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Speaking of Japanese warbirds!

Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:00 pm

A nice video of a Japanese Val in the harbor of Guam.... Would be nice to see it recovered and have patterns made for some repos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by2mOxUlU2g

Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:20 pm

Don't hold your breath (no pun intended) expecting that to happen, although it would be neat! :)

We already have two Val's above water, in musuems. I wish somebody would make replica's of them and slap 1830's on them. We could have a mini- Val Air Force supplemented by the repro Oscars.

Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:54 am

No,

7 New-Build Vals, Kates, and Zeros. Of which, 4 are flyable and three are Static.

We'd also need to build 5 new P-40C's and a couple of P-36's from the leftover parts. :D

Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:50 pm

IIR, there is also a Betty in rather shallow water in the harbor as well.

Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:58 am

they dont need to recover one as there are a couple at museums
1 under restoration at the pof(i i recall)
and one at the nimitz museum
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