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hi all, rather than just sandbag here on this list, I was sent this press release which I thought some of you may be interested in. Max. Sydney Australia -- included message -- TDI Australia & New Zealand is pleased to announce their support & involvement in the 1998 Expedition to positively identify the WW1 Australian Submarine the AE2, lost in the Sea of Marmara off Turkey in April 1915. Run from 26 September - 08 October 1998, the project is lead by Dr Mark Spencer of Sydney Australia, and follows in the foot steps of an original expedition in 1997. An extremely important part of Australia's national maritime history the project is the result of many sponsors including TDI, The Royal Australian Navy, Compaq Computers Australia, Abyssmal Diving Inc, The Channel Nine Network of Australia, Pro Diving Services (Australia), Telstra, Singapore Airlines, The Rami Koc Museum (Istanbul), Maxwell Optical Industries and many others. Diving to depths of 73msw / 240fsw the project intends to return documented evidence of the AE2 wreck for use by Turkish & Australian Maritime Archeologists also involved in the project. Diving will be conducted off the Rami Koc Museum's research vessel the MV Saros using a helium based mixed gas open circuit SCUBA of 16% Oxygen, 50% Helium & 34% Nitrogen. Due the the extreme depths & repetitive nature of the dives decompression will be conducted using two oxygen/nitrogen Nitrox mixtures on tables calculated on the Abyss 2.0 Advanced Dive Planner run onboard two Compaq Armarda Laptops. In addition, the reseach vessel will also carry a Mixed Gas Recompression Chamer & a hyperbarice physician, Dr Akin Toklu from Ankara, Turkey. The project will incorporate the extreme edge of communication technology, with the digital images recorded on a Nikon Coolpix 900 digital camera on loan from Maxwell Optical Industries sent via a Telstra Mini-Satellite phone using the Compaq Armarda Computers to the AE2 page on the Australian Navy's web site. To follow the project on the web, the address is http://www.navy.gov.au/9_sites/AE2/ A colour spread on the AE2 can be found this weekend in Melbourne's Sun-Herald. Coverage will also be seen on Channel Nine. Diving is planned to start on Wednesday 30 September. Please forward all emails to either this address or Dr Mark Spencer on ae2@co*.co* Regards Richard Taylor Director - TDI Australia & New Zealand Logistics, Diving & Safety Officer - AE2 Project 98 max@ma*.ne*.au* From The Manchester Evening News: "Police called to arrest a naked man on the platform at Piccadilly Station released their suspect after he produced a valid rail ticket." -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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