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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => General => Topic started by: rustynutz on June 24, 2012, 13:52:20

Title: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: rustynutz on June 24, 2012, 13:52:20

Eerie Second World War RAF fighter plane discovered in the Sahara... 70 years after it crashed in the desert

• Pilot of the Kittyhawk P-40 was thought to have survived crash, but died trying to walk out of the desert
• Aircraft was found almost perfectly preserved, unseen and untouched, after it came down in 1942
• Historian describes find as 'an incredible time capsule' and 'the aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb'

Read more:
:link: (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142300/Crashed-plane-Second-World-War-pilot-Dennis-Copping-discovered-Sahara-desert.html#ixzz1yE3289q2)

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: Phil №❶ on June 24, 2012, 13:56:01

Close Encounter of the 3rd Kind  :question:

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: Dazzler on June 24, 2012, 14:05:44

Very Interesting  :goodjob: (hope they get it all before it is stripped) :Pout:

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: Shambles on June 24, 2012, 15:05:23

Fascinating, yet surreal

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: succulant on June 24, 2012, 15:45:10

excellent article  :goodjob:

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: Doggie 1 on June 25, 2012, 05:24:09

Very interesting

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: Ugly Mongrel on June 25, 2012, 07:43:24

Thanks, rustynutz. :goodjob2:

Title: Re: Frozen in the sands of time
Post by: Phil №❶ on June 25, 2012, 07:53:08

No souvenirs, it's essentially a grave site  :disapp: