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NHatky (Free subscription) | yesterday
... at first. It wasn’t until the wind blew that you could really see it is in a harness,” said guide David Collins, who was leading a group of Australian hikers.“There are goggles and it appears to be caught up in cables, so presumably it is an airman,” he said.An Australian Defence Force spokesman told a news agency that the military was planning an inspection of the remains to determine...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
... heavily in moss they said, at this stage, it is impossible to identify any nationality. Guide David Collins, from the Australian company No Roads Expeditions, was leading a trek when the moss covered remains were discovered. "We had a few police officers on the 19 man trek. One was taking photos with a large lens of the trees and flowers," he said. "He then discovered what looks like...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
... it's the exact shape of a body, same size, everything, but it's just covered in moss," tour guide David Collins told Australia's ABC Radio on Thursday. "It's exactly what it looks like - just somebody caught in a harness, in a seat harness."Collins, owner of Melbourne's No-Roads trekking company, said he had informed authorities in Australia, the United States and Japan of...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
A VICTORIAN police officer taking photographs of exotic plants on Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track has discovered what is thought to be the remains of a World War II pilot.The officer captured the moss-covered skeleton of what could prove to be an airman lost during heavy fighting nearly 70 years ago, hanging from metal cabling on a tree.Guide David Collins from Melbourne's No-Roads trekking...
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The Age (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Kokoda guide hopes soldier will be laid to restMex Cooper August 28, 2008 - 3:35PM Page 1 of 2 | A Kokoda Track guide hopes a family will finally be able to put a World War II veteran to rest after a Victorian police officer found what could be a skeleton ensnared in jungle canopy.Melbourne-based tour operator David Collins said the police officer had stopped to take a photograph of the...
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The Age (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Melbourne-based tour operator David Collins said the police officer had stopped to take a photograph of the dense bush when he noticed something dangling from the trees about 15 metres above.
