Great Escape Spitfire Restoration

[Lindberg]

This is pretty cool, but judging by the pictures, what they mean by restoring it to flying condition is build a new Spitfire and attach the data plate from this one.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/ext...ighter-plane-discovered-on-norwegian-mountain

 

[Fallsrider]

I agree. A restoration (with its normal definition) will be impossible. Pretty neat find, though.

 

[Stingray Don]

I heard they found George Washington’s axe nearby

 

[Dana]

Hey, jacking up the data plate, sliding a new plane underneath it, lowering it back down and logging the "repairs" is a time honored tradition in the antique airplane world...

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Like it or not, the data plate IS the airplane. The rest are just parts.

 

[Anymouse]

I read the article, and like others I thought it was a neat find.

Then I was a bit dismayed that it was found a while ago and the article seemed to turn into what appears to be a press release asking for money with some factoids to make it not so obvious; similar to the yearly Amelia Earhart discoveries.

 

[Lindberg]

Hey, jacking up the data plate, sliding a new plane underneath it, lowering it back down and logging the "repairs" is a time honored tradition in the antique airplane world...

I doubt that's known by most of the people from whom they're seeking money to "restore" a piece of history.

 

[Shepherd]

Nice bit of history.

 

[GRG55]

Hey, jacking up the data plate, sliding a new plane underneath it, lowering it back down and logging the "repairs" is a time honored tradition in the antique airplane world...

Yup.

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/glacier-girl-the-back-story-19218360/