Warbird Information Exchange

P-39 is/was MARC too, right? As it the Blenheim and F4F? They have it on their site, i need to check

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-recovering Viper crew chief
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Shackelton is a neat plane. Thought it was getting a paint job?

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IIRC the cobra was at beaver falls for all those years and the guys did a very good job on her.They had all the airacobra spare parts in the world at the time.Thats why there wont be the rebuild effort for cobras that there is of P-40s.What a beautiful aircraft it is.

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Hang The Expense

Are you saying that the parts just aren't available for the P-39, whereas they are available for the P-40? You know, an enterprising guy with a good machine shop could probably make a small fortune (out of a bigger one) manufacturing parts for Aircobra restorations. I think some guys are already doing that in the Curtiss community.

Are there things that can't be fabricated for the P-39? Other than the driveshaft, is it that much more complicated than the P-40?

Bill:

Are these Pima aircraft part of the public museum or off-limits? I ask because I'll be visiting Pima later this week.
Thanks!
Tommy

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis - Lim-2 Fagot N822JM


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Panavia IDS Tornado 43+74 German Navy, Marinefliegergeshwader 1

Tommy, the Hind and the KB-50 are at the restoration hangar and not open to public, but they can be seen at a distance from the public area. The P-39 can be viewed through windows and a door from the public area.

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