CF P-40 has arrived at American Aero Services

florida.warbirds · **Joined:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:25 am **Posts:** 158

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The P-40 has arrived.

CWBuff · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:14 am **Posts:** 854

Super-groovy!

Fade to Black...

hang the expense · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:36 pm

I hope there was no damage to the airframe because of the way it was packed in the container.I think using 2 containers would have been smarter.

Richard W. · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:02 pm

Wasn't there any padding in there between the walls of the container and the aircraft?

Kyleb · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 3:26 pm

hang the expense wrote:

I hope there was no damage to the airframe because of the way it was packed in the container.I think using 2 containers would have been smarter.

You ain't kidding. I wouldn't pack a bedframe that poorly.

big fatty · **Joined:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:33 pm **Posts:** 32

Kyleb wrote:

hang the expense wrote:

I hope there was no damage to the airframe because of the way it was packed in the container.I think using 2 containers would have been smarter.

You ain't kidding. I wouldn't pack a bedframe that poorly.

Must have been that guys first time

GARY HILTON · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:18 am

That was certainly not a Chapman move....As pocked and pitted as our nations roads are....it would be a wonder if nothing was damaged....Hope somebody has good insurance, or just really enjoys patching boo-boos.

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

I understand that the dismantling and packing was done by the guy who built it in the first place.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7826

Perhaps the guy who built it is a master at putting them together but not so good at taking them apart? ... :wink:

joking of course.

Seriously? Perhaps we're not seeing the full story. Maybe the crate was in the process of being unloaded when the photos were taken. That crate could have been packed with all kinds of foamy soft packing material before the photos were taken.

TAdan · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:12 am

I'm going to give the shipper the benefit of the doubt until evidence shows otherwise. It was packed at The Fighter Collection. They have moved quite a few warbirds (and P-40's) in shipping containers like that before. I seriously doubt they would do a hap hazard job.

I looks forward to seeing this P-40 grace our skies and hope to see it in person. The early P-40's are my favorite.

Pogo · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:23 am

I've been holed up in the wood shop of a WWI aviation museum with spotty internet access ... could someone please give a brief history of where this beautiful airplane is coming from? I know it was at the big show in Duxford, but where before that? Thanks!

Speaking of Dux, I suppose the P-26 is having similar adventures? I'm amazed at all these ultra rare planes being shipped overseas and back...?

Thomas_Mac · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:58 pm

Pogo wrote:

I've been holed up in the wood shop of a WWI aviation museum with spotty internet access ... could someone please give a brief history of where this beautiful airplane is coming from? I know it was at the big show in Duxford, but where before that? Thanks!

Speaking of Dux, I suppose the P-26 is having similar adventures? I'm amazed at all these ultra rare planes being shipped overseas and back...?

A brief history was included with the statement from The Collings Foundation when they announced they had acquired the aircraft.
Check it out here
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/ma_P- ... cement.htm

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:29 pm

When her restoration was completed at Chino a number of years back, it didn't spend too much time there before it was shipped to England, so very few here in the States have seen it in person, except for those that either traveled to Duxford or caught it at some other UK or European shows.

I have to repeat what was said a few posts back, about the experience that TFC and those involved with this aircraft have in (just about routinely) shipping warbirds back and forth between the US and UK (Mustangs, Spitfires, P-40's, P-47's, the P-26, the list goes on). One of the hard things to see is just how rigid everything is within the container. American Aero Services reported, with these same photos they shared, that the aircraft will be flying in September following assembly, so everything must be just hunky-dory.

There are some great photos from way back in mid-late March showing when the aircraft was disassembled and packaged-up (the container remained at Duxford for a while before it was eventually shipped):
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... 014/page14
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... 014/page15

Pogo · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 6:09 pm

Thanks bunches, y'all! :drink3:

I do enough photography to understand the tricks cameras can play with foreshortening, etc., never for an instant thought anyone was being careless with that wonderful bird. But man oh man, it sure *looks* like it's being handled casually, and allowed to come into contact with steel and asphalt, doesn't it? Yikes, lol. I just take it for granted those folks are pros who are handling it like the ultra rare historical piece it is, and that appearances are deceiving. Very cool to see, thanks again!

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

A little P-51 tease from the link above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf5-Sps2U8o

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