Running The P-40!
Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:32 pm
Finally I got around to getting this onto my computer.. Poor quality I know. But it sounds so beautiful!
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid= ... 2386407839
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid= ... 2386407839
Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:36 pm
Man, you gotta love an Allison! 
Thanks for posting.
Gary
Thanks for posting.
Gary
Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:32 pm
Was that taken recently?
Love the inertia starter. I had one of those on my Stearman.
Love the inertia starter. I had one of those on my Stearman.
Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:52 pm
I bet people get out a kick when they ask when you restored it. You tell em no never been restored its fresh from the factory!! 
Any way of hauling that to Geneseo? 
Any way of hauling that to Geneseo?
Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:43 pm
Yeah Glenn,
Is your Grandpa thinking of taking it to Geneseo?
Cheers,
David
Is your Grandpa thinking of taking it to Geneseo?
Cheers,
David
That is so cool!
Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:42 pm
How close would it be to airworthy?
Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:47 pm
As a P-40 owner I once knew used to say, " you can't ship a Merlin as far as you can fly an Allison"
Re: That is so cool!
Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:26 am
Sorry to ruin all your hopes and dreams, but the Maude P-40E will stay where it is on Vancouver Island. The family doesn't want to risk anything happening to our "Baby"..
Due to the age of the P-40 and past aviation technology of its time, it would cost a fair amount of money and a ton of work to remove the original materials and fit it with new up to date materials.. if I'm correct.
The Maude family would rather keep the plane in the best shape as possible.
peter wrote:How close would it be to airworthy?
Due to the age of the P-40 and past aviation technology of its time, it would cost a fair amount of money and a ton of work to remove the original materials and fit it with new up to date materials.. if I'm correct.
The Maude family would rather keep the plane in the best shape as possible.