The Ghost will be slowly brought up to just below the surface and divers will swing into action to inspect the aircraft and secure any elements that appear loose.

The Ops Platform will be detached from its anchorage and slowly make way to the lift site on shore.

The Ghost will be set gently on the bottom and the boom removed and transferred to an anchor point on the rock where it will be bolted down and secured with guy wires.

The boom will swing over the Ghost and lift it out of the water.

Once clear, the Ops Platform will be floated under it and the aircraft set on the deck.

The Ghost will be gently washed and initial conservation commences applying methods developed by combined efforts of the Team and the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI). These may include a bio-cleansing wash with methyl alcohol, air drying, application of a coat of ACF-50 corrosion inhibitor to the steel frame and other metal elements.

The engine will be removed either in the water or soon after it is set on the platform. The wooden wings are problematic and will be handled with considerable care. A supporting structure ('wing ladder') will be constructed on-site and secured to the wing or wing sections.

Wings and engine may be taken out by Otter or the C-130.

Once the steel frame is dry and coated with ACF-50, tubes and any attachments will be wrapped with plastic pallet wrap.

A tow line and safety will be secured to the frame by a specialist (Rigger) and the helicopter called in.

Once meeting the approval of the load master, the Ghost will be transported to Deer Lake, Ontario, 65 km east.

A C-130 will be called in to transport the Ghost and the recovery team to the Western Canada Aviation Museum.