, tore the planes wings off, then hired a helicopter to fly in and pull it out from the crash area.He worked to get it re-built up there, and flew it south to his home in Colville, WA. Thats the last I ever heard of him or the aircraft.________________________________________________________________________________