Spitfires Found!

[Aozora]

Update:The first Spitfire has been uncovered!
First Spitfire excavated in Burma ! | AviaBlog

 

[meatloaf109]

I am sorry but that is an obvious fake. I have watched Jurrasic Park a couple of times and I know that he should be using a brush at this point, not a trowel.

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[Crimea_River]

Gary posted that in the Quokes and Jokes thread last week.

 

[andy2012]

So that's what's in all those crates, no wonder why the British didn't want the Japanese to get it!

 

[prem895]

My question is, is the seal on the cap intact?

 

[Njaco]

Thats pretty good!

 

[N4521U]

Now THAT is what I call a find!

 

[prem895]

But will it fly

 

[Airframes]

Probably not. But the finder will - after a dozen or so !

 

[Capt. Vick]

I must be "Skunky" by now.

 

[Crimea_River]

Can't be. It was completely covered in anti-oxidating oil, wrapped in oil skin and securely crated....

 

[iron man]

Ah, use Wellington's to find Spitfires, before a Hurricane or Typhoon OR A TEMPEST hits the area......... I'll get me coat!

Fixed your post...LOL!

 

[Airframes]

I could have continued with aircraft-related names, but kept it Short.
Something along the lines of - " ....the specialists from the archaeology department at Oxford, following advice from a professor of soil mechanics from Harvard, have suggested that the recorded images from the ground-mapping radar could be Phantom returns. However, Dr. Armstrong Whitworth, from Stirling Research Foundation in Sunderland, has offered to send his specialist consultant, Pete Whitley, to view the site before the weather changes, as a Whirlwind, coming from the Rangoon region, is expected to arrive with Lightning speed, and will be a real Devastator." Etc, etc, etc ........

 

[Njaco]

I just found this in an old thread from Micdrow...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very interesting.

 

[Aozora]

I just found this in an old thread from Micdrow...

Very interesting; thanks Micdrow and Njaco.

 

[stona]

Good stuff,thanks.

Interesting that the Australians thought that they had to seek permission to dispose of the Spitfires,probably because they hadn't paid for them.

This passage caught my eye.

No market! Imagine what those aircraft and parts would be worth today.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Capt. Vick]

I could have continued with aircraft-related names, but kept it Short.
Something along the lines of - " ....the specialists from the archaeology department at Oxford, following advice from a professor of soil mechanics from Harvard, have suggested that the recorded images from the ground-mapping radar could be Phantom returns. However, Dr. Armstrong Whitworth, from Stirling Research Foundation in Sunderland, has offered to send his specialist consultant, Pete Whitley, to view the site before the weather changes, as a Whirlwind, coming from the Rangoon region, is expected to arrive with Lightning speed, and will be a real Devastator." Etc, etc, etc ........

Well said Terry!

 

[Crimea_River]

He certainly does not have Zero talent. He could have Focked it up badly but he came through with full Fury.