P-66 question !

[Juke]

Who is the officer in the pic ?

[Juke]

Ok I found the answer through another source:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2627.htm

click the link to find out who he is.

[Ollie]

Ha, I knew he was a good guy!

[Forgotten Field]

... in "Captains of the Clouds" with James Cagney. If you live in Canada, are interested in aviation, and haven't seen this movie, you need to get it and watch it.

[Ollie]

We have that movie at home, seen it countless times!

[RMB]

You got me all excited when I saw that subject title. the P-66 is one of my dream projects

[airnutz]

Has anyone located, or speculated on the location of one of the transports
carrying some of the P-66's which were lost in the Brit convoy bound for
India at the beginning of the war. The convoy left Charleston, South Carolina in March, 1942 with 34 P-66's. One freighter carrying '66's was lost but the number lost is not known. It sure would be interesting to know
the "manifests of cargo"...and the location of the doomed freighters co-ordinates! Deep, cold, low oxy water...Hmmmnn

Does anyone remember hearing of such speculation in periodicals, books, or chatter? The Convoy Number would be most helpful!!! And cross-ref
it to the U-boat, or Japanese sub "kill claim" for the same date/location!

The thought, ...makes me knickers moist....

[paulmcmillan]

Sure not Vengeances?

AN869 - AN871, AN873, AN877, AN879 in SS Delfshaven sunk by U572 on 07.08. 1942 (New York to Bombay)

Or AN971, AN973, AN974 in SS Reynolds, sunk by U504 31.10.42 (New York to Durban/Karachi?

I have lat/long locations

Paul

[Ollie]

The P-66 sure look like a tough little bastard. Fit a R-2800 on it and you are in business.

Oh wait, that would make it a funny looking Corsair!

[RMB]

They had a P&W 1830. I dont think the airframe could take 2000 HP.
It was considered a bit of a light weight. It was designed by RICHARD
PALMER. He was also the engineer on hughs racer.

[Stoney]

A BT-13 project and about $400,000 and you could build one. I've wanted to do it, but two things have stopped me, no BT and no money.

[airnutz]

Paul, That sounds about right...but I had read it was P-66's. More reading required...some of the material I read this from, was "suspect" as to
the authors original hand.

Thanx Paul

[HarvardIV]

Stoney wrote:

A BT-13 project and about $400,000 and you could build one. I've wanted to do it, but two things have stopped me, no BT and no money.

A guy has one for sale for 55k. I'd say go for it, but you'd have to sell your SNJ first.

Actually I wouldn't seem too bad, just get a BT and put retract gear in it, and put in a turtledeck. Just two modifications.

[Cvairwerks]

It's not going to be that simple to do. It would require a complete rebuild of the center section to provide enough support structure for the gear, plus it would reduce your fuel tankage by about 75%. And that's just to put in the retract gear. The steel tubing section would have to have significant mods to handle the 1830 and to be reprofiled for the correct aft fuselage lines. In real life, the BT and the P-66 shared only a few parts such as cockpit furnishings, a few mechanical items and some electrical equipment. I've already looked at converting a BT and it will be quicker to just scratch build the P-66. I've got a complete set of P-66 drawings and they are not covered by current NASM drawing rules and policies.

[HarvardIV]

cvairwerks:

A fellow here in Arizona helped build up a NA-50 from a Harvard. He said they just built up the engine mount, and the frame was left stock. They put an R-1820 on it. It climbs very good from what I hear..