Crimea_River
Marshal
Well, just in case......
Spitfires Found!
- Thread starter GavC
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at6
1st Sergeant
So this too lives once more. Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woot! Woot!!!!
bobbysocks
Chief Master Sergeant
just as soon as you do the bugger will find them.....right beside that german gold train.
I jst don't get any of these stories. It is only flying regulations and nostalgia that make them. The restored Spitfire found at Dunkerque is actually a new build airframe. If someone has enough money they can get a Spitfire but it wont have the cudos of being in the Battle of Britain or other historic action.
That 'cudos of being in the Battle of Britain or other historic action' is only really important to people outside of owners and operators of these aircraft. I've only really heard it said as an interesting note about the aircraft. A spitfire is a spitfire, the actual battles it took part in don't change what it is.
You don't get endless coverage in the media building a replica but you do if you "restore" a WW2 veteran. The plane rescued from the beach at Dunkerque has been on TV more times than "Reach for the sky" and was in every national paper/web site, including documentaries of how it was done.
GregP
Major
Well said gumbyk. The owners and restorers want a flyable, sometimes rather authentic warbird, not a certified veteran, though it IS an added bonus, as you say, should it be one, and can affect the value. The public doesn't care at all, if they're at an airshow, and would rather see one NOT a famous veteran fly than a certified war hero static. Me, too, for that matter.
Most of the public are lucky to guess which country it flew for, much less the correct airframe. We have people all the time ask us if our B-25 is a B-24! And everyone has an uncle , cousin, grandfather, etc. who flew one or flew in one.
Most of the public are lucky to guess which country it flew for, much less the correct airframe. We have people all the time ask us if our B-25 is a B-24! And everyone has an uncle , cousin, grandfather, etc. who flew one or flew in one.
I'm sure someone will find a colour picture of them at some point...
That would be helpful for a model I am building.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Arrrgh !
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I think there is a great thread about that very topic!
fubar57
General
Do you have a link David? I haven't seen it
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Seen what ?
Darn, he we go again ...........................
Darn, he we go again ...........................
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
at6
1st Sergeant
