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 Post subject: WB Barn Find
PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:35 am 
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A friend sent this to me--hope its not a rerun for anyone.

Well, now and again there's the proverbial email that alerts you to one of those treasures that's hidden in a barn/hangar some-wheres… and this is one of them.
Not just one treasure but loads of em. This man has enough WW II fighters to conduct his own Battle OF Britain.
After you get done gawkin (hopefully not on one of them teensy phones from your shirt pocket?) and gawkin some more, make sure you watch the movie at the end.





http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All- ... f_talltale


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 Post subject: Re: WB Barn Find
PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:20 am 
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Just in case you are breaking-up all your old piggy banks to see how much you could offer. From the 10/13 Pilot Magazine:

“All of the airplanes have been sold, and they will be gone by the end of the year,” said Simon Brown of Platinum Fighters, which handled the sale. “We had multiple full-price offers for each airplane. They are going to three different buyers who plan to restore them to top flying condition.”

An original Mark IX Spitfire is the jewel of the fleet and will return to England. Six Buchons (Bf-109s built under license in Spain) will go to a collector in Europe. And an original P-51 Mustang (that didn’t appear in the movie) will be restored at a United Sates restoration shop. Brown declined to identify the buyers.

“These are barn finds—the last unrestored aircraft of their kind in the world,” Brown said. “They went for about 20 percent more than flyable aircraft because they are so completely original.”

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 Post subject: Re: WB Barn Find
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:13 am 
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Really nice :)


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