5 Australian Spitfires stored at Point Cook?

thanks for that..i hadn’t heard much about since it arrived a couple of years ago

Last I heard still going strong.

i have the bible(and am waiting on the second part)..some interesting reading there.
btw speaking of spitfires,what going on with Ross pay’s mkix?

Yes I’d forgotten that too, apologies. Based out western suburbs way now, check with the airports there, you’ll find him eventually…. 😉

i think i can burst a bubble here….bob is no longer based at point cook..and i doubt his collection is there either,most(if not all)private operator have been moved on in the last few years as “work” happens on some of the hangars that they were based in,so i don’t think a call to the base would offer much information:dev2:

Forgot about that.Try general area of Melbourne.If one hasn’t got the Spitfire Survivors Bible thee list of aircraft/projects/femains in Auss are about 28.

i think i can burst a bubble here….bob is no longer based at point cook..and i doubt his collection is there either,most(if not all)private operator have been moved on in the last few years as “work” happens on some of the hangars that they were based in,so i don’t think a call to the base would offer much information:dev2:

And some with knockers have beers. Sorry, couldn’t stop myself

Never been know to refuse 🙂

Beer does have its Knockers, though 😉

Never been know to refuse 🙂

Count me in if its up this way!

yep the forum is a funny place!

The top question I get asked, either at the museum, displaying at a show, or in an aviation environment is about the Burma Spits too TO!!! There really are a lot of people who believe there are enuff for all of us and that just kick the tyres and put some gas in!!!
Back to subject, the frame 5/6/7 section with wing stubs looks very nice

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=113645

Wow they have discovered two WW2 zeros still in packing cases, apparently on a ship as well and on the way to Japan :p

Never been know to refuse 🙂

Because it’s easier to let someone else do all the work?

Moggy

Good answer. Fancy a pint?

Richard

Then you get a thread like this where people are advocating just phoning up airfields they suspect of storing aircraft as if they have some god given right to know other peoples business.

Most people in aviation are only too happy to talk about their hobby / work / obsession The problem is often stopping them.

There is no question of God-given right. A simple polite enquiry will at the very worst end up with the phone put down on you, but is more likely to get you an apologetic “not something I know about” or in other cases a lead, or a phone number, or a referral.

Why ask a forum to do this for you?

Because it’s easier to let someone else do all the work?

Moggy

I’m not sure that there is an inconsistency here. Surely ‘phoning the airfield is the correct way – if they tell you to eff off and mind your own business, that is the answer you will get. Why ask a forum to do this for you?

Richard

I would certainly ring Atlantique and the MAM on Coventry Baginton if I wanted to check a story that some individual whose phone number I couldn’t easily locate was storing five historic airframes on that field.

Why don’t you just give it a go?

Moggy

I do find this forum funny with it’s different standards.

On one thread you have people defending the right to privacy, and the fact they can do what they want with their own property no matter what a bunch of enthusiasts want and that private owners of aircraft are under no obligation to share any news of their property. In fact we get many comments on threads saying ‘are you sharing that news with the owners permission?’ and imply no news should come out unless authorised.

Then you get a thread like this where people are advocating just phoning up airfields they suspect of storing aircraft as if they have some god given right to know other peoples business.

Yup, strange old place this.

I’ve heard that rumour somewhere. I think its 240 Stirlings all wrapped in duck-fat and clingfilm.

Moggy

……sssshhh, or everyone will want one! 😀

Although I suppose it would save them digging up the fuselage that was used to culvert the taxiway at Winthorpe!! 😉

Oooohh did I miss something?Ahhh yes Spitfires at Point Cook.Follow the breadcrumbs Phil…

the second was to ask whether the museum had heard about some buried aeroplanes in Myanmar

I’ve heard that rumour somewhere. I think it’s 240 Stirlings all wrapped in duck-fat and clingfilm.

Moggy