Twin P-40...!!!!
Fri May 29, 2009 9:16 am
Twin P-40...!!!!
While in the search for pics on the Klimov engined P-40 conversion made by the soviets.......I stumbled on this.
Mock-up only....but still.
Amazing what you can still learn.
Love......the fantastic view you get looking sideways !!!
http://www.aerofiles.com/_curtx.html
While in the search for pics on the Klimov engined P-40 conversion made by the soviets.......I stumbled on this.
Mock-up only....but still.
Amazing what you can still learn.
Love......the fantastic view you get looking sideways !!!
http://www.aerofiles.com/_curtx.html
P-40C (Model 81B) 1941 = As -40B with self-sealing tanks; v: 340/270/73 ceiling: 29,500'. POP: 193 [41-13328/13520], of which 10 to RAF as Tomahawk [41-13389/13390, -13396/13401, -13406/13407]. One pulled from ex-service condemned units and modified into a twin mock-up for preliminary evaluation; engines were not installed [41-13456].
Last edited by Michel Lemieux on Fri May 29, 2009 10:31 am, edited 2 times in total.
Fri May 29, 2009 9:20 am
Looks like a cross between a Bristol Beaughfighter and a DeHavilland Mosquito. Very cool.
Fri May 29, 2009 9:23 am
Lots of blind spots, you can't see the ground when in the air.
Fri May 29, 2009 9:29 am
Wow, the only way the could've made those nacelles worse would've been to put Merlins in there! 
Gary
Gary
Fri May 29, 2009 10:32 am
Gary, that is why they started with a C & not an F
Fri May 29, 2009 11:23 am
Actually, judging by the cowls those ARE F-style Merlins (or were intended to be.) One would hope that had the project proceeded to prototype, they would have cleaned up the aerodynamics a tad...
SN
SN
Fri May 29, 2009 5:04 pm
retroaviation wrote:Wow, the only way the could've made those nacelles worse would've been to put Merlins in there!
Could have gone with radials! lol
Robbie
Sat May 30, 2009 1:05 am
For those that didn't know, the Aerofiles website may come to an end soon, and it has so much valuable and detailed information.
http://www.legacy.com:80/obituaries/san ... =127620248
K.O. Eckland ShareE-mail Visit Guest Book
K.O. Eckland, 83, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009, at his home in Paradise, Calif. K.O. was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Berkeley, Calif. While in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, he met his future wife, Lucille Callison, a USO girl, in Spokane, Wash. They lived in Shell Beach for a few years where K.O. was a freelance commercial artist, then they moved to Los Angeles where he became a commercial artist for the Los Angeles Times. In 1976, K.O. returned to Pismo Beach, where he contributed articles to the Telegram-Tribune. He became active in the local traditional jazz community and helped establish the annual Pismo Beach Jazz Festival "Jubilee by the Sea," as well as produced the monthly jazz newsletter, Offbeat for the Central Coast Hot Jazz Society, also known as the Basin Street Regulars. K.O. Eckland left behind a large body of work - a favorite part of which was the Aerofiles.com website, as his greatest love was flying airplanes. He illustrated Richard Bach''s book "A Gift of Wings," and contributed articles to aviation magazines over the years. K.O. was proud to be a member of the San Luis Obispo Sheriff''s Aero Squadron and had been active with the Paso Robles Estrella Warbird Museum. K.O.''s second greatest love was traditional jazz. After hearing Turk Murphy at Earthquake McGoon''s in San Francisco and Lu Watters'' Yerba Buena Jazz Band in Berkeley after the War, he wanted to play jazz piano. He played piano in several bands over the years, notably the Firehouse Five Plus 2, the Desolation Jazz Ensemble & Mess Kit Repair Battalion and the Pismo Experimental Jazz Band. K.O. produced two compendiums of jazz bands and musicians, Jazz West and Jazz West 2. He enjoyed writing tunes which have been recorded by contemporary traditional jazz bands. K.O. had moved to Paradise in 2004 to be close to family members, where he also shared the remainder of his life with Waldo, the cat. K.O. leaves his children Daniel and his wife Faye Eckland, who have adopted Waldo, Nancy Berkley and Taina Eckland; ex-wife, Lucille Eckland; and two grandsons Ryan and Beau Berkley. A memorial will take place at the Pismo Beach "Jubilee by the Sea" October 2009.
http://www.legacy.com:80/obituaries/san ... =127620248
K.O. Eckland ShareE-mail Visit Guest Book
K.O. Eckland, 83, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009, at his home in Paradise, Calif. K.O. was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Berkeley, Calif. While in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, he met his future wife, Lucille Callison, a USO girl, in Spokane, Wash. They lived in Shell Beach for a few years where K.O. was a freelance commercial artist, then they moved to Los Angeles where he became a commercial artist for the Los Angeles Times. In 1976, K.O. returned to Pismo Beach, where he contributed articles to the Telegram-Tribune. He became active in the local traditional jazz community and helped establish the annual Pismo Beach Jazz Festival "Jubilee by the Sea," as well as produced the monthly jazz newsletter, Offbeat for the Central Coast Hot Jazz Society, also known as the Basin Street Regulars. K.O. Eckland left behind a large body of work - a favorite part of which was the Aerofiles.com website, as his greatest love was flying airplanes. He illustrated Richard Bach''s book "A Gift of Wings," and contributed articles to aviation magazines over the years. K.O. was proud to be a member of the San Luis Obispo Sheriff''s Aero Squadron and had been active with the Paso Robles Estrella Warbird Museum. K.O.''s second greatest love was traditional jazz. After hearing Turk Murphy at Earthquake McGoon''s in San Francisco and Lu Watters'' Yerba Buena Jazz Band in Berkeley after the War, he wanted to play jazz piano. He played piano in several bands over the years, notably the Firehouse Five Plus 2, the Desolation Jazz Ensemble & Mess Kit Repair Battalion and the Pismo Experimental Jazz Band. K.O. produced two compendiums of jazz bands and musicians, Jazz West and Jazz West 2. He enjoyed writing tunes which have been recorded by contemporary traditional jazz bands. K.O. had moved to Paradise in 2004 to be close to family members, where he also shared the remainder of his life with Waldo, the cat. K.O. leaves his children Daniel and his wife Faye Eckland, who have adopted Waldo, Nancy Berkley and Taina Eckland; ex-wife, Lucille Eckland; and two grandsons Ryan and Beau Berkley. A memorial will take place at the Pismo Beach "Jubilee by the Sea" October 2009.
Sat May 30, 2009 3:29 pm
It would be a shame to loose all that information.
Let`s just hope someones picks up the torch considering the tremendous work accomplished.
God speed
Tks for the heads up Roger
Let`s just hope someones picks up the torch considering the tremendous work accomplished.
God speed
Tks for the heads up Roger
Sat May 30, 2009 3:35 pm
Pity..great website..to say the least. Condolences to the family. Our fearless leader, Scott Rose, has mentioned
several times in the past, that if a worthwhile website was in danger of going under to let him know. Is this one of those?
I hope it can be saved!
several times in the past, that if a worthwhile website was in danger of going under to let him know. Is this one of those?
I hope it can be saved!
Sat May 30, 2009 3:54 pm
Does anyone here knew the gent personally ?
Sat May 30, 2009 4:31 pm
Stoney wrote:Lots of blind spots, you can't see the ground when in the air.
I'd be surpised if you could see the ground when it was parked on it....