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Re: Greed !

Posted by david j burke on Sun Dec 22, 2002 07:18:04 AM

In reply top Don't know what you've got 'till it's gone posted by Rob Mears on Sat Dec 21, 2002 11:09:05 PM

Sounds like the same greed that saw aircraft exported from Australia labellled as 'scrap metal' on the documents .
I don't really see a problem if the was a serious interest in the machine staying in India - after all she was probably in the U.K for a maximum of one year and India for about sixty so they do have more of a claim on her.
The simple facts that she was effectively derelict in India doesn't mean that the wasn't an interest in her over there. They were just not aware of her existance and significance. She could have been acquired by the IAF museum and if that had happened the value of her wouldn't have been an issue.

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