At £1 million a piece? We'll need sponsorship.

Not to mention the extra £7Bn (£20Bn after overruns to the modification) to redesign the carriers again.

Then mothball both of the carriers.

Would be a shame to see the Spitfires mothballed twice...67 years apart.

Eh...I think that was a joke.

Just in time for the British Royal Airforce's low budget plain of 2014

I wouldn't get your hopes up too much,most things that have been buried in a climate like Burmas won't be in that great a shape. Mind you, all you need is the manufacturers 'data plate' (think aircraft VIN number) from the MK.IIs and someone at Duxford will be able to build you a Spitfire MK.II. Just like the MK.I that flew last year.. In fact, you can restore a Spitfire to flying condition that last landed in 1944 in a verticle dive in the dutch countryside. Moneys all you need.

They will be MkXIVs no MkII ever served outside England, let alone arrived in Burma two weeks before wars end.

Have put down boreholes and confirmed some in good condition already apparently. Hope it's true. Start digging in three weeks.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destin...s-in-Burma.html

Phas3e you're correct, late night, my bad. It will be good to see them fly again in the future.

I find 40ft hard to believe, that is a long way down, the other article said 4 - 6ft down and not 40ft.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2473187/1.html

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