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Readie
Chief Master Sergeant
That is fantastic news,
More of England's guardian angels to fly....we may still need them one day.
John
More of England's guardian angels to fly....we may still need them one day.
John
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Wow! That's a relief! Now it'll only take me 120 years to save up, instead of 150 - great stuff !
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
I just hope this is not another deal like the Spits that were "buried in Australia", and never materialized. Wonder how many pounds sterling this will cost the British government ?
Charles
Charles
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
D@mn! Beats "Glacier Girl" and her find!
I have not heard the story over in Aussie Charles but I do recall from an article a couple years back about a team looking for these crates.So we may be able to surmise that the fruits of thier labor is about to prevail .Now all we have to wonder will all the pieces be there?One would think but war times make for strange decisions at times.
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
What makes you think I would muck it up ? Hell's bell's, I'm all for getting any warbird back in the air !
Charles
beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Spitfires, yes Spitfires, as in more than one, actually 12 to 20 have been found in Burma. They are still in the crates, and are hoped to be well preserved. Time will tell when they finally open them up.
British farmer's quest to find lost Spitfires in Burma - Telegraph
Spitfires buried in Burma during war to be returned to UK - Telegraph
British farmer's quest to find lost Spitfires in Burma - Telegraph
Spitfires buried in Burma during war to be returned to UK - Telegraph
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Not you Charles my friend ! Our so-called leader, Cameron, the p****** !
Readie
Chief Master Sergeant
Excellent news.
England's guardian angels to fly again.
John
England's guardian angels to fly again.
John
Let us hope this is true
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
oldcrowcv63
Tech Sergeant
Don''t know if this news is out yet:
Lost Squadron Of Pickled Spitfires Found (sounds more like Kimchi)
Some one please give John Read a sedative or a couple of beers (preferably Spitfire ) before he reads this:
Aviation historians and warbird enthusiasts are drooling at the discovery of at least 12 and maybe as many 20 perfectly preserved brand-new Spitfire Mark 14s buried in Myanmar, which was formerly Burma. Thanks to the tenacity (and apparently considerable diplomatic skills) of British farmer David Cundall, the lost squadron of pristine fighters was found where they were buried by U.S. troops in 1945 when it became clear they wouldn't be needed in the final days of the Second World War. At least a dozen of the aircraft, one of the latest variants with their 2,035-horsepower Roll Royce Griffon engines replacing the 1,200-1,500-horsepower Merlins in earlier models, were buried without ever being removed from their original packing crates. It's possible another eight were also buried after the war ended. After spending 15 years and $200,000 of his own money, Cundall was rewarded with visual proof of the magnitude of his discovery. "We sent a borehole down and used a camera to look at the crates," he told the Telegraph. "They seemed to be in good condition."
The aircraft were declared surplus when they arrived in Burma because the Japanese were in retreat by then and carrier-based Seafires were getting all the action. They were ordered buried in their original crates, waxed, swaddled in grease paper and their joints tarred against the elements. Cundall found some of the soldiers who buried the planes by placing ads in magazines and was able to narrow down the search before using ground-penetrating radar to confirm the burial site. The next obstacles to recovery are political. Myanmar's former military junta was under a variety of sanctions, among them an international convention that prevented the transfer of military goods to and from the country. Recent political reforms have led to the lifting of that ban effective April 23. Cundall will also need the permission of the new Myanmar government to unearth the treasure. He helped his own cause by making numerous trips to the country and earning the trust of government officials. British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to seal the deal with Myanmar President Thein Sein during a visit.
AVweb Insider Blog: A Dozen Spitfires in Factory Crates? A Dream Find
The weekend's news brought a report that a British farmer named David Cundall has discovered a squadron of Mark XIV Supermarine Spitfires buried in their factory crates as surplus at the end of World War II. If the story has legs, it will be the historical aircraft find of the century. On the AVweb Insider blog, Paul Bertorelli asks the question on everyone's mind: "Whattya figure those things will be worth?"
Nevermind... Torch posted this yesterday:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/off-topic-misc/spitfires-found-32460.html
It may be too late for Readie unless someone took appropriate precautions.
Lost Squadron Of Pickled Spitfires Found (sounds more like Kimchi)
Some one please give John Read a sedative or a couple of beers (preferably Spitfire ) before he reads this:
Aviation historians and warbird enthusiasts are drooling at the discovery of at least 12 and maybe as many 20 perfectly preserved brand-new Spitfire Mark 14s buried in Myanmar, which was formerly Burma. Thanks to the tenacity (and apparently considerable diplomatic skills) of British farmer David Cundall, the lost squadron of pristine fighters was found where they were buried by U.S. troops in 1945 when it became clear they wouldn't be needed in the final days of the Second World War. At least a dozen of the aircraft, one of the latest variants with their 2,035-horsepower Roll Royce Griffon engines replacing the 1,200-1,500-horsepower Merlins in earlier models, were buried without ever being removed from their original packing crates. It's possible another eight were also buried after the war ended. After spending 15 years and $200,000 of his own money, Cundall was rewarded with visual proof of the magnitude of his discovery. "We sent a borehole down and used a camera to look at the crates," he told the Telegraph. "They seemed to be in good condition."
The aircraft were declared surplus when they arrived in Burma because the Japanese were in retreat by then and carrier-based Seafires were getting all the action. They were ordered buried in their original crates, waxed, swaddled in grease paper and their joints tarred against the elements. Cundall found some of the soldiers who buried the planes by placing ads in magazines and was able to narrow down the search before using ground-penetrating radar to confirm the burial site. The next obstacles to recovery are political. Myanmar's former military junta was under a variety of sanctions, among them an international convention that prevented the transfer of military goods to and from the country. Recent political reforms have led to the lifting of that ban effective April 23. Cundall will also need the permission of the new Myanmar government to unearth the treasure. He helped his own cause by making numerous trips to the country and earning the trust of government officials. British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to seal the deal with Myanmar President Thein Sein during a visit.
AVweb Insider Blog: A Dozen Spitfires in Factory Crates? A Dream Find
The weekend's news brought a report that a British farmer named David Cundall has discovered a squadron of Mark XIV Supermarine Spitfires buried in their factory crates as surplus at the end of World War II. If the story has legs, it will be the historical aircraft find of the century. On the AVweb Insider blog, Paul Bertorelli asks the question on everyone's mind: "Whattya figure those things will be worth?"
Nevermind... Torch posted this yesterday:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/off-topic-misc/spitfires-found-32460.html
It may be too late for Readie unless someone took appropriate precautions.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
That's fricken awesome!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Correcting accuracy mistakes in news releases can drive you crazy. An earlier article said these were Spitfire Mk II's for heaven's sake.
A4K
Brigadier General
Newsapapers always screw up the details.
