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Re: Saddam you plonker!! .........Tallichet/Jurist

Posted by PeterA on Tue Jul 08, 2003 03:40:13 PM

In reply top Saddam you plonker!! posted by Elliott on Tue Jul 08, 2003 02:34:33 PM


: One thing we never managed to flog to the iraqis was the r
: eliant robin....
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: So Peter, what happened in the end with the mission to spr
: ing the furies? It's a bit before my time i'm afraid ;)

David Tallichet and Ed Jurist were the eventual successful bidders and they were US bound. I forget the number of aircraft in total but in excess of twenty I recall. Word at the time was - a transaction not without it's problems (and Cadillacs).

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: : In the early 1970?s, following an initial inspection I a
: nd
: : Canadian Don Plumb made of the German Seafury aircraft
: in
: : Cologne, Don teamed up with fellow Spitfire owner Max H
: of
: : fman in a bid to spring the Iraqi Furies. Using the Mil
: es
: : Dufon connection at Shoreham, who had supplied spares,
: th
: : ey duly trotted off to Bagdad in an attempt to ?do the b
: us
: : iness?.
: : Max was extremely suspicious of their reception at the a
: ir
: : port and was convinced they were being followed and were
: u
: : nder surveillance. On arrival at their hotel he starte
: d
: : to check for hidden microphones and sure enough ?Eureka?
: ,
: : there it was under a large loose rug in the middle of th
: e
: : room - a brass embossment. Reaching for his penknife h
: e
: : duly undid the three screws holding the ?microphone?....
: ..
: : and the chandelier in the room below fell to the floor!!
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: : This of course was all pre Tallichet/Jurist and, for tha
: t
: : matter for UK readers, the TV programme ?Only fools and
: ho
: : rses?.

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