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hydrogen7800today at 11:52 AM1 replyview on HN

This is one of those perennial aviation legends[0] that are still alive, like Amelia Earhart's wreck. Always another rich guy funding a search with promising results.

[0]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-20957162


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echelon_musktoday at 12:22 PM

My late great uncle was in the RAF during WW2 and was at the liberation of Belson.

I remember him saying that the RAF buried Spitfire engines, so it's definitely a real practice.

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