Wow. According to the article, there are only some 35 of these planes flying today. What a find! Glad they are going home.
To: Smokin' Joe
Very cool!
2 posted on
04/15/2012 2:38:33 AM PDT by
Autonomous User
( As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.)
To: Smokin' Joe
Tulsa’s burried Belvedere comes to mind.
To: Smokin' Joe
Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few,
4 posted on
04/15/2012 2:51:48 AM PDT by
satan69
(garden)
To: Smokin' Joe
6 posted on
04/15/2012 3:00:23 AM PDT by
tomkat
To: Smokin' Joe
While it doesn't have near the historical significance, there are hundreds of vintage cars buried alongside railroad tracks all over the west. Years ago much of the system was single track and when they had a derailment they could not afford to keep the line down any longer than absolutely necessary. They would scoop out a trench and push everything into it and cover it. Everything was written off as an insurance loss.
Old timers have told me that they buried dozens of new cars, most demolished but some with minor or no damage, after a derailment. I wonder how well they have survived cocooned inside the car carriers.
7 posted on
04/15/2012 3:07:05 AM PDT by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: Smokin' Joe
To: Smokin' Joe
I’ve had the privilege of seeing these in flight at the Sunderland airshow. They also brought out one of the last Lancaster Bombers five years ago. 2 years ago they flew the Vulcan Bomber, that was an amazing aircraft to witness, and I’m fairly certain that there aren’t but 2 or 3 of those left in existence.
9 posted on
04/15/2012 3:23:22 AM PDT by
yank in the UK
( A liberal mocking Christianity. I asked "why don't you mock Islam?" he replied "Muslims are violent)
To: Doogle
brandy new and buried still in their shipping crates
18 posted on
04/15/2012 6:05:18 AM PDT by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Smokin' Joe
There goes the Burmese Air Force!
21 posted on
04/15/2012 7:16:00 AM PDT by
Moltke
(Always retaliate first.)
To: Smokin' Joe
25 posted on
04/15/2012 8:08:03 AM PDT by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: Smokin' Joe
What a terrific story, I am glad they found them and they are being returned to the UK.
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