[Milsurplus] Buried NIB WW2 aircraft.

Mon May 8 21:55:54 EDT 2017

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I believe about 5~6 years ago 10 or so planes were found buried in Burma

Spitfires:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239771/Dozens-WWII-spitfires-buried-jungle-Burma-flying-years.html

After being led to the area by an eye-witness, the farmer's team dug a 
borehole and sent a camera down to capture footage of the crates, which 
were found to be in 'really good condition'.

Mr Cundall has now been given exclusive rights to all three sites under 
investigation in Burma.

Hutch

Read more: 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239771/Dozens-WWII-spitfires-buried-jungle-Burma-flying-years.html#ixzz4gXhUuGtS 

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On 5/8/2017 12:24 AM, Mark M via Milsurplus wrote:
> Can anyone point to even one example of a buried new crated WW2 aircraft being excavated?
>
> Burying something that big intact isn't easy and seems pointless to me.
>
> I actually hope I am dead wrong and that crated P39s and other types await discovery and excavation.
>
>
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>> Here's a couple more photos of derelict P-39s, actually P-400s.  These at
>> Port Moresby Papua new Guinea.  More P-39s, and P-63s at Airliners.net.
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>>> Here's a couple more photos of derelict P-39s, actually P-400s.  These at
>>> Port Moresby Papua new Guinea.  More P-39s, and P-63s at Airliners.net.
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>> Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 17:27:10 -0400
>> From: Brian Harrison <briankn4r at gmail.com>
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>>     spyradios at yahoogroups.com
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>> For Sale - RS-6 complete with accessories
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>> It is working (but has a leaky electrolytic in the RA-6 unit which needs replacing)
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>> info and history: http://cryptomuseum.com/spy/rs6/index.htm <http://cryptomuseum.com/spy/rs6/index.htm>
>> also great page here: http://www.n6cc.com/the-rs-6-radio-set <http://www.n6cc.com/the-rs-6-radio-set>
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>> Actual picts of my units are here:
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>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwRnzEZQyvxCeXNqQllra2EwQ0k <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwRnzEZQyvxCeXNqQllra2EwQ0k>
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>> Asking $500 for everything as is plus actual shipping
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>> Tnx and all the best,
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>> Thank you
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>> Subject: [Milsurplus] R1155: The Screw Gremlins Defeated!
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>> I post this to give hope and encouragement to
>> my fellow Brothers of the Molten Solder.
>> We all know of the dread Screw Gremlins who,
>> among other vile treacheries, immediately make-off
>> with any screw dropped from the bench during a repair.
>>
>> I removed the logging scale from the front of the R1155
>> to clean behind it.  It is held in place by two miniscule
>> screws- about 2mm by 3mm.
>> Pictured next to the "70" marking.  They are most tiny.
>> https://goo.gl/photos/5XYgg4A3SeWAoBwe7
>> I placed a towel under the area to catch any dropped
>> screws before removing the scale.
>> Of course, I dropped one.
>> It struck something- perhaps my little finger, bounded
>> at an angle, missed the towel completely and decended
>> into the dark, mysterious, howling abyss of the barn
>> floor under my bench.
>>
>> I don't know if many of you have spent any quality time
>> with your nose on a dirty barn floor, going inch by
>> hopeless inch searching, hoping to fend-off the
>> Screw Gremlins this time.  Doing it with 60-year-old
>> joints adds a special something to the experence.
>> I did not find it.
>>
>> And herein is the hope:
>> I discovered that Screw Gremlins
>> are afraid of the sound of a big shop vacuum!
>> Emptied the vac completely.
>> Cleared the floor of "stuff" for 3-feet around the
>> drop point and vacuumed the area inch-by-inch,
>> not missing places, never seeing the errent screw.
>> Then took the vac out to a flat surface and
>> a sheet of white plastic.  Poured about two
>> tablespoons of gunk each time and started hand
>> sifting.  On the third dump, "saint's be praised!"
>> https://goo.gl/photos/wT2dg4LxSyHcf6nC7
>>
>> The moral of the story:  The Screw Gremlins can
>> be beaten, and sometimes it's good if "you suck."
>>
>> 73 OM DE Dave AB5S
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>> Dave, i know the routine: you have the side of your head flat to the floor, and you look or anomalies on the surface, wondering if that's just a discoloration or
>> a shadow or what?  The traveling screws, like rodents, have an ability to seek out the cleverest hiding places.
>> I like your solution technique!
>> Proves again that altho we're not as fast as the gremlins, we can win by outthinking them, or just outlasting them.
>> -Hue
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