Pilot Mike Legler crashed his 1946 Taylorcraft airplane in an unnamed lake east of Seward nearly 16 years ago - and lived. The plane was recovered in July 2009.
Kevin McGregor, a Delta Airlines pilot, led a recovery team for this 1946 Taylorcraft Airplane that he and Marc Millican plan on restoring. Diver Steve Lloyd led the diving part of the operation to raise the plane from it's ten year resting place at the bottom of a lake. The plane is being stripped on the shores of Lake Hood on Saturday July 18, 2009.
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