Burma Spitfires Merged thread. Put all new info in here please.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Thanks SternjaegerII, kind of what I expected to hear. It's the same story here in the US, as you intimated. A classic aircraft is found, then... silence. A few years later the plane emerges freshly restored with a new owner after much money changes hands.

The same is often true for very high end collector cars.


Ciao.

It's the good ol' "boys and their toys", although in the case of the Burma Spits there's a fair chance of a huge profit margin, those babies won't sell cheap, that's for sure.. yeah, high end collectors would do the dirtiest tricks to ensure the stuff they want ends in their possession.

The case of the 109 that I mentioned before though is an example of media attention as well: soon after the news were released, the specialised magazines and media went silent for a specific reason..
It sounds terribly conspiracy theory, but in some cases there is a will from the sector media to keep some news secret, and not just for promotional reasons, but because there's a distinct will to keep these planes in the west, where they're more likely to be restored/flown.