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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2021 14:38:21 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2021 15:51:02 GMT 12
I make this the TENTH P-40 restored to airworthy condition in New Zealand:
1992 - P-40K 42-9733 of the Alpine Fighter Collection (later rebuilt after crash landing)
1997 - P-40E NZ3009 for Ray Hanna
2000 - P-40N A29-448 for Garth Hogan and Charles Darby
2002 - P-40E AK940 for Tony Banta
2003 - P-40E 41-35927 for Jerry Yagen
2006 - P-40N NZ3125 for Allan Arthur
2009 - P-40N A29-414 for Michael Potter/VWoC
2010(?) - P-40N 42-105526 for Craig Schultz
2011 - Tomahawk IIB AK295 for Rod Lewis
2021 - P-40E 41-13570 for Claudio Coltri
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Nov 11, 2021 18:28:56 GMT 12
That provided a nice bit of entertainment today at work. Unfortunately I only got a couple of poor phone photos of it on the ground - didn't have a proper camera to get any shots of it airborne. But it was nice to soak in the atmosphere, seeing a warbird test flight at Ardmore felt like a bit of much missed normality! (and, I suppose, how lucky we are that I can refer to such an event as 'normality'!)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2021 19:39:30 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 11, 2021 20:43:22 GMT 12
Bloody Marvellous. Congrats to Paul and the crew !!!!!...........and no Sharkmouth - the Lord be praised !!!!!
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 12, 2021 6:45:12 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2021 16:40:45 GMT 12
Great photos Errol, thank you for sharing!
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Post by Antonio on Nov 12, 2021 21:59:18 GMT 12
I make this the TENTH P-40 restored to airworthy condition in New Zealand: 1992 - P-40K 42-9733 of the Alpine Fighter Collection (later rebuilt after crash landing) 1997 - P-40E NZ3009 for Ray Hanna 2000 - P-40N A29-448 for Garth Hogan and Charles Darby 2002 - P-40E AK940 for Tony Banta 2003 - P-40E 41-35927 for Jerry Yagen 2006 - P-40N NZ3125 for Allan Arthur 2009 - P-40N A29-414 for Michael Potter/VWoC 2010(?) - P-40N 42-105526 for Craig Schultz 2011 - Tomahawk IIB AK295 for Rod Lewis 2021 - P-40E 41-13570 for Claudio Coltri |
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Post by Antonio on Nov 12, 2021 22:02:18 GMT 12
Curiosity:
What were the ZK regos for the P-40's
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2021 15:27:17 GMT 12
Curiosity: What were the ZK regos for the P-40's 1992 - P-40K 42-9733 = ZK-PXL 1997 - P-40E NZ3009 = ZK-RMH 2000 - P-40N A29-448 = ZK-CAG 2002 - P-40E AK940 = not registered in NZ 2003 - P-40E 41-35927 = not registered in NZ 2006 - P-40N NZ3125 = ZK-ZOC 2009 - P-40N A29-414 = ZK-VWC 2010(?) - P-40N 42-105526 = not registered in NZ 2011 - Tomahawk IIB AK295 = ZK-TWK 2021 - P-40E 41-13570 = ZK-MOM |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 13, 2021 17:19:59 GMT 12
Awesome images Errol! Thanks for sharing them here.
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Post by pioneer on Nov 15, 2021 12:17:43 GMT 12
Also worth noting as well as the P40's listed above. 2 additional sets of wings built here for a Hawk 75 (built to P40E specs) and for a P40F.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 15, 2021 13:09:42 GMT 12
Back in the early 1990's I remember talking with Phil Murray who was then the pilot of Sir Tim Wallis's P-40K, and he said there were only ten P-40's flying in the world. I wonder what the airworthy number is now. New Zealand and Australia have certainly boosted those numbers significantly since then.
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Post by joey05 on Nov 15, 2021 13:46:59 GMT 12
Back in the early 1990's I remember talking with Phil Murray who was then the pilot of Sir Tim Wallis's P-40K, and he said there were only ten P-40's flying in the world. I wonder what the airworthy number is now. New Zealand and Australia have certainly boosted those numbers significantly since then. WIX states 33 currently airworthy (so MUM makes 34) doesn’t include RMH as still grounded, amongst a couple of others that have not flown in years. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2021 17:01:47 GMT 12
Also worth noting as well as the P40's listed above. 2 additional sets of wings built here for a Hawk 75 (built to P40E specs) and for a P40F. Good point, I had those on my list but wasn't sure whether to include. I didn't realise the Hawk wings were to E spec. Very interesting (I know little of the radial end of the family) |
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 15, 2021 18:28:35 GMT 12
I think Mr Peter Hallen could inform the Forumites of the most current list as he is want to prepare such things with great accuracy
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 16, 2021 7:20:52 GMT 12
I think Mr Peter Hallen could inform the Forumites of the most current list as he is want to prepare such things with great accuracy Peter has kindly sent me his current list and given permission to post it here. I have screen grabbed it.   |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 16, 2021 8:06:40 GMT 12
In above list ZK-RMK s/b ZK-RMH ex 41-25158 (41-19841 is also correctly listed as G-CGZP).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 12, 2021 6:49:32 GMT 12
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Post by camtech on Dec 13, 2021 20:39:17 GMT 12
Guys,
The Kittyhawk page from NZDF serials has just arrived for updating. I would appreciate any information you may have to help me update the page before it is reloaded.
Also have the Mosquito page so any help there also much appreciated.
I have some details for both pages, but always open to help from forumites.
Email hs780mf@gmail.com
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