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Jack Redington
 
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Default The sinking of the Oriskany.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Jack Redington" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:

http://www.irishmansoftware.com/Oriskany.htm


Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.


Very Cool - I was not expecting the boat on deck to get sucked under. But
maybe go down due to the bubbles reducing the waters ability to support
it's displacment :-)

Capt Jack R..



I heard it was there as part of a Myth Busters show.



I didn't get the idea from Myth busters. But there have been some
interesting programs on the Bermuda triangle where they tested this.
Trying to see if a ship could be sunk due to the release of gas deposits
being released from the bottem. One test was in a tank with a model.
And another was with a runnabout where they had alot of equipment
pumping air into some large device to create bubbles.

It's been awhile since I had seen this and the results were very
interesting.

This sounds like what they were doing:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...631498889.html

Cheers"

Capt Jack R..