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Burma signs deal to dig up buried World War II planes
AP via Fox News ^
| 10/17/12
| AP
Posted on 10/17/2012 9:16:22 AM PDT by DFG
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:16:24 AM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
Just, amazing. Wow, this is going to be a fun story!
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:18:54 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
To: DFG
This is pretty exciting news, as so few of these WWII plane still exist.
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:24:06 AM PDT
by
WILLIALAL
To: DFG
How does Myanmar feel about this?
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:25:40 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1366 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: DFG
Fantastic. What a treasure. Hope some of them ends in America at air shows. Being a pilot I sure would like to see a low pass.
To: EveningStar
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:27:55 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: DFG
Sixty spitfires is enough for three full squadrons.
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:29:00 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: DFG
60 Spitfires doing a fly-by. That would be fun to see.
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:30:12 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DFG
“Never have so many owed so much to so few.” I hope they teach history with them.
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:32:05 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DFG
This should be great! The condition of the planes has to be pretty decent (relatively speaking)if they are in closed crates, and would be even better if some of the parts had grease or cosmoline smeared on them to prevent corrosion...This is wild!
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:33:06 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
To: WILLIALAL
I first thought they were going to go looking for the crews and planes that made up “The Aluminum Highway” - C-46s and C-87s (B-24 cargo var.) - that went down flying “The Hump”.
To: DFG
Have they determined what Mark(s) of Spit these are? I thought they were late war examples buried as the RAF withdrew with the end of hostilities.
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To: blueunicorn6
If you want to read a great book, find a copy of "Fly For Your Life: The Story of
Bob Stanford Tuck" by Larry Forrester.
It's always been my favorite Battle of Britain book.
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:52:39 AM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: tanknetter
Have they determined what Mark(s) of Spit these are? I thought they were late war examples buried as the RAF withdrew with the end of hostilities. I don't think the British had a lot of Spitfires, if any, on the Burma front in 1941-1942. They were using obsolete aircraft such as the Brewster Buffalo fighter and the Vildebeest, a biplane bomber which had entered service in 1928. They were aided by US fliers, flying P-40's, from the American Volunteer Group, later the Fourteenth Air Force, which was based in China.
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posted on
10/17/2012 9:56:04 AM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
(Deo Vindice!)
To: Calvin Locke
My dad flew the C-46 as a Hump Pilot.
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posted on
10/17/2012 10:01:01 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
To: DFG
Sir Winston spoke eloquently about the sacrifice the Spit Pilots made during the Battle of Britain...
Since Sir Winston's bust has been removed, I am sure Da-One will not be amused...
BTW, I know a young warbird restorer in my aviation circles. Boy was he geeked when this story broke, the warbird community is jazzed over this to say the least. I think they are salivating at the prospect of some of these getting out to mortals like us....
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posted on
10/17/2012 10:01:48 AM PDT
by
taildragger
(( Fubarward Obama 2012, think about it :-) ))
To: tanknetter
AFAIK, they’re all Mk 14’s.
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posted on
10/17/2012 10:04:46 AM PDT
by
Natufian
(t)
To: WILLIALAL
35 airworthy at this time. If this article is true and they can be restored, it will triple that number. If they can just put together enough HE111 and ME109’s, they could have re-enact the battle of Britain, lol.
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posted on
10/17/2012 10:08:54 AM PDT
by
Natufian
(t)
To: DFG
This is so cool, hope they are packed in cosmoline though...
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posted on
10/17/2012 10:16:19 AM PDT
by
montanajoe
(Blamed Flamed Shamed didn't vote for R/R or O/B)
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