Yes those archive pictures are of the B25 as it was found that first year after the recovery of the crew remains. If I'd known about this wreck when i was younger I would have gone on foot but not these days. plus most years it's never uncovered by the snow pack. It's late September and we are in to about 6 weeks since the last spit of rain around here which is rare but also means no new snow up at that peak. Believe me it impacted only meter's from the peak as so many other crash sites around here. OK to fly around them on a clear day but take a wrong turn in cloud following a valley and you run into cummulogranit clouds. The crash above on the island, the trans Canada airlines flight near Chilliwack, all just meters short of the peak. A DC3 crashed not that long ago on a 15 minute hop from Vancouver to Sydney, about 50 kms. There usual flight altitude gave them 20 feet of clearance over the highest peak in between except for the fact it had 60 foot trees that ripped the wings off and the fuselage thundered over the peak and down into a barn on the other side. a few feet left a few feet right and you make it home safe and sound.
Yes Alex is down to his last few hours for his commercial endorsement. He is looking forward to where ever this is going to take him. No moss on that kid says proud father!
