# Yeah! Josh Gates finds a 74 year old plane wreck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831 "2026-07-21T16:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/1 "2026-07-21T16:48:41Z")
At least he was the host on the episode filmed for this season’s “Expedition Unknown”. > **[Wreckage of Pan Am plane found 74 years after it crashed off Puerto Rico](https://kvia.com/cnn-national/2026/07/21/discovery-channel-team-locates-pan-am-plane-lost-off-puerto-rican-coast-in-1952-nbcs-today-reports/)** > > By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Seventy-four years after a Pan Am flight crashed into the water off Puerto Rico, killing 52 people and prompting sweeping reforms including preflight passenger safety briefings, an aviation search team has found the... ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/2 "2026-07-21T17:01:05Z")
Seventy four years? How about two hundred and fifty? > **[Revolutionary War cannon fragment pulled from Lake Champlain](https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/07/20/revolutionary-war-cannon-fragment-pulled-lake-champlain/)** > > A piece of artillery with a Revolutionary War origin was pulled from the bottom of Lake Champlain on Monday, nearly 250 years after one of America’s earliest naval engagements. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/3 "2026-07-21T18:02:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How about two hundred and fifty? A 250-year old plane wreck would be pretty amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/4 "2026-07-21T18:09:08Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > A 250-year old plane wreck would be pretty amazing Well, you know, the Continental Army took over the airports. After that, a plane wreck would be almost inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/5 "2026-07-21T18:29:28Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Well, you know, the Continental Army took over the airports. After that, a plane wreck would be almost inevitable. A lot of people don’t know this. George Washington was a Republican. That’s why he knew how to run an airport. Or maybe it was Abraham Lincoln. They’re both on Mount Rushford. A lot of people are saying I should be on Mount Rushland. But the Democrats won’t let them do it. You know what I call Democrats? Dumbocrats. Because dumb has a b at the end. We should send them all off to Mars, which is right next to the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/6 "2026-07-21T19:35:14Z")
If Beethoven had died in an airplane crash at age 20, the history of music would have been completely different. As would the history of aviation. (hat tip: Tom Stoppard) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/7 "2026-07-21T19:45:15Z")
His underwater episodes are not the most interesting, IMHO. But one last year where he and a team actually followed the “directions” in an Egyptian tomb and thus easily moved a very large and heavy block of stone was great. “Ancient Aliens” can get fucked. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/8 "2026-07-21T19:50:08Z")
Josh finding the Clipper Endeavor is kind of cool, but I’d really be impressed if he could find what’s left of the Hawaii Clipper. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/9 "2026-07-21T20:13:13Z")
I’d be happy if he could just find my nail clippers. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/10 "2026-07-21T21:05:35Z")
Amelia Earhart would like a word. ---
**Author:** ![papermache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@papermache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papermache)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/11 "2026-07-21T21:48:25Z")
I think it’s best to buy five at a time and scatter them around the room. Then it’s like finding Easter Eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/12 "2026-07-21T22:40:22Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > His underwater episodes are not the most interesting, IMHO His underwater stuff is ok, but he does do a lot of underwater WWII stuff that gets a bit old. I did like last week’s episode where he was looking for a pirate ship. Josh went looking for this plane two years ago and they didn’t find anything. I guess they kept searching and finally did. I wonder if this will be on this season or the next. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831/13 "2026-07-21T22:46:05Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I did like last week’s episode where he was looking for a pirate ship. Better, yes. Still, no Pirate Treasure.