Anyone for a brand new crated Spitfire?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCFcxf5IBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-gBAjEga1s


The authentic Aussie crow calls are great.

 

[Chasseur]

I was chatting the other day with a guy who specializes in Burma/Myanmar and travels there frequently. His view is that no Spitfires will come out of this and this is all a rather elaborate cover for illegal activities/deals. Make of that what you will.

 

[Treetopflyer]

I was chatting the other day with a guy who specializes in Burma/Myanmar and travels there frequently. His view is that no Spitfires will come out of this and this is all a rather elaborate cover for illegal activities/deals. Make of that what you will.

Funny you should post that, I was talking to a friend of mine in the UK that specializes in vintage aircraft and he was saying something very similar.

 

[Fletch]

Spitfire shmitfire, but if anybody's mucking about in a lake in northern Italy and finds a Do X, I want to be the first to know.

 

[Stearmen]

No Spitfires

Sad, but, predictable! http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/21/end-of-the-road-for-burma-spitfire-hunt/

 

[Zemke Fan]

Hope springs eternal in the spitfire/jeep *please god please!* world...

 

[MPicciotto]

Earlier this month, the search team found a wooden crate believed to contain one of the planes in the northern Kachin state, but it turned out to be full of muddy water.

Who buries a crate of water at the end of a runway? There must have been something at one time. Pity it wasn't an airplane though.

Matt

 

[Otter]

My usualy reliable source says it was a crate of 200 RAF greatcoats!

 

[Stearmen]

Who buries a crate of water at the end of a runway? There must have been something at one time. Pity it wasn't an airplane though.

Matt

I was asking my self the same question! Then I though, this structure is 30 feet down and flooded, but did not collapse. I think this is not a crate, but rather an air raid shelter. The entrance was probably covered up and forgotten with time. I would like to see some core samples. I know they claimed Canadian lumber, but I don't trust much that they have to say on the subject.

 

[Treetopflyer]

So is the end of the story? They found something that may or may not be a crate full of water so they are calling it quits. I have been looking all over the net for some new info and I haven't found anything.