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60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:34 am
by Kwak addict

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:55 am
by Glen
It'll be interesting to see what sort of condition they're in when they dig them up. I presume they would've been prepped for a sea journey so they should be good.

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:47 am
by ducati_paul
The arse is going to fall out of the second hand Spitfire market now, glad I didn't buy one! :roll:

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:53 am
by young1
Never leave your wingman Mav !!! err sorry should have been in another thread :D

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:52 pm
by Glen
young1 wrote:Never leave your wingman Mav !!! err sorry should have been in another thread :D


Yeah your ego's writing cheques your body can't cash Maverick. :)

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:53 pm
by Glen
ducati_paul wrote:The arse is going to fall out of the second hand Spitfire market now, glad I didn't buy one! :roll:

Don't worry mines got a custom paint job so it's worth heaps

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:05 pm
by smithy5
So, all these Burmese and no one would spit on them if they were on fire aye.

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:41 pm
by seiko1
Wow, how good is that :D

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:41 pm
by fireyrob
smithy5 wrote:So, all these Burmese and no one would spit on them if they were on fire aye.


Because they ride cruisers.

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:01 pm
by laidback
Heard about this about 6 months ago...some guy reckoned he knew where they were but didn't know if he could get them without them being snaffled by the govmnt.

Seems he got that fixed... 8)

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:19 pm
by h.b.bear
Be great to see the out come of this story,its great when history is bought back to life 8) .Theres a rumour i heard years ago that the army burried jeeps and other stuff covered in grease and wrapped out near Peak Hill,Parks area but if it was true you would think they would have dug them up by now,but the rumour also said no one knows where excactly.

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:26 pm
by ZXR750
h.b.bear wrote:Be great to see the out come of this story,its great when history is bought back to life 8) .Theres a rumour i heard years ago that the army burried jeeps and other stuff covered in grease and wrapped out near Peak Hill,Parks area but if it was true you would think they would have dug them up by now,but the rumour also said no one knows where excactly.

Looks like someone has tried to find them. There is a f$&king big hole left behind in Peak Hill ;)

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:32 pm
by laidback
There's stories about caches like this all over the place.

There are some structures near Lake Bathurst (just up the road from WP and that there is a stash of all sorts of things. The 'official' story is that they were emergency fuel storage tanks in case Au was invaded during WWII.

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:47 am
by h.b.bear
ZXR750 wrote:
h.b.bear wrote:Be great to see the out come of this story,its great when history is bought back to life 8) .Theres a rumour i heard years ago that the army burried jeeps and other stuff covered in grease and wrapped out near Peak Hill,Parks area but if it was true you would think they would have dug them up by now,but the rumour also said no one knows where excactly.

Looks like someone has tried to find them. There is a f$&king big hole left behind in Peak Hill ;)


That big hole was dug by hand too if your referring to the old open cut gold mine or if referring to the town itself ,wel its a hole too :lol:

Re: 60 to 140 Brand new Spitfires found in Burma.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:50 pm
by ducati_paul
My hometown is Christchurch and that's where the seppos have thier airbase for Antartica, there' s always been a rumour of tons of brand new tools etc. being buried there ... If they don't spend the budget for one year the next year will be cut, don't know how true it is. :?