60 Spitfires to be dug up in Burma
19 January 2013, 04:47 PM
#67
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (11)
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2,760
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Not Spitfire related but you guy's will like this.
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
19 January 2013, 06:05 PM
#68
I'm posting this vid up to act as a favorable omen for the dig. A lucky mascot, if you will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6c3v9iihgw
Goosebumps indeed.
"It's been emotional."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6c3v9iihgw
Goosebumps indeed.
"It's been emotional."
Not Spitfire related but you guy's will like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
20 January 2013, 03:04 PM
#70
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Under a flightpath
Posts: 1,413
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Cundall is not giving up...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ill-go-on.html
I hope that he finds at least one, just to prove the stuffy archaeologists wrong.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ill-go-on.html
I hope that he finds at least one, just to prove the stuffy archaeologists wrong.
20 January 2013, 06:10 PM
#72
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Under a flightpath
Posts: 1,413
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They were saying that because there was no official record of the spitfires being disposed of and therefore they could not exist, which goes against Cundall's research and eye witness accounts.
Where's their sense of adventure? (hence stuffy or boring)
It's not often that archaeologists get a chance like this so why won't they continue with the search?.
Cundall has spent many years researching before this dig and I am sure that he is not doing it on a whim.
Where's their sense of adventure? (hence stuffy or boring)
It's not often that archaeologists get a chance like this so why won't they continue with the search?.
Cundall has spent many years researching before this dig and I am sure that he is not doing it on a whim.
Last edited by Oldun; 21 January 2013 at 10:15 AM. Reason: typo
20 January 2013, 08:39 PM
#73
Not Spitfire related but you guy's will like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
21 January 2013, 10:21 AM
#75
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Under a flightpath
Posts: 1,413
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
An Interview with David Cundall explaining the situation..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/avia...d-Cundall.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/avia...d-Cundall.html
21 January 2013, 11:09 AM
#76
Scooby Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Robertsbridge, Sussex
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Those Spitfires, where did that happen? Was it Duxford? What an experience, should have been there! Twelve of them? 12 x 12 is, what, 144? What a beautiful sound.
In the mid sixties at my parents house outside Hastings I was mowing the lawn one day and heard something over the 'orrible two smoker, looked up and found myself in the sights of an Me109 which in turn, and not far behind it, was in the sights of a Spit. They were filming Battle of Britain! All that week there were Spits, Hurricanes, Mes and FWs (I believe the then Spanish Airforce loaned a lot of German aircraft which they were still using!) stooging around. THAT was an experience too. There's nothing quite like a big V12 on full song.....
In the mid sixties at my parents house outside Hastings I was mowing the lawn one day and heard something over the 'orrible two smoker, looked up and found myself in the sights of an Me109 which in turn, and not far behind it, was in the sights of a Spit. They were filming Battle of Britain! All that week there were Spits, Hurricanes, Mes and FWs (I believe the then Spanish Airforce loaned a lot of German aircraft which they were still using!) stooging around. THAT was an experience too. There's nothing quite like a big V12 on full song.....
21 January 2013, 11:35 AM
#78
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Under a flightpath
Posts: 1,413
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Here is some good Spitfire news.
Another plane, a MkXVI, has been fully restored and has been added to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight displays.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/inde...A1F02CDFBA4785
Another plane, a MkXVI, has been fully restored and has been added to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight displays.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/inde...A1F02CDFBA4785
21 January 2013, 01:03 PM
#79
Scooby Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Robertsbridge, Sussex
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you're interested in aircraft engines, and H. opposed ones at that (yes, there is a link!) there's some good stuff going on. See: http://www.billzilla.org/ideas4.htm and follow the links...
21 January 2013, 01:37 PM
#80
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: manchester
Posts: 1,790
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Those Spitfires, where did that happen? Was it Duxford? What an experience, should have been there! Twelve of them? 12 x 12 is, what, 144? What a beautiful sound.
In the mid sixties at my parents house outside Hastings I was mowing the lawn one day and heard something over the 'orrible two smoker, looked up and found myself in the sights of an Me109 which in turn, and not far behind it, was in the sights of a Spit. They were filming Battle of Britain! All that week there were Spits, Hurricanes, Mes and FWs (I believe the then Spanish Airforce loaned a lot of German aircraft which they were still using!) stooging around. THAT was an experience too. There's nothing quite like a big V12 on full song.....
In the mid sixties at my parents house outside Hastings I was mowing the lawn one day and heard something over the 'orrible two smoker, looked up and found myself in the sights of an Me109 which in turn, and not far behind it, was in the sights of a Spit. They were filming Battle of Britain! All that week there were Spits, Hurricanes, Mes and FWs (I believe the then Spanish Airforce loaned a lot of German aircraft which they were still using!) stooging around. THAT was an experience too. There's nothing quite like a big V12 on full song.....
21 January 2013, 04:06 PM
#81
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 39,877
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They were saying that because there was no official record of the spitfires being disposed of and therefore they could not exist, which goes against Cundall's research and eye witness accounts.
Where's their sense of adventure? (hence stuffy or boring)
It's not often that archaeologists get a chance like this so why won't they continue with the search?.
Cundall has spent many years researching before this dig and I am sure that he is not doing it on a whim.
Where's their sense of adventure? (hence stuffy or boring)
It's not often that archaeologists get a chance like this so why won't they continue with the search?.
Cundall has spent many years researching before this dig and I am sure that he is not doing it on a whim.
Les
21 January 2013, 07:58 PM
#82
16!
How old were you? Must have been amazing!!
In the mid sixties at my parents house outside Hastings I was mowing the lawn one day and heard something over the 'orrible two smoker, looked up and found myself in the sights of an Me109 which in turn, and not far behind it, was in the sights of a Spit. They were filming Battle of Britain! All that week there were Spits, Hurricanes, Mes and FWs (I believe the then Spanish Airforce loaned a lot of German aircraft which they were still using!) stooging around. THAT was an experience too. There's nothing quite like a big V12 on full song.....
21 January 2013, 08:38 PM
#83
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: My turbo blows, air lots of it!!
Posts: 9,073
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Not Spitfire related but you guy's will like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
22 January 2013, 12:16 PM
#84
Scooby Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Robertsbridge, Sussex
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ha ha Joz, I'd just grown out of nappies....
A few years back I was doing some fieldwork, was suddenly aware of an incredible noise, thought the tractor was having a Big Internal Event... what looked like an Me109 overtook me VERY low and rapidly disappeared over the hill. That livened up my day somewhat. (Turns out there's a guy who lives over the valley who flies and restores old aircraft and specialises in WW2 stuff)
A few years back I was doing some fieldwork, was suddenly aware of an incredible noise, thought the tractor was having a Big Internal Event... what looked like an Me109 overtook me VERY low and rapidly disappeared over the hill. That livened up my day somewhat. (Turns out there's a guy who lives over the valley who flies and restores old aircraft and specialises in WW2 stuff)
22 January 2013, 01:00 PM
#85
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Arborfield, Berkshire
Posts: 12,387
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Not Spitfire related but you guy's will like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds
The ending is heart breaking when you know how much hard work went in to it and how close they were to succeeding.
So sad that about the engineer Rick but at least it was off the back of doing something he loved. Did you notice earlier on when they were eating inside one of his fingers was missing?
Surprised they didn’t cover it up for the winter to give it some protection.
22 January 2013, 02:50 PM
#86
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 39,877
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The B29 was a good aircraft with quite a history. I was very sorry to see what happened when they were so near to success. Thank goodnees it did not happen when they were airborne.
Les
Les
09 February 2013, 01:20 PM
#87
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Under a flightpath
Posts: 1,413
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
No more news on the Burma Spitfires, but if you live in Birmingham, get your shovels ready...
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news...m-says-1246086
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news...m-says-1246086
16 February 2013, 09:49 AM
#90
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Under a flightpath
Posts: 1,413
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The archaeoligists may have gone, but no report from the originator yet.
The sponsors have probably pulled out for commercial reasons.
I will wait to hear Mr Cundall's report before I give up hope.
Look at the end section of this report.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/n...ar-dig-sponsor
The sponsors have probably pulled out for commercial reasons.
I will wait to hear Mr Cundall's report before I give up hope.
Look at the end section of this report.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/n...ar-dig-sponsor
Last edited by Oldun; 16 February 2013 at 09:51 AM.