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Paul Krumrei
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that's a variation i've never seen!! did the ski's retract flush with the airframe????

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oops!!! looked again, they look to be in fixed position.

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Republic P-47G-1-CU on skis. Side view (S/N 42-24964)

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Wonder what a lift ticket costs for that?
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P-51A was trial fitted with retractable skis. Mains nestled up against under wing, folded flat and had a partial fairing at sides of cowl. Skis themselves were made by Luscombe. EAA has a complete set of the Mustang skis.

Bob Sonnlietner has rendered EXCELLENT 1/5 scale drawings based on these examples. One could build an EXACTING duplicate and fully functional set from his renderings.

IIRC, the a/c that tested the skis crashed in Alaska during the war and whose identiy is now worn by Polar Bear, a P-51D airframe made to look like a P-51A.

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We have a set of the ski's used on the P-51A at the Warhawk Air Museum. Very Very heavy!
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They were also tried on a P-63 and a couple others if I remember correctly.

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I happen to have full dimensions for the wood ferry tank sometimes used on P-51B and earlier. These along with the photos that appear in the struct. repair manual, I think one could build an operational set. Any interest?

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Was this a stateside modification or were ski-equipped Thunderbolts actually used in combat?

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who had the foresight to save an experimental pair of ww 2 aircraft skis?? how did you get them?? cripes!! give somebody a cigar!!! i'd bet the usaf museum doesn't even have a pair!!!

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Both the shots of the P-51 and P-47 were shot in the same place.

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fotobass....... your a stickler for detail, great observation!! but what location?? certainly not hickam field!! :wink:

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Well Luscombe was based in Trenton NJ, but moved to Dallas during the war. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this was probably pre-Dallas.


*Google told me that.

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