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Summary of Project P-MAN IV Expedition of the BentProp Project
7-24 April 2002
Patrick J. Scannon, MD, PhD

I. Expedition Members: Patrick Scannon (Team Leader and Medical Officer), Dan O’Brien (Team Land Safety Officer), Flip Colmer (Team Dive Safety Officer and Military Liaison), Val Thal (Team Navigator), David “Clem” Major (Camera Man and Team Climbing Safety Officer), Dr. William Belcher (Team Archeologist) and Robert Evans

II. Special Expedition Participants: Mary Alice and Bill (“Nose”) Cantrell, LTC, USMC (Ret) (Former WWII USMC Corsair Aviator, VMF-114), Neel and Jim Nelson (Son of USMC Corsair Aviator MAJ Quintus B. Nelson, VMF- 122)

III. Explorers Flag Number: 103

IV. Team Member Backgrounds:

  • Pat Scannon: MD, Ph.D. (chemistry), Chief Scientific and Medical Officer and founder, XOMA, Ltd (biotechnology), and founder BentProp™ Project, Explorers Club FN96, former Major - U. S. Army Medical Corps, scuba diver, sky diver (141), California
  • Flip Colmer: Command pilot (DC-9) for Northwest Airlines, former Navy F-18 fighter pilot (LTCMDR (Ret)), skydiver (3000+), scuba diver, aviation expert, Michigan
  • Val Thal: Command pilot (MD-11) for Federal Express, aviation expert and aircraft restorer, skydiver (3000+), scuba diver, river rafting instructor, chef, Tennessee
  • Bill Belcher: Ph.D. (archeology), forensic anthropologist for U. S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, scuba/wreck diver, WWII expert, skydiver (1), Hawaii
  • Dan O’Brien: Co-founder PostStar Productions, pilot (GA), skydiver (10,000+), scuba diver, aviation historian, backup videographer, movie stunt coordinator, California
  • Clem Major: videographer and photographer (including underwater and aerial, oh, and land too), rock climber, skydiver and base jumper (7000+), scuba diver, former USAF flight engineer, California
  • Robert Evans: Ph.D. (geology), hiker, scientific and historical writer, California
  • Joe Maldanesang: Master guide, boat master, linguist, explorer, fisher, diver, cultural liaison, betel nut aficionado and much more, Palau

"...They shall not grow old as we that are left behind grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We wil remember them..."
from "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon
 

 
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