Warbird Information Exchange

Hey Nutz, thanks for reminding me to scribble W&K on my calender. If you've ever noticed guy in a wooden kayak demonstrating Eskimo rolling with a funny broomstick paddle, it was me.

Hey, y'all remember those plastic pictures you used to see, where when you change the viewing angle the picture changes to something totally different? Whaddya call that "technology", I wonder? Anyway, I was gonna wise crack that those airshow photos must've been taken the year Lil has that stuff for a paint job.

I can instantly spot the diff between a P-39 and P-63, even from a great distance, it's like telling a B-17 from a B-24 -- pretty much painfully obvious. Guess that means it's really not too subtle, and once you initially learn the differences they'll stand out very plainly. Not at all like some of these other types where you gotta really look close and squint a little to tell which is which.

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Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

However, some P-39s in WWII, the P-39Q, maybe(?), used 4 blade props, but I don't think any current P-39s use it.

[quote="airnutz"][quote="famvburg"]You left out the most obvious quickie, a 4 blade prop!

Yep, a couple of blocks of Qs had four bladers, most of those seem to have been sent to the Soviet Union.

S

Hadn't been there in a coupla years...but I'll look for ya next Spring! I worked a kayak and canoe or 2 back in the
day(late 70's), on the Guadalupe below Canyon Lake dam. My "roll center" is abit above optimum so it'd probably
be called the the "Gringo rollover and drown" if I attempted it today. I'll look for you at K&W and live vicariously thru
viewing your success!

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