Blog Posts
Announcement: Long Beach Scuba Show Presentation
I have been included in the speaker line-up at the Long Beach Scuba Show. Details of my presentation date/time and some information are: Sunday, May 31 11:30am – 12:15pm My presentation will be about some of the Southern California airplane wreck mysteries that we recently uncovered (mistaken wreck identities!) while writing my upcoming book. I…
From Italy to Aviation: The Colapietro Journey
Background For the “Aviation Wrecks of Southern California” book, one of the planned chapters is about the story of the pilot who bailed out of a F4D “Ford” Skyray at 650 miles-per-hour at 18,000 feet — and lived! I’m digging deeper into the story of Leo J. “Pete” Colapietro and trying to get more photos…
The Mystery of the Purple Heart: Stephen Endres’ Journey
Background I’ve been busy working on the Aviation Wrecks of Southern California book and haven’t been diving much locally — even though the conditions have been nice so far this year. I have done a couple dive projects that I will find time to write about, but most of my time has been writing and…
Solana Beach P-38 Photogrammetry Model v2 (Solana Beach — 180 fsw)
Introduction We first located and identified the P-38 off Solana Beach back in 2022 and I published a series of posts about the wreck, including a “basic” photogrammetry model. I’ve been back a couple of times but it was always with a few other divers which makes building a photogrammetry model tough. In that time,…
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