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Heard from a distant rumor mill.
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Rumor true or false? Sources? Pics? Vids? c'mon, stop teasing. :cry:
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I have received one PM from someone wishing to remain anonymous who claims that the aircraft has not yet flown. My original source is far from official (not first hand).
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Well even if it had flown I suspect it would be difficult to verify... It is so shiny I don't think anyone could look directly at it without going blind. :lol: 8)

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False, have another Red Bull and stand by..... :wink:

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Lynn Allen wrote:
False, have another Red Bull and stand by..... :wink:

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having a red bull and standing by, isn't that a Oxymoron ?
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Another Red Bull? You should feel my hearbeat going on afer reading the original post. Can't take no cafeine booster right now. 8)
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All I can say from my sources is that so far it hasn't flown......

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I may need to check my source (think hockey...). :oops:
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Groundloop. Dad's first repair job in TX before we moved out here.
Note the angle of the spade door. The Gear box structure holds a hinge for this door which was hit by the gear partially folding outboard.
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PS- not to hijack the thread but no, the P-38 has not flown.

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According to a post by ezellaviation on the Bent Sea Fury...Photo 1982 the P-38 has not flown yet.

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http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=20682

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Jack beat me to it.

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Jack didn't beat me, I beat him to it by 5+ hours..............

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Trust me it hasn't flown yet :roll: But soon it will.... :wink:

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Lynn Allen wrote:
Trust me it hasn't flown yet :roll: But soon it will.... :wink:

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Way to go out on a limb with that prediction, Lynn! :D


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Jeane Dixon's got nothing on you! :wink:

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