Latest news on the Spitfires buried in Burma........

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msattler - meow!! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 45382 Credit: 805,515,884 RAC: 112,435	Message 1296189 - Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 15:58:59 UTC
	Looks like a deal has finally been agreed to and this is really going to happen! Burma signs deal to dig up buried World War II planes. ____________ Meow, and the world meows with you. Bark, and you bark alone. Have made a few friends in life. Most were cats.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1296268 - Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 18:02:15 UTC - in response to Message 1296189.
	Great. Thanks Mark. It looks like that carpetbagger got his comeuppance. Burma signed the agreement with the guy that found them.... Nice Job Cammy. ____________
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msattler - meow!! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 45382 Credit: 805,515,884 RAC: 112,435	Message 1296270 - Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 18:05:26 UTC - in response to Message 1296268.
	Great. Thanks Mark. It looks like that carpetbagger got his comeuppance. Burma signed the agreement with the guy that found them.... Nice Job Cammy. Yes, I was happy to read that the chap who did all the work in the first place shall get the reward of seeing his find become reality. ____________ Meow, and the world meows with you. Bark, and you bark alone. Have made a few friends in life. Most were cats.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1296288 - Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 18:29:36 UTC - in response to Message 1296270.
	I'm hoping he's patriotic enough to donate several to the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. That really would be the icing on the cake. ____________
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1298186 - Posted: 23 Oct 2012, 12:15:38 UTC
	Slightly off topic but appropriate I think... R.I.P. Bill ____________
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1324885 - Posted: 5 Jan 2013, 11:18:11 UTC
	Update Recovery team heads out Good luck guys. ____________
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msattler - meow!! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 45382 Credit: 805,515,884 RAC: 112,435	Message 1325237 - Posted: 6 Jan 2013, 12:58:50 UTC - in response to Message 1324885.
	Update Recovery team heads out Good luck guys. Thank you for the new news...more to come soon, I hope. ____________ Meow, and the world meows with you. Bark, and you bark alone. Have made a few friends in life. Most were cats.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1325614 - Posted: 7 Jan 2013, 22:00:47 UTC
	Hope they succeed as we're now another Spitfire down....... Spitfire undercarriage collapse ____________
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,696,243 RAC: 82	Message 1325654 - Posted: 8 Jan 2013, 1:07:45 UTC - in response to Message 1325614.
	Hope they succeed as we're now another Spitfire down....... Spitfire undercarriage collapse From my sources on the Internet, Brit TV is over-reporting the story, Skynet called it a "firey crash". It was one gear leg folding during the landing run out, no fire, no injuries. The Rolls Royce Spitfire is repairable. ____________
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Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 8497 Credit: 41,711,840 RAC: 13,777	Message 1325738 - Posted: 8 Jan 2013, 9:51:25 UTC
	The Rolls Royce Spitfire is repairable. Rolls Royce made the Merlin engine. Supermarine made the Spitfire. It was designed by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928). He died of cancer in 1937 so never saw the Spitfires "finest hour". ____________
	ID: 1325738 ·

Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,696,243 RAC: 82	Message 1325771 - Posted: 8 Jan 2013, 12:34:25 UTC - in response to Message 1325738.
	Sorry I wasn't clearer Bernie. The Spitfire that had the "incident" yesterday is owned by Rolls Royce. ____________
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1325789 - Posted: 8 Jan 2013, 14:24:54 UTC - in response to Message 1325771.
	Clear enough to me. "The World War II Spitfire belonged to Rolls-Royce, which is based at the airport site in Castle Donington." Source: link provided. ____________
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Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 8497 Credit: 41,711,840 RAC: 13,777	Message 1325834 - Posted: 8 Jan 2013, 20:25:53 UTC - in response to Message 1325771.
	Sorry I wasn't clearer Bernie. The Spitfire that had the "incident" yesterday is owned by Rolls Royce. No Problem! ____________
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 14694 Credit: 2,095,532 RAC: 164	Message 1326122 - Posted: 9 Jan 2013, 18:12:30 UTC
	Looking good..... Crate discovered ____________
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zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 56231 Credit: 40,462,516 RAC: 2,959	Message 1326160 - Posted: 9 Jan 2013, 20:19:56 UTC - in response to Message 1326122.
	Looking good..... Crate discovered Muddy water, I'm not so sure... ____________ Pluto is still a planet. Beep! Beep!
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Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 2,567,567 RAC: 626	Message 1327623 - Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 7:23:43 UTC - in response to Message 1326160.
	Looking good..... Crate discovered Muddy water, I'm not so sure... ....me too. ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.
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James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10111 Credit: 63,333,320 RAC: 37,525	Message 1327673 - Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 13:28:03 UTC
	Dont give up hope. Its amazing what things have been restored after 50 years under fresh water. ____________ [/quote] Old James
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Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 8497 Credit: 41,711,840 RAC: 13,777	Message 1328616 - Posted: 18 Jan 2013, 12:23:04 UTC
	Not looking hopeful No Spitfires buried in Burma ____________
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WinterKnight Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 9888 Credit: 30,154,806 RAC: 3,772	Message 1328618 - Posted: 18 Jan 2013, 12:25:51 UTC - in response to Message 1328616.
	Not looking hopeful No Spitfires buried in Burma Just about to say that as well. 'There are no buried Spitfires', archaeologists claim
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zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 56231 Credit: 40,462,516 RAC: 2,959	Message 1328662 - Posted: 18 Jan 2013, 15:26:01 UTC - in response to Message 1328618.
	Not looking hopeful No Spitfires buried in Burma Just about to say that as well. 'There are no buried Spitfires', archaeologists claim Sigh and here I was hoping there would be at least 1 intact fighter.... *---* ____________ Pluto is still a planet. Beep! Beep!
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