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Re: RAF Museum P-40.. This all depends
Posted by Graham O on Fri Aug 23, 2002 07:54:40 AM
In reply top Re: RAF Museum P-40.. This all depends posted by Elliott on Fri Aug 23, 2002 07:38:22 AM
Hi Guys.
Paul I can confirm I still have N-1 A29-405 and one other. Progressively gathering parts for both, one to be sold in due course, the other to rebuild to fly.
Regarding A29-414, this is also an N-1, owned by Garth of Pioneer Aero Restorations, not AVspecs which is Warren Denholm's company. The companies are separate entities although they work closely together on some of the projects. Each is independantly capable of high quality restorations.
Cheers,
GMO
: Hello Guys
:
: The P-40 is at Stafford - in two bits from memory (the win
: g section and the fuselage), I saw it earlier in the year
: when I was over there. It looks very impressibe superfici
: ally but the rebuilder did a bit of a bodge job - the engi
: ne bearer has been made out of welded up square steel tube
: . I remember seeing some original jungle corrosion on the
: pilots armour plate which had just been sprayed over by t
: he looks of things.
:
: Still, at least they have a P-40! I'm sure they will get
: it up to standard one day as it has a lot of potential.
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: : upon how many RAAF P-40s were recovered from PNG in 1974
: .
: : Ikeep of reading 4, but find references to at least 5. A
: nd
: : no this is not a dual serial issue..
: :
: : I think Buz Busby or Ausssie Mick are the men who can an
: sw
: : er this..
: :
: : This of course would be the second series... P-40 Myster
: ie
: : s....
: :
: : The RAF Museum Aircraft is supposed to be:
: :
: : A29-556 42-106101 dunno where it is....
: :
: : The other 4 are:
: :
: : A29-448 42-104730 Flying in NZ with Darby/Hogan but now
: fo
: : r sale
: : A29-405 42-104818 Now suppossed to be with Graham O...
: : A29-528 42-105710 Stored Barston CA?? Talichet??
: : A29-1210 44-47812 - MAPS
: :
: : This ignores dual serial issue...
: :
: : Of course to complicate this even more, you have to figu
: re
: : out where A29-414 which is with Avspecs came from....