Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:30 pm
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C VEICH wrote:That's Bob Pond's bird now, no?
Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:36 am
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C VEICH wrote:That's Bob Pond's bird now, no?
Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:54 pm
Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:06 pm
Dan K wrote:C VEICH wrote:That's Bob Pond's bird now, no?
I'm far from an expert on the P-63, but what do the clues suggest?
Notice that the P-63 in the first pic has the ventral fin/strake/whatever installed.
Bob Pond's "Pretty Polly" (42-68864), a P-63A-1, does not have this ventral fin installed.
The Nichols' "Fatal Fang" (42-69080) a P-63A-7, does have a ventral fin installed. I'm guessing that we have a match.
HOWEVER...
Everything I've read states that P-63As were built without a ventral fin.
Everything I've read states that P-63Cs were built with a ventral fin.
42-69080 has a ventral fin, yet is identified as a P-63A.
Perhaps the ventral fins were introduced on the assembly line sometime before the C model?
Or is it possible that 42-69080 has had an identity change?
Time for Dan to let the experts take over.
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