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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Apr 2017, 08:32
Replies: 17
Views: 4,476
Posted By Mark22

We included this Mk 21 in the appendix of our...

We included this Mk 21 in the appendix of our book Spitfire Survivors Volume II in the 'Ones that got away' category.

PeterA

Image :-Dilip Sarkar collection ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Apr 2017, 16:23
Replies: 17
Views: 4,476
Posted By Mark22

Mk 21 LA228. Unfortunately it was scrapped.

Mk 21 LA228. Unfortunately it was scrapped.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2017, 12:50
Replies: 30
Views: 7,561
Posted By Mark22

These ports are for access for the dolly to...

These ports are for access for the dolly to 'buck' the solid c/sk rivets on the upper leading edge skin. All Spitfires and Seafires have them.

In years past they have helped to identify some...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Apr 2017, 13:54
Replies: 30
Views: 7,561
Posted By Mark22

To clarify. The late Doug Arnold had two sons,...

To clarify. The late Doug Arnold had two sons, David, very interested in old aircraft, as his father, and Peter, more interested in the arts and antiques. He also had a daughter Kay.

Spitfire...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jun 2016, 09:50
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

Onetrack, Post#290 In your experience what...

Onetrack, Post#290

In your experience what would be that sizeable number of determined, poverty-stricken and deprived third-world people that would be required to totally remove 100 aircraft with...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th May 2014, 07:09
Replies: 7
Views: 4,810
Posted By Mark22

Here are a couple from the Alfred Price...

Here are a couple from the Alfred Price Collection.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/Mark12/Mark12021/SupermarineType224PeterArnoldColl002a_zps28e76268.jpg
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2013, 08:44
Replies: 12
Views: 3,087
Posted By Mark22

At one time it looked like it might be for sale...

At one time it looked like it might be for sale but with all this spotlight on buried Spitfires and their values...who knows?

Mark22
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2013, 21:55
Replies: 12
Views: 3,087
Posted By Mark22

This probably came about with my writings on the...

This probably came about with my writings on the Burmese Spitfires following visits in 1995 and 1996.

The Spitfire was hangared at that time and the Burmese referred to it as a Museum display but...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Feb 2013, 14:05
Replies: 12
Views: 3,087
Posted By Mark22

It is not a museum. Despite several...

It is not a museum.

Despite several attempts I have not been able to get security clearance to visit and examine.

It is actually the only known complete Spitfire/Seafire in the world that I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Feb 2013, 06:18
Replies: 68
Views: 20,930
Posted By Mark22

500N At least three parties applied for the...

500N

At least three parties applied for the license to dig.

David Cundall sponsored by Wargaming.net

An Anglo-Israeli group who have been on the trail of these 'Spitfires' for almost as long...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Feb 2013, 22:22
Replies: 68
Views: 20,930
Posted By Mark22

500N. No smoke screen. The press, PR and the...

500N.

No smoke screen. The press, PR and the glow of a substantial documentary are the 'payday' for the sponsors Wargaming.Net. No Spitfires required.

Media Circus. Not enough pre -planning for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Feb 2013, 10:00
Replies: 68
Views: 20,930
Posted By Mark22

Do I detect a little humour, bordering on...

Do I detect a little humour, bordering on cynicism?

I am just back from Burma and like I said, there is still a way to go on this story.

It was a good few years back now but I once had a tip...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2013, 16:19
Replies: 68
Views: 20,930
Posted By Mark22

Still a few more weeks to run on this one. :) ...

Still a few more weeks to run on this one. :)

Mark
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2013, 16:15
Replies: 12
Views: 3,087
Posted By Mark22

It is indeed Seafire XV PR422/UB415 but painted...

It is indeed Seafire XV PR422/UB415 but painted as 'UB414'.

They have shuffled the aircraft about since this image was taken but your other aircraft will the Provost 2237...that is what it says on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2013, 14:19
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

In contrast to Fergal Keane's BBC report,...

In contrast to Fergal Keane's BBC report, basically - there are no Spitfires in Burma, this interview with the Sunday Telegraph over this past weekend.

Video: Burma spitfires: search still on,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2013, 22:48
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

Lone Ranger - quote You saying that is not a...

Lone Ranger - quote

You saying that is not a piece of scrap and but rather a restorable aircraft part ?....a career in a TV docu-drama awaits



Of course it is scrap. My point - it is in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2013, 13:17
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

The waterlogged crate was partially exposed last...

The waterlogged crate was partially exposed last week by a Burmese member of the secondary team at Myitkyina, which is about 1000 miles, give or take, north of Rangoon.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2013, 23:35
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

MA764/G-MCDB. :)

MA764/G-MCDB. :)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jan 2013, 22:08
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

Obviously you are both very well informed. :) ...

Obviously you are both very well informed. :)

Here is a shot of a Spitfire being pulled out of wet claggy clay in November 2005. The roundel and aluminium are pristine.

You might think that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jan 2013, 15:44
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

Quote: Given that nowadays it seems that all...

Quote:
Given that nowadays it seems that all you need is a surviving manufacturer's ID plate, and you can "restore" an aircraft around it, you are technically correct.

A data plate is not a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2013, 15:19
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

Quote:- My puzzle is why dig a huge pit 30 feet...

Quote:- My puzzle is why dig a huge pit 30 feet deep


You don't dig a hole 30 ft deep, actually 40 ft deep. You clear and expand a chuang, an old waterway gully, using the Seabees facilty, in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Dec 2012, 15:39
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

If there are Spitfires there they are likely to...

If there are Spitfires there they are likely to be distorted/crushed and substantially corroded in my view.

That said, they would still yield a large cache of expensive componentry, fittings and a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Dec 2012, 14:37
Replies: 300
Views: 763,004
Posted By Mark22

Blacksheep. Quote:- "....with many...

Blacksheep.

Quote:-

"....with many transferred to the Indian and Burmese governments in 1945."

I think you would find it very difficult to support that with facts.

Transfers to the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2012, 07:52
Replies: 68
Views: 20,930
Posted By Mark22

Quote "Has anyone actually seen any pictures of...

Quote "Has anyone actually seen any pictures of the inside of one of the crates?"

Bore holes and core samples - yes.

Images - not to my knowledge.

A sprinkling of 'paper-talk' I'm afraid.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2012, 21:40
Replies: 68
Views: 20,930
Posted By Mark22

As no actual Burmese Spitfire structure has...

As no actual Burmese Spitfire structure has surfaced to date nobody at this stage knows the condition.

I personally have seen Spitfire crash wreckage come out of the ground in Europe with both...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2012, 10:34
Replies: 19
Views: 4,051
Posted By Mark22

Buried Spitfires that have been recovered include...

Buried Spitfires that have been recovered include - TB885 and PK665 in the UK, LV750, MT682 and MD338 in Australia and MV459 in India.

I would not rule out further buried Spitfire recoveries in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2012, 21:55
Replies: 19
Views: 4,051
Posted By Mark22

Yes. Buried Spitfires. Spitfire Survivors - ...

Yes. Buried Spitfires.

Spitfire Survivors - the definitive history of every survivor (http://www.spitfiresurvivors.co.uk)

PeterA
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2012, 23:15
Replies: 19
Views: 3,612
Posted By Mark22

To this day, despite multiple exposure requests...

To this day, despite multiple exposure requests in the Aviation media, the 20 series Spitfire used in the 'Museum' sequence at Cranwell has never been identified.

The camouflage, distressing, tyre...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Dec 2011, 14:38
Replies: 4
Views: 1,630
Posted By Mark22

Andover, 31 July 1969. 10 minutes dual...

Andover, 31 July 1969. 10 minutes dual instruction followed by 20 minutes general handling and aeros....£20 toward the cost of the fuel!

My 6th ever flight. :)

PeterA
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2011, 09:35
Replies: 24
Views: 6,682
Posted By Mark22

Yes indeed. It is BR601 and I photographed...

Yes indeed.

It is BR601 and I photographed it there in 1981.

It was being restored to fly in NZ for a UK customer until recent times.

Ten Spitfires emerged from the SA Metals yard in Cape...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Jul 2011, 13:38
Replies: 24
Views: 6,682
Posted By Mark22

"Sorry Mark but I never visited any scrap yards...

"Sorry Mark but I never visited any scrap yards while I was at Ysterplatt."


Gilman

It was the pile of scrap Spitfires that were clearly building up at Ysterplaat, prior to sale to the scrap...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jul 2011, 11:48
Replies: 0
Views: 958
Posted By Mark22

NH188. PeterA Spitfire Survivors...

NH188.

PeterA

Spitfire Survivors (http://www.spitfiresurvivors.co.uk)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jul 2011, 08:35
Replies: 24
Views: 6,682
Posted By Mark22

Gilman, Welcome to the forum. May I ask...

Gilman,

Welcome to the forum.

May I ask if you have any shots of the Spitfires or the Spitfire wrecks at Ysterplaat.

Quite a number of the Spitfire wrecks gravitated to the scrap yard of 'S...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jul 2011, 17:10
Replies: 20
Views: 6,985
Posted By Mark22

I too have the one with the Vampire on the front...

I too have the one with the Vampire on the front from circa 1957.

I also have a very battered version that I picked up at that time at a Jumble sale, seems to have a radial light bomber and a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2011, 16:58
Replies: 59
Views: 10,877
Posted By Mark22

How about the 'Package Holiday' company flying...

How about the 'Package Holiday' company flying out of Luton using Britannias.

Their brochure proudly claimed an 'all jet fleet', and that was true, but the image on the front cover, a ground shot,...
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