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Old 16-01-13, 14:40
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Stop press: SPITFIRE EXCAVATED!

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Old 16-01-13, 20:24
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Old 16-01-13, 21:57
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Hi Hanno

Great photo, knowing the vagaries of internet search wonder how many people out side of MLU will find it and wonder what's up.

Good chuckle

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Looks as though the cap is still on. She's fuelled up and ready to go!

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Old 16-01-13, 23:23
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The Spitfire beer picture is from HMVForum site and the comments about the dog and pony show in Burma are getting cruel over there.

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Old 17-01-13, 01:51
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Great photo, knowing the vagaries of internet search wonder how many people out side of MLU will find it and wonder what's up.

Good chuckle

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Old 17-01-13, 03:21
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Stop press: SPITFIRE EXCAVATED!

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Great Photo. I know me and a lot of my old Army buddies would have loved to dig up a cache of "Sealed" Spitfire bottles, bugger the planes, party time.

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'There are no Spitfires': The dream has ended in the hunt for buried British planes

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-18/t...ritish-planes/
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Old 19-01-13, 00:21
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'There are no Spitfires': The dream has ended in the hunt for buried British planes

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-18/t...ritish-planes/
Hi Hanno

Oh well, back to the old drawing board, It was I suppose just an eccentric man's dream. We all thought of the dig with a "tongue in cheek" attitude we will now have to find another project to keep the thread going as this one dies.

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Did I ever tell you about the time I was abducted by aliens? It was while I was on a trip, looking for the loch ness monster. The ship was shaped a bit like a spitfire, just different in every way.

Aliens were from uranus! The landing site was in Area 51, which is of course where the fake moon landing was staged. Also the home of the sasquatch/bigfoot/yeti/abominable snowman/julia gillard.
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Old 19-01-13, 18:01
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we will now have to find another project to keep the thread going as this one dies.

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Ok, how about all those buried trucks, road building equipment & supplies on the Alaska Highway. Too expensive to bring back so line them up and cover with dirt.

Maybe the MVPA Alaska convoy was just a cover for a recon mission.
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Were those aliens circling uranus looking for klingons?
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Why yes they were! But all they found was the captains log!!!
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It was I suppose just an eccentric man's dream....we will now have to find another project to keep the thread going as this one dies.
Don't worry folks, the Spits may have been a hoax, but apparently he's picked up a genuine lead on a pristine B29, and I have to admit it does seem more credible this time.
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Don't worry folks, the Spits may have been a hoax, but apparently he's picked up a genuine lead on a pristine B29, and I have to admit it does seem more credible this time.
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Here we go again, Ha Ha Ha..well at least we are keeping the thread alive. I wait with baited breath for the first report from the moon.

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No doubt has Amelia Airhart at the controls, and Glen Miller sitting in the back!
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Great news! It's been confirmed!
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