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hsperdue
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Does anyone have details of the 1946 Bendix race... in particular James Harp and his airplane? I'd sure appreciate any leads...

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what in particular are you looking for?

Go to www.airrace.com and go to Symposium Tapes. James Harp was one of our speakers for our 2006 Symposium.

06V3 James Harp: 1946 Bendix & and 1949 Sohio
General Robin Olds: 1946 Thompson Jet Race


He came in 5th place. won $1500. 370.447 mph

Race number 95


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another 1946 racer....

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another 1946 racer....

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Martin-

What a great shot! I've got Bill Lear's book... it's a good read. In that amazing archive of yours do you have a shot of #95 that year... by any chance?

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1946—LOS ANGELES TO CLEVELAND

Paul Mantz P-51 435.501 mph 4:43:14 $10,000
Jacqueline Cochran P-51 420.925 mph 4:52:00.4 $5,500
Thomas J. Mayson P-51 408.220 mph 5:01:05.6 $3,000

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kennsmithf2g wrote:
Hi,

what in particular are you looking for?

Go to www.airrace.com and go to Symposium Tapes. James Harp was one of our speakers for our 2006 Symposium.

06V3 James Harp: 1946 Bendix & and 1949 Sohio
General Robin Olds: 1946 Thompson Jet Race


He came in 5th place. won $1500. 370.447 mph

Race number 95


Kenn Smith


Kenn-

Thanks... I found that page last night... what I'd really like is some detail of the race.. some narrative of what happened... and more about Harp himself.. I heard he flew P-47s in the war... Harp was the fastest P-38... Bill Lear, Jr finished 14th...

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hsperdue wrote:
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Does anyone have details of the 1946 Bendix race... in particular James Harp and his airplane? I'd sure appreciate any leads...

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If you can get yourself a copy of Kevin Grantham's excellent book P-Screamers there is an interview with Harp and a couple of photos of him and N79123.

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If you can get yourself a copy of Kevin Grantham's excellent book P-Screamers there is an interview with Harp and a couple of photos of him and N79123.

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Thanks!... that is a hard book to find... but I'll give it a shot.

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Harp , BTW, flew P-47s with the 64th FS "Black Scorpions" 57th FG 12th AF.

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Thanks!... that is a hard book to find... but I'll give it a shot.

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Alibris shows a copy:

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?title=P-Screamers

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hsperdue wrote:
Swiss Mustangs wrote:
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Martin


Martin-

What a great shot! I've got Bill Lear's book... it's a good read. In that amazing archive of yours do you have a shot of #95 that year... by any chance?

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Bill's book is hard to come by these days!!

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Jack Cook wrote:
Harp , BTW, flew P-47s with the 64th FS "Black Scorpions" 57th FG 12th AF.


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Thanks! The 57th BTW was the Group that flew 72 P-40's off the Aircraft Carrier Ranger to Accra, West Africa in July 1942... converted to P-47s in 1943.

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Scott,

There's about five pages of narrative on the 1946 Bendix in Don Dwiggins', Hollywood Pilot, The Biography of Paul Mantz. No mention of Harp though. I'm in Fort Worth (North) as well and can copy and mail the pages to you or you may come and do so yourself. Email me at: sonofthor@sbcglobal.net

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These are from P-Screamers by Kevin Grantham. If you can't find the book let me know and I'll scan the info for you and email it.

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Thanks! I ordered the book... we'll see if it comes in (one place I ordered it from took the order and then cancelled two days later).

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