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Re: Speaking of two seat fighers...two in a P-40E...
Posted by JimH on Sat Jan 11, 2003 01:03:36 PM
In reply top Speaking of two seat fighers...two in a P-40E... posted by Jim Bates on Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:42:28 AM
I think Jeff Ethell was checked out in this bird...riding in the "passenger seat".
Jim
: Dr. Bill Anderson of Geneseo used to take out the seat and
: place a plywood board in his P-40 so he could put two in
: the front cockpit. (The plane never had the second seat m
: od.) I can't imagine that it was confortable (a little to
: close for comfort) or easy to fly, but I saw it done more
: than once.
:
: Jim