| Wolfhag | 20 Oct 2016 4:06 p.m. PST |
Turkey now has 50 FW-190's:
link Wolfhag |
| Steve Wilcox | 20 Oct 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
Wow, that would be awesome! :) |
| Mako11 | 20 Oct 2016 4:21 p.m. PST |
I want one. Will happily throw my undying support for the current regime in exchange for one, or more. |
| pmwalt | 20 Oct 2016 5:26 p.m. PST |
That would be so cool … even if a small percentage could be restored to museum quality |
| jowady | 20 Oct 2016 6:15 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I remember about three years ago when a bunch of Spitfires were "found" in crates in India, by an "amateur historian". Those Spits were "buried" as well. That turned out to be a hoax and I really don't see this turning out any differently. |
| Mako11 | 20 Oct 2016 8:01 p.m. PST |
FW-190D if you please, but beggars can't be choosers. |
| Fatman | 21 Oct 2016 5:28 a.m. PST |
Mako11
If they are there, and like jowady I will wait and see, they will be A models that is what the Germans gave them. Hopefully this ime we will be lucky. jowady
Hoax implies deliberate deception. From everything I have read the man in question really believed that the Spitfires existed. Fatman |
| zoneofcontrol | 21 Oct 2016 9:20 a.m. PST |
Wouldn't it be awesome if the Spits and 190s were actually found, dug up and restored. Would make for some cool 1:1 live scenarios. |
Frederick  | 21 Oct 2016 11:36 a.m. PST |
Well, right now the Turkish Air Force already has more planes than pilots, so it should be a buyer's market |
| jowady | 21 Oct 2016 9:18 p.m. PST |
Of course this all begs the question of why on Earth anyone would bury these things? The answer of course is that you wouldn't. Now as far as the Spitfires went the story was that the Japanese were coming so they buried them, in their "shipping crates" to keep them from falling into Japanese hands, yeah sure. And of course as it turned out that wasn't the case. As for these supposed FW190s, well, when they hit the end of their service life you scrap them or sell them, you don't "bury" them. |
| Mako11 | 23 Oct 2016 6:15 p.m. PST |
See the Iraqi Air Force – not buried well, but definitely under tons of sand. Apparently, many of the uneducated masses were not clear on how such high-tech gear responds to being stuffed with sand, and buried beneath it. |
| guineapigfury | 26 Oct 2016 5:15 p.m. PST |
My understanding is that the planes could have been returned to service, although requiring a complete overhaul. That would likely have been cheaper than buying new planes. |
| number4 | 06 Nov 2016 6:59 p.m. PST |
Has anyone ever seen a Spitfire shipping crate? Not the sort of thing you can bury a dozen of in a hurry
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| Russ Lockwood | 06 Nov 2016 9:16 p.m. PST |
Didn't someone claim to have found a buried Nazi gold train in Poland or Latvia or somewhere out there? I think that turned out to be a non-event. On the other hand, I was in Pueblo, Colorado, and visited the warplane museum there and the guys running it said the airfield was a B-24 training base. With many accidents over the years, the Army bulldozed the wrecks somewhere around the base and buried them. The goal (or dream) was to research the spot using ground penetrating radar. BTW, nice museum located in a hanger… |
