Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:42 pm
Mark Allen M wrote:CONVINCING PHOTOS PLEASE!![]()
Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:43 pm
Mark Allen M wrote:CONVINCING PHOTOS PLEASE!![]()
51fixer wrote:~snip~
Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:56 pm
Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:02 pm
Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:42 pm
in general what I'm asking is what could go wrong between burying brand new airplanes and recovering nothing OR what would have to go right to pull twenty as-delivered Spitfires out of the ground in Malta?
Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:26 am
Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:30 am
Stephan Wilkinson wrote:I'd suggest you read the thread, THEN ask questions.
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:02 am
Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:40 am
Good intentions, but it very successfully kept several feet of water around the car, ensuring that it sat in water for 50 years
Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:35 am
Don't think these Spitfires were 'preserved' in any sense; dumped is more like it.tulsaboy wrote:It will be interesting to see how the spits were preserved in comparison to the car. Here's hoping they did a good job!
Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:34 am
Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:16 pm
Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:39 pm
Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:44 pm
RickH wrote:The article clearly states that they were in their shipping crates. That means they were set up for normal overseas shipping.( preserved for travel on the ocean ) Then the article states that the CRATES were wrapped in preservative paper then the joints sealed and tarred. Not the aircraft.