Burmese Spitfires back in the news...

[Pat Carry]

Are we all sitting on the edge of our seats just waiting to see what is pulled up or is it just me?

[51fixer]

Shouldn't be hard to identify the magnesium rivets at least!

If they brought the scanning microscope with.

[K5DH]

Are we all sitting on the edge of our seats just waiting to see what is pulled up or is it just me?

I'm on the edge, too, Pat! I'm convinced there are no pristine, "put 'em together and fly 'em away" airplanes there, but in my eyes, anything they pull up will be worth the effort and very cool!

[Noha307]

Are we all sitting on the edge of our seats just waiting to see what is pulled up or is it just me?

I'm on the edge, too, Pat! I'm convinced there are no pristine, "put 'em together and fly 'em away" airplanes there, but in my eyes, anything they pull up will be worth the effort and very cool!

I am quite literally counting down the days. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

I'm going to have to pick a larger bucket of popcorn though!

[bdk]

Shouldn't be hard to identify the magnesium rivets at least!

If they brought the scanning microscope with.

The rivet locations will be recognizable by their conspicuous absence!

[Tony]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20967686

They found a crate. Lots of mud and water too

[Noha307]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20967686

They found a crate. Lots of mud and water too

Whoa! Thanks for the update!

3 sites, 18 + 6 + 36 = 60 airframes? We now have some sort of confirmation about a possible number.

So exciting!

[Dan Jones]

I suspect that what will be found is probably a bunch of rubbish that used to be Spitfires. But they'll have provenance...

Best of luck to them.

[CH2Tdriver]

I suspect that what will be found is probably a bunch of rubbish that used to be Spitfires. But they'll have provenance...

Best of luck to them.

Provenance? As in "...Fighter Sales" ?

Just so long as the dataplates are ok they'll be fine.

[Sgt13Echo]

I am still holding my breath, but there is another story about it today.

http://news.yahoo.com/myanmar-spitfire- ... 03895.html

If there are no Spitfires after this, all my hopes and dreams will vanish just like the barn full of Bf-109's in the Germany countryside.

[Mark Allen M]

Hold the faith as you never know what there still is out there somewhere buried, forgotten or hidden ...

[groundpounder]

My personal thoughts are that they are gonna find all the spitfires that are buried,but they will unfortunately be in the condition that you might expect them to be in after all this time. I have no doubt that they will all have been submerged in water for the entire time as the ground water table appears to be quite high in these areas. That being said , with no light and no oxygen around the aircraft, all we can hope for is a very neutral ph level in the water to hopefully see some remains of what were once spitfires. It would be fantastic to be wrong in this case.

[HawkerTempestMKII]

Yes, The condition of the tail of Martin PBM recovered from Lake Washington was pretty bad about half way gone from corrosion. The question is how thoroughly the cosmoline was applied and if it would last 67 years under water. Not many ideas, but probably not. On the other hand they could be as well preserved as the Lake Michigan planes.

[Tony]

I think his best bet is Meiktila to pull something out. The local geography is more favourable, and frankly, it's the only site that doesn't have a great big river near it. Dataplates galore as previously mentioned , but as to how much remains?

Shame they weren't buried in the Western Desert.

[seabee1526]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/10/encouraging-discovery-in-burmese-search-for-long-buried-wwii-spitfires/