P-61 in beijing

Wolverine · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:46 pm

I posted a query on this a while ago. After a few months more digging, I came up with this.
http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/p61/p61beijing.html

It says that the P-61 is 42-39417.

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:45 am

Is it my eyesight or is the top frame of the canopy missing? Wonder how badly corroded the cockpit is if it's been like that since 1987!

T J

Swiss Mustangs · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:59 am

here's another view

Martin

HarvardIV · **Joined:** Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:08 pm **Posts:** 1437

What is that tail in the background?

Wolverine · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:53 pm

Well, since its in the FHC, why not ask them?

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:37 am

What's in the FHC ? The Beijing P-61 was still where it always has been according a guy who photographed it just before Xmas.

Dave

Wolverine · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:13 am

Ask Mike Henniger, he's the one who told me. Since he was actually at the FHC, I don't have much reason to doubt it.

Mark V · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:13 pm

Mike specifically reported that the P-61 was not at FHC so the suggestion that it may still be, at this time, in China is not really that unreasonable is it? :roll:

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Mark V wrote:

Mike specifically reported that the P-61 was not at FHC so the suggestion that it may still be, at this time, in China is not really that unreasonable is it? :roll:

But FHC is having stuff restored all over the place, and I don't think that they do restorations at their museum. That being said, one report said that the P-61 was sold and gone, yet another report said that it was still there a few weeks later (from an eyewitness operative of DaveM2). Somebody is mistaken, but I trust Dave's sources!

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:19 pm

BK

That puts the pressure on and means I will have to execute my source if he makes me look bad :shock:

Dave

Wolverine · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:36 pm

Like I said before, PM Mike if you want to know. Read his review of the FHC. At the end it says recently arrived P-61 or something. I asked him, he told me that its from Beijing. So if you really want to know, ask him.

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:19 am

As well there are about 10 other airframes undergoing restoration, and that didn’t include the newly acquired P-61

Dave

mrhenniger · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:52 pm

Wolverine wrote:

Like I said before, PM Mike if you want to know. Read his review of the FHC. At the end it says recently arrived P-61 or something. I asked him, he told me that its from Beijing. So if you really want to know, ask him.

Here is the WIX thread where I got my information...

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hlight=p61

...when I last spoke to them they told me the P-61 was from China. They didn't say anything about it's arrival time, but I got the impression it had not yet arrived. Sorry if I added any misinformation or mislead anyone.

It looks like I will be in Seattle again next week. I may get a chance to revisit FHC. If anyone has any questions they would like me to ask start a new thread on the subject and let me know.

Mike

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