Virginian Pilot – The aluminum carcasses of crashed aircraft at the bottom of Lake Michigan ñ and other wrecks across the world ñ are also at the heart of a clash between two Navy agencies with different ideas on how best to preserve the wrecks. Officials with the National Museum of Naval Aviation want to retrieve the planes and put them on display.
But archaeologists with the Naval Historical Center in Washington, which claims ownership of all Navy aircraft and ship wrecks, believe the treasures may be better left alone.
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