WIX Archives
Re: CAF P-40 crash landing
Posted by Lynn on Sun Mar 23, 2003 10:56:38 AM
In reply top Re: CAF P-40 crash landing posted by Scott Thompson on Tue Mar 18, 2003 01:58:04 PM
: This looks to be the ex-RCAF P-40N (N1226N) recovered from
: Texas and rebuilt by Mike Dillon at Phoenix-Sky Harbor ar
: ound 1963. The acquisition and rebuild was featured in an
: excellent four part article series that Air Progress magaz
: ine ran a few years later. Mike Dillon wrote the articles
: himself and gave a good account of what it was like back
: then to work on such airplanes. His had to be one of the f
: irst of the so-called warbirds, except Mike purposely pain
: ted the airplane a bright red so it would be recognized as
: a "restored" airplane rather than a military P-40. Times
: have changed.
:
: Dillon later sold the airplane to the CAF and subsequently
: had a falling out with the organization.
:
: N1226N appeared to be based at Addison Airport near Dallas
: last year and didn't look any too active.
The P-40 @ Addison, TX is the Cavanaugh's P-40 N-40PN Ex-Joe Maybee and flies often. The CAF's is based in San Marcos, TX.