NIB: Spitfires

[MIGMaster]

Oh man ! The Merlin guys are going to be pissed !

[Centurion40]

Are any of them still alive??!!

[bob48]

They are trying to see if they can get one to stand on display at Castle Bromich, which is where the factory that actually built them once stood.

This is what is on the (approx) site now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sentinel_sculpture_TimTolkien.jpg

Quite impressive in its way, and I have past it on several occasions when I'm down that way visting family.

[MIGMaster]

Are any of them still alive??!!

Are you one of those glass half-empty guys ? Of course, there has to be Merlin guys around - they fix our Sea Kings !  ;D

[LongBlade]

And now the fight over ownership begins.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/01/dogfight-over-buried-wwii-spitfires-in-burma

[TheCommandTent]

And now the fight over ownership begins.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/01/dogfight-over-buried-wwii-spitfires-in-burma

I guess we shouldn't really be surprised by this.

[LongBlade]

I was actually surprised a discussion of ownership wasn't part of the original article.

For starters it's in a foreign country. If it's worth money they'll want a piece. And given it's a 3rd world country that will be in the form of bribes, which will further complicate the issue. And we're just getting started.