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Nice one Andy :)
Posted by Will Fowler on Fri Sep 06, 2002 05:01:40 AM
In reply top Ownership again! posted by andy saunders on Thu Sep 05, 2002 04:45:54 PM
Good one Andy!!
Wishful thinking on their half, but I am sure we would be willing to sell them back to them :-)
Regards,
Will
: I can almost hear the groans of "Not that subject again" b
: ut just had this from the German Govt in Berlin on ownersh
: ip of former wartime Luftwaffe aircraft. Incredibly, they
: say that as legal successors to the German Reich they cons
: ider that they own these aircraft wherever they may be in
: the world. Now thats an interesting concept. I also find i
: t faintly amusing. I resisted the temptation of pointing o
: ut who came second in that little skirmish, or the small d
: etail of the unconditional surrender...but the fact is, in
: black and white, the Germans still say they own this stuf
: f. No, I dont think they do either but thats the line they
: are taking. Better just ship the Indian 109 straight back
: to the Reich Luft Ministerium in Berlin, then. I'm just c
: rating up my own Luftwaffe collection to send right back a
: s I dont relish the thought of the Luftwaffe Polizei kicki
: ng my door in...it was bad enough with the MOD Police!! So
: , just off to despatch these containers back to rightful o
: wners in Germany....on second thoughts, maybe not. Andy S
: aunders.