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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 16:53:10 GMT 12
Why not? They seem to be literally giving them away!
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Post by raymond on Jan 10, 2013 11:05:12 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 17:55:36 GMT 12
The excitement is building!
Forum member "petera" is/will be in Myanmar following the team as an unofficial observer and is keeping folks up to date over at the Key/Flypast forum (there he's known as "mark12") and is correcting info where possible.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 11, 2013 2:52:55 GMT 12
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Post by saratoga on Jan 11, 2013 7:15:10 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Jan 11, 2013 7:29:32 GMT 12
Its water hastily buried to prevent it falling into Japanese hands at the end of the war....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2013 9:45:17 GMT 12
Hopefully the water's in reasonable condition, I mean dataplates are hard to come by...
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 11, 2013 18:51:21 GMT 12
The waters been underground for close to 70 years packed in crates so it should be pretty good. The data plates will be the concern because they'll verify the authenticity of the water. As long as the crates were stacked right side up.
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Post by saratoga on Jan 11, 2013 20:47:57 GMT 12
If the Americans buried it could it be Lend Lease water,they'll want it back(with interest!)
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Post by baz62 on Jan 12, 2013 10:46:42 GMT 12
Was on Facebook and one of my UK posters put up a photo saying it showed the first Spitfire being uncovered............clicked on the photo...it was a Spitfire.............a bottle of Spitfire BEER. Comedians! ;D
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Post by The Red Baron on Jan 19, 2013 8:01:45 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Jan 19, 2013 8:56:43 GMT 12
so... The fancy geophysical imaging systems that allowed them to say the Spitfires were in "excellent condition" wasnt able to show the modern airport services lines? - the sort of thing that can be detected with a simple hand held device used on most building sites?
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Post by The Red Baron on Jan 19, 2013 12:26:52 GMT 12
Oh well.........theres still that haybarn south of Hamilton somewhere... ;D
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Post by ngatimozart on Feb 16, 2013 21:32:22 GMT 12
No buried Spitfires in MyanmarTHE sponsor of a British-led team hunting for dozens of rare World War II Spitfires said to have been buried in Myanmar has abandoned the search, saying stories of the stashed planes are merely "legend". Rumours that dozens of the iconic single-seat aircraft were buried in 1945 by Britain, the former colonial power in what was then Burma, had excited military history enthusiasts, but surveys at Yangon airport in the Mingaladon district have failed to bear fruit. The project backer, online game company Wargaming, said the team "now believes, based on clear documentary evidence, as well as the evidence from the fieldwork, that no Spitfires were delivered in crates and buried at RAF Mingaladon during 1945 and 1946". Lead archaeologist Andy Brockman said the investigation into the stories of buried Spitfires was undertaken in the spirit of US television forensic police series "CSI" (Crime Scene Investigation). "We followed the clues in the documents, period maps, pictures and air photographs; we talked to surviving witnesses, and visited the 'crime scene' in order to turn our study in the archives into facts on the ground," he said. "As a result we believe that the legend of the buried Spitfires of Burma is just that: a captivating legend about a beautiful and iconic aircraft." In a statement released late on Friday, Wargaming said the search for Spitfires in Myanmar was rooted in persistent rumours that began among servicemen in "the bars and canteens of South East Asia" as early as 1946. It added that no surviving witnesses had actually seen planes being buried and that its research in British archives had failed to produce any evidence of the arrival of the aircraft in Myanmar in the latter months of the war. But a local businessman involved in the project, Htoo Htoo Zaw, on Saturday vowed to continue the planned digs in the northern city of Myitkyina and Yangon airport, signalling a split within the team. "We haven't started any digging yet. So how can we say for sure whether there are Spitfires or not?" he told AFP. It was unclear to what extent the excavations would continue and project leader David Cundall -- a farmer and aircraft enthusiast who has spent around 17 years chasing the Spitfires -- was not immediately reachable for comment.
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Post by shorty on Feb 24, 2013 15:03:43 GMT 12
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Post by craig on Feb 24, 2013 15:33:36 GMT 12
The article states 37 spits were re-exported from Burma1946. Is that likely? Bet they never left Burma.....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 16:40:18 GMT 12
It's not over, it's just that Wargaming.net pulled out.
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Post by corsair67 on Feb 24, 2013 17:54:13 GMT 12
It's not over, it's just that Wargaming.net pulled out. Well, who's the next millionaire in line to part with their hard earned money?  |
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