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Toronto Electric Model Aviation Club (TEMAC) => General Discussion => Topic started by: bfeist on October 22, 2012, 07:38:57 PM

Title: 140 mint-condition Spitfires found
Post by: bfeist on October 22, 2012, 07:38:57 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/one-british-farmer-is-about-to-unearth-140-world-war-ii-spitfires-buried-in-their-original-containers-2012-10 (http://www.businessinsider.com/one-british-farmer-is-about-to-unearth-140-world-war-ii-spitfires-buried-in-their-original-containers-2012-10)

Pretty wild.
Title: Re: 140 mint-condition Spitfires found
Post by: imran1042 on October 22, 2012, 08:46:54 PM
cool
Title: Re: 140 mint-condition Spitfires found
Post by: electroflyer on October 23, 2012, 12:10:00 PM
   Really amazing. A friend from England told me about this a few months back. It is so big that PM Cameron was involved in negotiations to retieve them. 
Title: Re: 140 mint-condition Spitfires found
Post by: Ex14th on October 23, 2012, 05:06:57 PM
Friend of mine told me a few years back that his uncle bought an old farm in Northern Quebec, and found a brand new Mustang in one of the old barns, together with a spare engine, what a find.

How true is the story, I have no idea, but that how it's been told.

Good for the people finding the collection - at 2.5 million dollars a crack, that's a huge fortune for their good efforts.