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Simon Austin Surrey, BC, Canada 1977 MG MGB V8 Conversion 1994 MG RV8	Posted: May 10, 2012 07:36PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 8,231

Crashed P-40 found in Sahara:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142300/Crashed-plane-Second-World-War-pilot-Dennis-Copping-discovered-Sahara-desert.html

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bleteaches6 lee orphan Sumner, WA, USA 1956 MG MGA 1500 1979 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE) 1979 MG Midget 1500	Posted: May 10, 2012 07:57PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,961

That is cool. Imagine being the one finding it.

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Jim Gevay Circle Pines, MN, USA 1974 MG MGB	Posted: May 10, 2012 09:12PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,541

Cool pictures, what a great find.
JD sent me this story a couple of weeks ago.

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john1971 John Feligno Fayette, USA 1971 MG MGB "18again" 1971 MG MGB MkII "18 Again"	Posted: May 10, 2012 09:15PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 358

What a great find. We live 50 miles from Hammondsport NY, home of Glenn Curtis, the P-40's designer. The man is also known for his work with early bicycles. Curtis and his bikes evolved in him being known to be the fastest man on two wheels. Also invented the flying boat plane.Love all the history, I'm a Air Force Vet.The P-40 was really ahead of it's time, it was killing Zero's long before Pearl Harbor in China with the Flying Tigers.

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mgcgt2912 Richard Bailey Cully, East Devon England, United Kingdom 1969 MG MGC GT	Posted: May 11, 2012 10:21AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 682

In reply to # 2064342 by john1971 What a great find. We live 50 miles from Hammondsport NY, home of Glenn Curtis, the P-40's designer.

Great find. Great pictures too. I hope they manage to get it out of there before its stripped.

GLENN CURTIS died in 1930. A great aviation pioneer. But he did not design the P40 or indeed its predecessor the P36.

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Montrose Robert Carley Campbellville, Ontario, Canada	Posted: May 11, 2012 12:22PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 5,059

Keep these stories coming!

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Northwest2go Phil Robinson Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom	Posted: May 11, 2012 12:43PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,027

They're just about to run a story about it on the evening news in a minute or so.

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Simon Austin Surrey, BC, Canada 1977 MG MGB V8 Conversion 1994 MG RV8	Posted: May 11, 2012 01:29PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 8,231

Phil,

Is that the Spitfire or P-40 story?

Edit: Ahh disregard. Just realized this was the P-40 thread. Burmese Spitfire story is further down.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/11/2012 01:30PM by Simon Austin.

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john1971 John Feligno Fayette, USA 1971 MG MGB "18again" 1971 MG MGB MkII "18 Again"	Posted: May 17, 2012 02:07PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 358

Actually to split hairs Glenn Curtis, The Wright Brothers, Charles Lawrence, all had a hand in the P40's inception. Curtiss- Wright aircraft was the P36 developer then came the P40 as well as the air cooled radial engines of WWII. Very interesting history of these aircraft. grinning smiley

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john1971 John Feligno Fayette, USA 1971 MG MGB "18again" 1971 MG MGB MkII "18 Again"	Posted: May 17, 2012 03:14PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 358

Thats a good story! The Flying Tigers at first were all American Pilots fighting Japan before Pearl Harbor. thumbs up smiley

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