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jotomp
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The photos were taken in the early 1970's.
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Way cool! 8)

It looks like the trailing edge of the outer wings has considerably more taper than a T-6.

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does this plane still fly today? and where is it based out of? thanks
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is this the real deal?? or a faux p-64?? i have the same question as tex -fan from the previous post!! is it still around today??

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Great shots, Jotomp! She's been a favourite of mine for a long time. The prints look a little grainy/contrasty - were they scanned from colour slides?

Pardon my ignorance, but where's Alton? :?

Tex-fan, you can see the little lady at the EAA museum at Oshkosh, where she's been on display for quite a while. She no longer flies.

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That old P-64 was cool. I remember his Paul P. fly it when I was young once a long time ago. He even remembered to put the gear down before landing!

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http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26083&highlight=p64
Here's a earlier thread with photos

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look up P-64 on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-64 says only 13 were built,,that's a RARE bird right there!!!! thanks for the pics and the info.
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And isn't it amazing how NOT like a :bs: converted T-6 it looks?

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And isn't it amazing how NOT like a :bs: converted T-6 it looks?

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Exactly - shorter monocoque, completely different wing with straight leading edge and tapering post edge, wet center section (like an SNJ-2).
Very different interior, more like a Yale, many other details.

Terrific photos!!!!

This is not even an accurate P-64 as it's cowl was replaced with a Dauntless cowl after it was a civilian. :)

Do I still love it? Yep.
Do I dislike P-64 replicas? Nope.
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Steve Nelson wrote:
Way cool! 8)

It looks like the trailing edge of the outer wings has considerably more taper than a T-6.

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That was my thought exactly. I've only seen pics of the EAA P-64, and most of them were ground shots without seeing the layout of the wing.

Very cool.

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I have some video of this in flight at the 1974 Windsor show. In motion, the differences are even more striking.

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Do I dislike P-64 replicas? Nope.
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I do. Never seen an NA-50 or P-64 replica yet that was anything but vandalism of a perfectly nice T-6.

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k5083 wrote:
I have some video of this in flight at the 1974 Windsor show. In motion, the differences are even more striking.

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Do I dislike P-64 replicas? Nope.
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I do. Never seen an NA-50 or P-64 replica yet that was anything but vandalism of a perfectly nice T-6.

August

Do you feel the same way about Tora Zeros? :wink: I have mixed emotions about it, but in the end I guess it's ok. I do like Tora Tora Tora.

Ryan

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RyanShort1 wrote:
k5083 wrote:
I have some video of this in flight at the 1974 Windsor show. In motion, the differences are even more striking.

snj5 wrote:
Do I dislike P-64 replicas? Nope.
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I do. Never seen an NA-50 or P-64 replica yet that was anything but vandalism of a perfectly nice T-6.

August

Do you feel the same way about Tora Zeros? :wink: I have mixed emotions about it, but in the end I guess it's ok. I do like Tora Tora Tora.

Ryan


Exactly.
I don't think I would like an original Salamander cut up to be a Camel.
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