QuoteLike a treasure chest stuffed with priceless booty, as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes are perfectly preserved, buried in crates beneath Burma -- and after 67 years underground, they're set to be uncovered.
The planes were shipped in standard fashion in 1945 from their manufacturer in England to the Far East country: waxed, wrapped in greased paper and tarred to protect against the elements. They were then buried in the crates they were shipped in, rather than let them fall into enemy hands, said David Cundall, an aviation enthusiast who has spent 15 years and about $200,000 in his efforts to reveal the lost planes.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/19/buried-treasure-in-burma-squadron-lost-wwii-spitfires-to-be-exhumed/#ixzz1snluCAvk
Bloody hell!.........awesome.
Sweet. Now does anyone know if they unearthed the planes they found in Germany a few years back?
I look forward to seeing them once they are unburied.
It's a great story. I'm also looking forward to seeing them fly.
Too bad that they're not Seafires. Then the Fleet Air Arm would have something to defend the UK with again... 8)
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 22, 2012, 06:49:31 PM
Too bad that they're not Seafires. Then the Fleet Air Arm would have something to defend the UK with again... 8)
Ouch! ;D
What a great find.... I should check my yard ! I'd luv to find an Me-262 ! :D
I'd even be happy with a flying model 262!
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnbigbirds.com%2Fimages%2FSFM%2FOCT%252007%2520NL%2FBob%2520Prioux%26%23039%3Bs%2520ME%2520262%2520at%2520ACRC%2520photo%2520by%2520DARLENE%2520DORFF.jpg&hash=d70f95c586d3f6201ddc5d9120293e5f342bd717)
^Me too, but I don't think I'd fit into the cockpit.
If that part of the plane is accurately labelled, mine would fit. ;)
The coolness abides:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQF5vI1R-Y
and then amplifies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5BtXP0s0o&feature=related
God Bless America!!!
Quote from: Centurion40 on April 23, 2012, 01:57:43 PM
The coolness abides:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQF5vI1R-Y
Holy Smokes that's cool.
Quoteand then amplifies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5BtXP0s0o&feature=related
God Bless America!!!
I think I saw Jarhead in about half of those pictures.
OMG - Griffen engines. Lord luv-a-duck but thats a find.
Quote from: Windigo on April 23, 2012, 05:16:13 PM
OMG - Griffen engines. Lord luv-a-duck but thats a find.
Yep. Late model Spitfires. If they get fixed up they'll be real hot rods.
Damn. Didn't even know that they had Spits with anything but Merlins. Very cool.
Oh man ! The Merlin guys are going to be pissed !
Are any of them still alive??!!
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.
Quote from: Centurion40 on April 24, 2012, 09:32:13 AM
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
And now the fight over ownership begins.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/01/dogfight-over-buried-wwii-spitfires-in-burma
Quote from: LongBlade on May 01, 2012, 12:38:14 PM
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.
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.