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It seem that there may be 20 more Spits in the world very soon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17710598
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Posted April 14, 2012, 10:10:23 AM
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Well that is good news, hope they find them.
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Posted April 14, 2012, 10:45:57 AM
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Still in the crates they should be in good nick!!
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Posted April 14, 2012, 11:08:13 AM
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing 
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Posted April 14, 2012, 11:17:50 AM
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The parts would have been well greased, in some cases it may even be just a matter of putting them together!!
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Posted April 14, 2012, 11:20:17 AM
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Stop any sanctions now if they'll give us the Spits.
The sound bite about Burma in the news was...
On a scale of 0-10 on the road to democracy, Burma is approaching 1.
So don't hold your breath.
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Posted April 14, 2012, 17:46:24 PM
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A Downing Street source said: "The Spitfire is arguably the most important plane in the history of aviation, playing a crucial role in the Second World War. They not heard of Hurricanes then ? Spitfires were great but they always forget...
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Posted April 14, 2012, 18:11:09 PM
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To be fair the hurri's moment came in the battle of Britain (where it downed 2/3 of the total kills of the RAF) and after that was quickly relegated to other theaters and slowly phased out as more modern aircraft came into service.
The Spit lasted the duration of the war and was the backbone of the RAF fighter force.
Sidney Camm, Hawkers chief designer put it the best in my opinion when asked about putting eleptical wings on the Tempest:
"If it didn't look like a Spitfire they wouldn't buy it"
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Posted April 14, 2012, 19:09:01 PM
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Not quite Burma, Duxford near to where I live. You may wish to turn the sound up a little for this.  Simply for the pleasure, enjoy. 
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Posted April 14, 2012, 19:51:47 PM
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Cool vid.
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Posted April 14, 2012, 20:13:54 PM
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Amazing vid, I really have to get to Duxford one day Now imagine a wartime squadron was around 12 aircraft, imagine what it would have been like seeing 3 squardons being scrambled from Duxford in 1940!!! Better yet, imagine W/C Douglas Baders Duxford "Big Wing" of 5 squardons of Hurricanes and Spitfires going over, that would have been so impressive.
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Posted April 15, 2012, 13:43:05 PM
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I hope they play on flying them in airshows if they find them, and not just stick them in some museum. Great Video, that is one of those videos that make one say, I wish I could of been there 
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Posted April 16, 2012, 00:18:20 AM
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Finally some news on this article, looks like the digging could begin in January 2013.....hope they find out if there is anything there before the monsoon season starts or they might get a tad wet http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20515659
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Posted November 29, 2012, 13:11:02 PM
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I hope all the pilots are safe... 
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Posted November 29, 2012, 16:30:20 PM
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 GT I saw it on the news that the dig was going ahead, thought of you DD
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Posted November 29, 2012, 19:09:33 PM
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