From Lorraine Martinelli on FBook.. “does it have an Allison? Yes it does. The 109 type airframe, during production have several engines. The RR Kestrel and Merlin, The Jumo 210 and 211, The DB 601,603 and 605 and the Hispano. So why not put an Allison. The Allison allowed us to put the prop shaft in the same location as the DB 605 on the G/K 109’s, The cowling is not newly fabricated. It is in fact real Messerschmit cowling that we located in Europe. The top and foward (oil tank cowl) are “Type 100” and the lower cowl is “late G/K Type 110″. We made no modifications to cowling or how it mounts to the airframe, we did however have to make some internal mods to cowling to fit in places. The spinner is real 109 G/K style. The exhaust as you can see is modified from original Allison, to drop down and fit into 109/DB 605 stacks. The oil cooler is in the stock location and is a custom package. The lower cowl hinges open as do the top (same as original 109).”

So once again people jump to be critical without bothering to discover the background as above…

my vote goes for keep them flying and enjoyment is shared by many, dissecting the origins of an aircraft is not needed for the pleasure hit of seeing a flyer.BIG thanks to all who work to restore and fly aircraft. Static museum exhibits have aplace but flying is the way to keep interests in front of the next generation.

I was lucky to be part of Operation Drake expedition and spent time in Sulawesi(Spice Islands) Indonesia. Powerand passion captures the feeling of the place well. Kept looking for relics and did spot an engine bearer near an old fort on the coast of an island town,sadly no photo but a local thought it was from a flying boat.Perhaps this could be a Dutch Dornier?

good to finally see the context of the recovery.

No one died because he was not without skill, he was not examined as a private pilot so did not have a licence. People operate machinery on private land without licences . And also consider that you can take a boat/ship etc of any type to sea without any licence and take passengers!

From wiki…The film contains historically significant footage that would otherwise have been lost to posterity:

Film footage of the Supermarine S.4 in taking off from Southampton Water, and in flight, now available nowhere else.[citation needed]
Footage of many real-life Battle of Britain fighter pilots in the opening and closing scenes. RAF fighter pilots such as Tony Bartley and Brian Kingcombe (with pipe) have cameo roles in the scenes at the dispersal, and are seen discussing their flights with David Niven before take off and after landing.
Film footage of Jeffrey Quill flying a Spitfire Mk II in the final scenes of the film. Jeffrey Quill’s log book records that the aerobatic flying sequences featured in the last 20 minutes of the film were made by him from Northolt on 1–2 November 1941, in a Spitfire Mk II, flying for one hour, five minutes on 1 November and for 45 minutes on 2 November 1941.[citation needed]
The workers seen building the Spitfire, near the end of the film. These are the real workers, filmed at the Hamble Supermarine Factory, one being Wilfred Hillier (wearing spectacles), working on the only left handed lathe, imported from Germany.

Good background and stills here…http://www.south-central-media.co.uk/spitfire/spitfire.htm

Meddle, good points, I suspect that abandonded wrecks and relics firstly attract those who see the initial cost as free.Sadly they often have little understanding of logistics costs. And airframes in more accesible locations have owners who rightly want cash for parting with them.