Latest news on the Spitfires buried in Burma........
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kittyman Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 47633 Credit: 847,584,710 RAC: 133,800 
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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. Always remember.....kitties are all Angels with fur. 'Cat lives matter.' Have made friends in this life. Most were cats. 
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Sirius B Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 16116 Credit: 2,221,980 RAC: 678 
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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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kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 47633 Credit: 847,584,710 RAC: 133,800
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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. Always remember.....kitties are all Angels with fur. 'Cat lives matter.' Have made friends in this life. Most were cats.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 16116 Credit: 2,221,980 RAC: 678
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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: 16116 Credit: 2,221,980 RAC: 678
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kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 47633 Credit: 847,584,710 RAC: 133,800
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Update Thank you for the new news...more to come soon, I hope. Always remember.....kitties are all Angels with fur. 'Cat lives matter.' Have made friends in this life. Most were cats.
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 16116 Credit: 2,221,980 RAC: 678
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 Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 
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Hope they succeed as we're now another Spitfire down....... 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: 8818 Credit: 46,116,732 RAC: 24,192 
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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". "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." ID: 1325738 · |
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0
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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: 16116 Credit: 2,221,980 RAC: 678
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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: 8818 Credit: 46,116,732 RAC: 24,192
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Sorry I wasn't clearer Bernie. The Spitfire that had the "incident" yesterday is owned by Rolls Royce. No Problem! "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." ID: 1325834 · |
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 16116 Credit: 2,221,980 RAC: 678
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zoom314 Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 58066 Credit: 42,527,315 RAC: 13,060
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Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 2,744,298 RAC: 691
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Looking good..... ....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. ID: 1327623 · |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10231 Credit: 75,415,735 RAC: 66,601
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Dont give up hope. Its amazing what things have been restored after 50 years under fresh water.  [/quote]Old James ID: 1327673 · |
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Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 8818 Credit: 46,116,732 RAC: 24,192
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Not looking hopeful No Spitfires buried in Burma "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." ID: 1328616 · |
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Nick: ID 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 10723 Credit: 30,964,707 RAC: 3,764
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Not looking hopeful Just about to say that as well. 'There are no buried Spitfires', archaeologists claim ID: 1328618 · |
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zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 58066 Credit: 42,527,315 RAC: 13,060
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Not looking hopeful Sigh and here I was hoping there would be at least 1 intact fighter.... ***---*** Join the Resistance!! ID: 1328662 · |
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