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Ann | 18:05 Mon 07th Jan 2013 | News
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Could have been nasty - thank goodness the pilot is not too badly injured.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20939051
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Avatar Image Zeuhl
are the people in Burma sabotaging all the current Spits in order to create demand

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20929820
18:09 Mon 07th Jan 2013
Avatar Image 237SJ
Funnily enough, the one and only time I`ve been up close to a Spitfire was at RIAT (2004) and it had had a nose wheel collapse the day before (think I`ve got a photo of it somewhere).
20:39 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Glad the pilot is OK....

But....

Sincerely hope the spit isn't too badly damaged.
20:41 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Bummer, I hope they can restore it.
20:42 Mon 07th Jan 2013
Avatar Image tonyav
How many Spits are left now ?.
20:43 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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must be a different plane , spits do not have a nose wheel.
20:45 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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there's a lot coming with the recent finds in Burma and Jordan.....
20:45 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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tony, if they ship those ones back from Burma we should be ok for a year or two.
20:46 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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I knew about the find in Burma but not the ones in Jordan DT.
20:47 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Right thats ok then baza !.
20:48 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Only half a dozen or so still fly but there are 40 - 50 including static displays.
When I was at school in Pinner we used to drive past a house that had one parked on the front drive - don't suppose it is still there.
20:49 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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as long as they keep the BBMF flying we will be alright.
20:50 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Well makes a change from parking the car on it then shoota, I'd be amazed if it's still there though.
20:51 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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I see they reckon that the Burmese find could now be up to 140 of them. I recall from memory about 3 or 4 being found preserved in the desert (one would think a better environment than the Yangkon jungle..).
20:54 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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We could sell some to the French so that they have an airforce.
20:55 Mon 07th Jan 2013
Avatar Image shoota
It was a loooonnngg time ago now T, 45+ years.
20:55 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Certainly would be DT.
20:55 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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baza I meant the wheels at the front :-) Def a spitfire. The pilot was dressed in WW2 uniform as I seem to remember it was some sort of rememberance display.
20:56 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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LOL, no good to the french DT, they don't fly backwards.
20:56 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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237sj, you are lucky to have seen one up close, I've only seen them flying, impressive in the air must be fantastic up close.
20:59 Mon 07th Jan 2013

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