Earlier this month, Dal posted on his site, about Chris LaFrieda’s incredible search and discovery of Forrest Fenn’s shot down plane. It is an amazing story!  The following Question is in relation to that account!

Question:

This is soooooo awesome!

Forrest, will you talk more about the feelings you had at the moment you got the news the wreckage was rediscovered? I would love (and I’m sure others would too) to hear about the emotions that were running through your mind.  ~ John Greco

Answer:

When Chris sent me an email that said they had found the actual crash site of my airplane I didn’t believe it. The last time I saw the plane, I was floating down in my parachute. I had just air refueled a few minutes before and my plane was packed with fuel. It hit several hundred feet up the side of a Karst and there was a terrible red fireball and a lot of smoke. The area was in a very remote part of the Laotian jungle. I thought it was impossible for someone to be at that very spot and picking up parts of my plane.

I was wrong and I have a small aluminum piece of the plane to prove it. Christopher LaFrieda is a genius. f

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Check out the full story here: https://dalneitzel.com/2019/10/19/litter-81-found/

And then here are some videos shared by Chris on his search and recovery:

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9 Comments

  1. This is the best story I’ve ever read about the Chase!

    Chris is a genius, and his imaginative use of technology helped produced the winning solve.

    I’m happy for Chris and Forrest.

    Now, to find that Minox camera…

    Allen K.

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