I usually try to post these they day they happen, but a helicopter crashed near the Palo Alto Airport on the afternoon of March 15th. There was only one person on board who survived, and walked away. There are some photos of the crash here:…See More

Armed with some newly purchased photos from eBay taken after the crash of Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Super Constellation on Sweeney Ridge on Christmas Eve 1964, my son and I recently spent 5 hours at the site, checking areas we hadn't checked before based upon the photos. We also revisited known pieces to attempt to ID them, and we hit a home run on a previously known piece. You can see the results of our efforts here:…See More

So while following up on a lead for a site out at Point Reyes I found this little guy along the shore of Abbott's Lagoon. This is a MK 23 type practice bomb, which usually housed a 10 gauge shotgun shell blank and red phosphorous. My friend who I have just started getting into wreckchasing found it along the shore and was cleaning it off when I stopped him and realized what it was. Looking across the mud flat I also noticed many other similar rust spots in the mud. I reported it to Matt Cerkel…See More