P-40 wreck on Barnstormers

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CURTISS P-40N • AVAILABLE FOR SALE • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk SN 43-24362 recovered in Fl Everglades by Hal Thompson in 1986. Nearly complete airship, extensive documentation, artifacts, and memorabilia. Official accident reports, and docs. Many NOS items available such as NIB Allison 1710 engine. On-site survey encouraged. • Contact Craig D. Hillinger, Owner - located Lawton, IA USA • Telephone: 712-944-4900 . • Fax: 712-944-4940 • Posted February 13, 2008 • Show all Ads posted by this Advertiser • Recommend This Ad to a Friend • Email Advertiser • Save to Watchlist • Report This Ad • View Larger Pictures

[daveymac82c]

I just noticed that there are pictures to go with that ad. Just go to barnstormers.com and check it out if anyone wants to see pictures.

I just wonder if it has any wings.

-David

[Sean Curtiss]

I just wonder if it has any wings.

Look at this image: http://www.barnstormers.com/listing_ima ... _reg_5.jpg

Could this be the wing? Looking at it, it seems quite small!

[daveymac82c]

All I see is a horizontal stabilizer strapped to the side.

Cheers,

David

[Sean Curtiss]

All I see is a horizontal stabilizer strapped to the side.

Yep, you're right!

[51fixer]

I just wonder if it has any wings.

Look at this image: http://www.barnstormers.com/listing_ima ... _reg_5.jpg

Could this be the wing? Looking at it, it seems quite small!

Thats the horizontal.
It kinda looks like a circus attraction.
Rich

[Warbird Kid]

No problem, well have her flying in no time! In today's world, your not gonna find a cheaper intact P-40.

[bdk]

In today's world, your not gonna find a cheaper intact P-40.

How do you know that without the price being posted? Intact excludes the wings?

[51fixer]

In today's world, your not gonna find a cheaper intact P-40.

How do you know that without the price being posted? Intact excludes the wings?

IMO you take this hulk and use it's ID. Give this rotten hulk to a Museum for a tax write off and buy or have someone build the needed parts.
Even using the original you will have a new build airplane due to it's condition.
Rich

[Warbird Kid]

True, the price may be through the roof, but i dont know for this one.

[B29Gunner]

No problem, well have her flying in no time! In today's world, your not gonna find a cheaper intact P-40.

I was down at Hal's place over the summer and looked at this P-40, the pictures are a bit deceiving as to what exactly is there! Essentially what you're looking at are splattered remains that were pieced back together like a big jigsaw puzzle to form the fuselage you see in the pictures. From what I saw, he basically fabricated a simple frame and started attaching the pieces back together to form the fuselage, just like the NTSB did when they reconstructed TWA 800. The wings were indeed there, but they too were in the same condition as the rest of the airframe, splattered and in pieces. One large chunk still had a .50 mounted in it, which Hal said still had a live rnd in the chamber when he recovered it! Overall it's an interesting display piece, but I didn't see much of anything that was usable beyond patterns, if at all.

[bax101]

so what is the story behind it? how'd it crash?

[B29Gunner]

so what is the story behind it? how'd it crash?

Mid-air w/ another P-40, Hal recovered some of it as well. In fact if I remember correctly, the prop that you see in the pictures came from the 2nd P-40, and the engine was there too.

[Sean Curtiss]

I was down at Hal's place over the summer and looked at this P-40, the pictures are a bit deceiving as to what exactly is there! Essentially what you're looking at are splattered remains that were pieced back together like a big jigsaw puzzle to form the fuselage you see in the pictures. From what I saw, he basically fabricated a simple frame and started attaching the pieces back together to form the fuselage, just like the NTSB did when they reconstructed TWA 800. The wings were indeed there, but they too were in the same condition as the rest of the airframe, splattered and in pieces. One large chunk still had a .50 mounted in it, which Hal said still had a live rnd in the chamber when he recovered it! Overall it's an interesting display piece, but I didn't see much of anything that was usable beyond patterns, if at all.

I asked myself why the painted shark's eye was where it was, like it had been glued there. Now you answered my question!
Cheers,
SC.

[TAdan]

I was down at Hal's place over the summer and looked at this P-40, the pictures are a bit deceiving as to what exactly is there! Essentially what you're looking at are splattered remains that were pieced back together like a big jigsaw puzzle to form the fuselage you see in the pictures. From what I saw, he basically fabricated a simple frame and started attaching the pieces back together to form the fuselage, just like the NTSB did when they reconstructed TWA 800. The wings were indeed there, but they too were in the same condition as the rest of the airframe, splattered and in pieces. One large chunk still had a .50 mounted in it, which Hal said still had a live rnd in the chamber when he recovered it! Overall it's an interesting display piece, but I didn't see much of anything that was usable beyond patterns, if at all.

I asked myself why the painted shark's eye was where it was, like it had been glued there. Now you answered my question!
Cheers,
SC.

How are we supposed to know it is a P-40 without the shark's face?