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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 27, 2006 14:56:21 GMT 12
Nice to see a different perspective on the P-40E.
That's an incredible feat of engineering when you consider it's almost scratchbuilt on a yiny budget and mostly by one volunteer with a small team backing him. A wonderful job.
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Post by corsair67 on Apr 29, 2006 22:09:20 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 29, 2006 22:26:42 GMT 12
Excellent stuff. That photo inside the P-40 just shows what a stunning piece of work it is.
Back in 2004 when I first saw the Vildebeest project I assumed that a lot of the airframe was brand new, as it's so shiny and new looking. I know most of the P-40 is new material, hand crafted. So i assumed the same for the Vilde. But this time down there I had a chat with the nice old chap working on it, and he said it's mostly the original material that's been restored. He pointed out a few pieces in the fuselage where it had had to be made new, but he assured me the rest is genuine. Amazing. I am really looking forward to seeing this progress. The Pegasus they have for it looks beautiful. It'll be nice someday to see it rolled out, complete, into the sun. mmmmm
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Post by aileronroll on Apr 29, 2006 22:59:09 GMT 12
Dave, how about a caption contest for the photo of Red Checker pilot seeing to the call of nature....
...will start the ball rolling
"Pilot Pi@@ed off at state of RNZAF"
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Post by corsair67 on May 2, 2006 10:21:16 GMT 12
"Like all good pilots, Flt Lt Whatsit thoroughly checks that his undercarriage is in the correct position on the downwind leg!" ;D
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