Why I Love P-40s or That Lucky SOB!!!
Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:08 pm
Will ya look at that guy smiling!!
I bet he's got a full Woodrow Wilson going on there!!
(BTW that's a secret code )
I bet he's got a full Woodrow Wilson going on there!!
(BTW that's a secret code )
Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:32 pm
I think I'm getting a full Woodrow Wilson right now!! 
John
John
Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:26 pm
No doubt about a Woodrow Wilson there. He, obviously, hasn't got enough skin left over to close his mouth. 
Be that as it may, that "smile" may be closer to clenched teeth with those 6 .50 cals. lit up.
Mudge the observant
Be that as it may, that "smile" may be closer to clenched teeth with those 6 .50 cals. lit up.
Mudge the observant
Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:22 pm
Very nice!
Reminds me of the scene in the movie "1941" when silly General Stillwell tells P-40 pilot John Belushi "Let me hear your guns!". John obliged him.
Reminds me of the scene in the movie "1941" when silly General Stillwell tells P-40 pilot John Belushi "Let me hear your guns!". John obliged him.
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:27 pm
Reminds me of the scene in the movie "1941" when silly General Stillwell tells P-40 pilot John Belushi "Let me hear your guns!". John obliged him.
Actually that was Col Maddox played by Warren Oakes. Stillwell was one of the few same characters in the film (except for a grown man watching Dumbo and singing along!!)
Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:48 pm
Outstanding shot...
I've been looking for a print of this photo, but no luck as yet. Any chance of obtaining a larger scan of this Jack? Also, may I use this on the P-40 site? I was going to use a scanned image from an old Fly Leaf, but it would look like garbage compared to a scan of an original.
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I've been looking for a print of this photo, but no luck as yet. Any chance of obtaining a larger scan of this Jack? Also, may I use this on the P-40 site? I was going to use a scanned image from an old Fly Leaf, but it would look like garbage compared to a scan of an original.
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:57 pm
That's one cool pic there. I love P-40's! 
Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:31 pm
What model P-40 is that? Looks like it has Merlin exhaust stubs to me...
John
John
Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:02 pm
The exhaust certainly doesn't look like what we're used to seeing on the P-40, but the scoop on top says Allison. Early E maybe? I don't recall when they went to the flatter exhaust stubs.
Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:29 pm
This is a Kittyhawk IA, originally destined for the RAF but diverted to the USAAC and redesignated as a P-40E-1.
The round exhausts were standard for early P-40Es but were often times replaced with fishtails.
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The round exhausts were standard for early P-40Es but were often times replaced with fishtails.
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