NEWS! Expert Help offered to Locate, Recover 'Miss Deal'

We are very pleased to announce that two talented gentlemen have volunteered their services to the Miss Deal locate/recover expedition!

Billy Bergeron, a Senior Project Manager in the Oil/Gas Marine industry, has assisted with two remarkable underwater recoveries, both of which contained human remains.  In each instance his patented inventions supported the safe recovery of the lost vessels and their precious cargo in a careful, deferential manner.  The ships involved were the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, lost in 1864 with all eight crewmembers, and the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru, which went down in 2001 with nine still aboard.

Ralph Wilbanks, an Underwater Archaeologist with an impressive background, has participated in hundreds of underwater archaeological projects since 1975.  Specializing in many types of surveying equipment and processes, including but hardly limited to Side Scan Sonar, Sub-bottom Profilers, Proton Precession and Cesium Magnetometers, fathometers, remote operated vehicles, and many others, Mr. Wilbanks’ surveying accomplishments include many highly interesting underwater aircraft finds.

Thank you kindly, gentlemen!  We are humbled by your pledge of support, and are encouraged that we will one day soon find Miss Deal, her pilot John Way, and Uncle Charlie.