From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

The articles specifically mentioned some being covered in plastic.  But
maybe your "filters" filtered out that little detail eh?

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:42dce03a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Not exactly a lot of "moving parts" on the outside of
an airplane that
> > those
> > modern technological marvels called "plastic" and
"duct tape" can't
> > protect.
>
> Did you see any plastic or duct tape when they dug that plane up, I
didn't.
> I agree you can easily seal something against sand, but it wasn't
sealed...

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