Warbird Information Exchange

This link, below, is where you can see a great little segment from tonights news on TV3........

http://www.3news.co.nz/Family-of-WWII-v ... fault.aspx

Enjoy.

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Wow, has it really been that long since I last visited?

That is very cool!

Thanks for the link! By the way, love the AVATAR!

Great, thanks for the photos and the links, Marcus. Lovely story about the Harveys.

As for the drop tank, it's to make up for the fact that this P-40 has an aft cockpit, and thus no fuselage fuel tank. In Canada the distances are great and the airports are few. More range was required.

Dave

Not to complain, because she's a real beauty, but why wasn't she painted in her original markings?

SN

The Australian story is a good one, and we're proud to be associated with it, but we have our own perspective.

Of course their stories are every bit as remarkable as any of ours, but we wanted to tell a Canadian story.

Stocky Edwards is still alive, still hale -- I was talking to him the other day. We wanted to commemorate his magnificent accomplishment -- with him there in person!

To shoot down 13 in the North African campaign, always from a position of disadvantage, with no gunnery training, as a kid just turned 20, against 109Fs, was stunning. He didn't get much Press, because the press didn't get to the front lines much in that campaign (particularly before El Alamein). But he was a magnificent fighter pilot, and he's still with us.

Time is precious for that generation. We didn't want to lose the chance.

His full wartime story is here http://www.constable.ca/caah/edwards.htm

Dave

Thanks for the info! Like I say, she's really gorgeous..I've always thought the desert scheme was the most attractive ever put on a P-40. Yeah, I know it's wrong for a P-40N, but unfortunately there aren't that many P-40B/Cs out there. Can't wait to see her at Thunder!

SN

Whoaaaaa ! Beautiful indeed !

When is she scheduled to arrive in Gatineau ?

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Michel C
Thousands of a/c pics at Passion-Aviation

For more on Stocky Edwards there is this interview with Dave Hadfield and Howard Cook at one of the Vintage Wings of Canada open house that Mike Henniger posted. Its in two parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmjuuGnU ... re=related

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“Try to fly in the middle of the air. The edges are filled with mountains and oceans and rocks and it’s much harder to fly there.”

She should be on her own wheels again in our hangar by the end of May, Michel.

Dave

Ah ! Tks for the info Dave. I'll have to fly to Gatineau then I guess !

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Michel C
Thousands of a/c pics at Passion-Aviation

This shot by Colin has got to be one of the greatest I've seen of any warbird. Her markings are on.

[img][img]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/SteveK225/Kiityhawkdawn.jpg[/img][/img]

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“Try to fly in the middle of the air. The edges are filled with mountains and oceans and rocks and it’s much harder to fly there.”

Wow it looks great !

Looks great, but better if not for the semi-gloss paint .... flame suit on!!! ... joking .... wonderful airplane ...

You ain't seen nothin yet

Wow, what a beauty! Congratulations to all.......... The P-40 is amongst my favorite fighters....... well....actually they are all of my favorites....... but the P-40 does hold a special aura that at times becomes "indescribable". So, Dave what is "it" we have not seen? Also, I have a question for you.... Is there another P-40 at Pioneer being restored for which we can have a Pavlovian type response? I am asking because I really do not know... but I do admire their work!!!!!! Alan Brooks

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Just call me Al.