Anybody hear about the finding of up to 20 Spitfires still in their sealed crates buried in the jungles of Burma/ Myanmar ? If true, WOW !

yes, very cool:
http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/spitfires-buried-burma-be-excavated

Very neat indeed! There are about 35 Spitfires of various marks flying today. Can you imagine adding another 20! I have read that these are Griffon powered Spitfires, of the Mark XIV variety? Don't know for sure. Russell

When are there going to be photos of this!!

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/19/buried-treasure-in-burma-squadron-lost-wwii-spitfires-to-be-exhumed/

Another article on the subject, you all may want to read. Exciting stuff, even for an American. Russell

I also read about this in the German "Flugzeugforum". This is just so fantastic! Imagine they can bring back at least half of them to airworthy conditions. And the rest in museúms. That would be great!
Last year I was able to see a Spit Mk. IX (or is it a Mk. XVI, I can't tell ) and a Mk. XIX over the Hahnweide in Germany. I love the awesome sound of the Griffon engine. It always brings tears of joy to my eyes. As you can imagine, I made quite a few videos on that occasion ....
Let's hope the best for the restauration.

A wealthy feller near where I grew up has purchased one spitfire and one 109. He had the Sodom Rd Airshow one year at his field, I don't think there's been another since. The 109 started up first and took off, then the Spit. The difference in the sound of the DB601 and the Merlin is astonishing. If you ever can I highly recommend hearing them both at once.

Especially one doing a highspeed flyover followed closely by the other. Spine tingling.

I hope somebody like the BBC or the History Channel is doing coverage of the recovery. an event like this deserves to be recorded for history. A good weekend all !