Which is exactly what I say in the boo……!!

Isn’t the point of archeology to record the historic context of what you find rather than the `thing` you found and it’s subsequent fate.

A Spitfire is just a Spitfire and all the technical details are already known. What isn’t known are the final moments of that aircraft, why it came to be where it was found, the fate of the piot, the settings of the controls, position of dials, how it crashed, combat damage etc.

After all the information is recorded then I see no problem with returning the aircraft to the air.

Where do we go after the Red Cross has been defiled? Perhaps on landing in occupied territory a spot of light rape or if more time (bad weather) pillage?
In my worthless opinion nailing a combatant is one thing (i dont think i would have had the guts to do it, but i might!!) Straffing a Red cross may be murder = war trial = the rope.
Its your decision its your morals, and God will know!! Now how do you feel about the Red Crescent!!!!

I guess the problem with warfare is where do you draw the moral line. Shooting an unarmed soldier could be considered a crime. Dropping a bomb on his family isn’t. Ironically the P51 pilot was probably not committing a crime as the German would still be a combatant, he’s landing on home soil. The aircrew are now POW and so the German was. But it’s still two airmen shooting people in chutes.

I agree that the people who ultimately make that decision to pull the trigger are the ones who will live with it. Hardly fair really.

If the battle field goes high tech then man and machines will go low tech to combat them.
Hightech = expensive. Low manned tech may just have a chance.
A small manned low tech aircraft may be able to slip past radar, attack, evade. Saturate the enemy with many low tech combatants. High tech, you can only afford so many.
Depends if we are talking quick win or attrition of course.
Man will never be outwitted by a computer, he’s far too cunning and nasty.

Yes, that was the one. Looks like premature detonation of the tail, but I guess exact reason unknown. Very tragic.

How dangerous is this stuff?
When I was a kid I got my dads old watches, scraped off the fluorescent paint and PLAYED WITH IT!
I’m still alive btw.

As a punter, not a pilot, perhaps it would help these teams if they had a bit more publicity. I only heard about the Hunters `after` they displayed and so missed them. I’m sure more people would have gone to see them if they had known. Well, at least I would have!

Went to loads of displays 80’s, 90’s (Abingdon, Boscombe Down, Mildenhall, Farnborough) and never once was searched.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18049097