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bluehawk15
PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:10 pm 
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Rumor on the ramp is that, perhaps even as I type this, the other flying P-39 may be on a ship, headed for Houston, then to her new home in the San Antonio area!!!

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Not a rumor but a fact!
See: http://brianamarshall.fotopic.net/c1804511.html
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Well, I had it on very good authority that it was a fact, but I thought it would be more fun to report it as a rumor, since I didn't know if it was a secret or not. I'm glad you found and posted the link with the photos of her being shipped! Now I know I'm not spilling the beans!

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I thought this was reported here some months ago? Or maybe in Classic Wings????
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Mike,

No problem!
BTW, the P-39 will arrive to Houston seaport on 24 Feb 2010.

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Yeah, it was reported that it was coming to Texas, but then nothing happened for so long...

At least now we know she's on the way, and just a few miles at sea from the Port of Houston!
Where is she going to be put back together? Anyone know? I guess she'll stay in her container until she gets to her new home.

Can't wait to get the two Airacobra's together for a formation family reunion photo!

Maybe soon we'll have the King Cobra ready to join them as well. That would be neat, -63F in the lead with -39 wingmen!

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bluehawk15 wrote:
Where is she going to be put back together? Anyone know?


Yup, I know ;)

8) :lol:

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Hum, on your side of the pond it was know since last summer who have bought this P-39.
A people who also own a P-38...

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Iclo wrote:
A people who also own a P-38...


....amongst other things.

MANY other things! :D
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Dang, who needs a cold war when y' got all this Top Secret cloak-n-dagger stuff goin' on? :?

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Pogo wrote:
Dang, who needs a cold war when y' got all this Top Secret cloak-n-dagger stuff goin' on? :?


I don't see why everyone thinks this is so secret. It's well known that Rod Lewis bought the P-39.
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Seconded. It's been put out there in several ways. Even so, IMHO there's nothng wrong if aircraft change hands privately. It should be the owners choice. I am happy Texas is continuing to be the mecca of warbirds! How many P-39/63s are currently flying in N. America? Cobra gathering?

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