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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official)

@airseaheritage.bsky.social
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Dedicated to the study, investigation and preservation of relics, wrecks, sites, and stories related to aviation and maritime history. 📍FOUND: ex-USS Stewart (DD-224) shipwreck 🎬Catch us on #ExpeditionUnknown NOV 23, 9PM/edt 🌐www.airseaheritage.org/

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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mystery solved with a revisit to the archives! 🎨 👨‍🎨
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Join @ASHF off the beaten path to American Samoa! 🇦🇸 It's the site of our ongoing search for Pan Am's famed Samoan Clipper, but if you're on a mission to collect all of the @nationalparkservice passport stamps, you'll need to visit this place. What's the most remote place on YOUR bucket list?🌺
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎬 Behind the scenes at @TodayShow: Days before news of our Clipper Endeavor discovery, ASHF's Russ Matthews, @expeditionunknown's Josh Gates and @deep.sea.vision's Tony Romeo walked aviation reporter @tomcostellonbc through the story. Great chat! #Discovery
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
✈️ This bright‑orange AUV, fondly called Miss Millie, played a pivotal role in the success of our Clipper Endeavor discovery. The HUGIN 6000 carries an impressive suite of sonars, 4K cameras, geolocation sensors, and strobes creating 500K lumens of brightness, powered by enough battery support to ..👇️
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🛟Big thanks to the safety training team at @ask.safety who turned “mandatory” into “meaningful.” Your clear, practical lessons kept us safe during our time on @fugro Brasilis during our recent Clipper Endeavor expedition (and discovery!!) with @deep.sea.vision 🦺 🩵 📸 by Darby Koller (Thank you! 😁)
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
BREAKING NEWS: We're proud to announce the discovery of the legendary Pan Am Clipper Endeavor, which was lost off the coast of Puerto Rico 74 years ago. This historic find was lead by the volunteer team at @airseaheritage using cutting-edge technology from @deep.sea.vision aboard the @fugro Brasilis
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
// FOUND! // After 7 years of research and field surveys, Air/Sea Heritage Foundation and partners announce their discovery of the tragically lost and historically relevant Flight 526A. If you fly, this discovery is for you. Find out how this accident impacts modern air travel at airseaheritage.org.
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Visit our website at airseaheritage.org for details and updates on this exciting discovery! Breaking this morning on NBC's TODAY Show and The New York Times! #breakingnews #standupforscience #history #science #facts #exploration #news
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🏴‍☠️ If you caught last night's Expedition Unknown you already know that @AJVarchaeology assembled a knowledgeable team of marine scientists to take on this ambitious expedition! Meet some of the crew 🤠 #standupforscience #history #science #facts #exploration #archaeology
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Excited to join an expedition surveying the submerged section of legendary pirate city, Port Royal where we logged uncharted wrecks, captured site scans and more! See what we found tonight on the Emmy-winning Expedition Unknown! #standupforscience #history #science #facts #exploration #archaeology
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
⚓Like many warships of its era, Yorktown was thought to house an enormous mural that would have been meticulously crafted by its sailors to add a splash of color to the ship’s otherwise dull but essential grey tones, personalizing the vessel. Air/Sea's Russ Matthews suggested...⤵️ #militaryhistory
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
CBS adds coverage of our expedition with @NOAAOceanExploration to further explore the USS Yorktown warship, sunk famously in WWII. During the deep dive, pilots deftly navigated an ROV through one of the ship's gaping elevator shafts, locating at least three planes, including ...💥 #history #wrecks
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Air/Sea's Pres Russ Matthews joins @NOAA.gov to explore the final resting site of USS Yorktown, and what they found is amazing! Fabled murals, history-making dive bombers, and the captain's own ship car - our science team made one fascinating discovery after another! @cbsnews.com story linked below.
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Did you know that the USS Stewart, our latest underwater wreck find, was seized and used by Japanese forces during World War II? Remarkably, it stands as the sole American destroyer from that period to serve on opposing sides. #standupforscience #history #science #facts #exploration #archaeology
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
👏🤩Sharing heartfelt #gratitude and extending a BIG thank you to the entire Clipper Endeavor expedition crew:Bluetide PR, Eastern Search & Salvage, Marine Imaging Technologies, Ping Pong Productions, Josh Gates, @ideeexplores & The Explorers Club-until the next #adventure!🙌🤠📺 #history #aviation
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Many Puerto Ricans know of the Clipper Endeavor's tragic flight that sparked theories and inspired songs about the accident that occurred 72 yrs ago, but why is it still important to modern #aviation? Watch our search expedition today on #ExpeditionUnknown at 9PM/edt on Discovery #travel #explore 📺
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Thrilled to announce our Search for Clipper Endeavor episode of #ExpeditionUnknown airs NOV 23 at 9PM/EDT on #Discovery. Watch the teams overcome tough expedition challenges, and discover the impact that the tragic 1952 crash off #PuertoRico's coast has on modern #aviation📺 Pic by @ideeexplores.com
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Wicked storm brews over our research vessel! Learn how it impacted our search for tragically lost Clipper Endeavor, an accident that forever changed modern #aviation on #ExpeditionUnknown NOV 23, 9PM/edt📺 #MarineTech #OceanScience #tvshow #ExplorationTechnology Images by @ideeexplores.com
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🛠️ 🌊 Tools of the Trade. We used this beefy Argus ROV in our search for Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor. Learn how this accident forever changed modern aviation on #ExpeditionUnknown S14 E3. #ClipperEndeavor #MarineTech #OceanScience #ExplorationTechnology Images by @idee-explores.bsky.social
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just released! ASHF President Russ Matthews collaborates on a new article published by @springernature, showcasing our team's thrilling 2024 finding of the "Ghost Ship of the Pacific," the USS-Stewart (DD-224), featured in the Journal of Maritime #Archaeology. #NavalHistory #tech #discovery
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
On October 1, 2024 Air/Sea Heritage Foundation was pleased to announce the discovery of USS Stewart (DD-224), a century old destroyer that served in the navies of both the United States and Imperial Japan during WWII, now popularly known as "the Ghost Ship of the Pacific." (cont.⬇️)
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Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (Official) @airseaheritage.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We're thrilled to debut on Bluesky! Eager to engage with historians, wreck and relic seekers, scientific institutions, and science narrators. 🛩️Explore more about ASHF's quest for the Clipper Endeavor featured in #ExpeditionUnknown (Season 14, Episode 3) and embark on our journey! #ASHFCommunity
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Search for Pan Am's Clipper
Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy seas to find a legendary missing plane. The crash of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor changed commercial aviation forever. Josh and the team fight violent storms in the Atlan...
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