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Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 2:06:10 PM   
kaleidoscope


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Status: offline 		Nice videos of a wonderful find.

Wonder how much something like this is worth?

Videos...

http://youtu.be/CFe8CsOdoG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9LsK74J_W0

and a few pics













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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 2:51:17 PM   
fvianello


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Status: offline 		Incredible!! It must have been in a really unreachable spot to stay hidden all this time!

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 3:03:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		She's in relatively good shape.

Hopefully someone will want her, and the Egyptians are willing to give her up.

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 3:22:59 PM   
Lieste

 

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Status: offline 		What you can see there is in good condition, however it is far from intact - much of the lower structure is torn away, including some of the lower fittings in the engine bay, the undercarriage and the lower nose area, including probably the wing centre section...

It is probably restorable to 'museum display' level*, but I'm not optimistic that it would be feasible to rebuild her to a flying condition without replacing most of the structure..

*In fact Duxford(?) has a Bf109E displayed in a 'crash-landed' condition as an exhibit, and there is an SM79 displayed 'as-found' somewhere in Italy (IIRC)

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 3:37:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		"Relatively" does not imply she'll ever fly again, only that she's in "relatively" good shape after a crash landing in semi-rocky terrain and spending approx. 70 yrs. in the sand-blasting and baking "booths", so to speak.

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 3:42:15 PM   
Lieste

 

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Status: offline 		"Intact" has a fairly specific meaning.

Recoverable, force landed, well preserved... all more appropriate terms for the condition IMO.

There is some speculation that this is an early "HS-B" serial, replaced later by a later marque P40 - will be interesting to see what the loss report says about the circumstances of loss, and the fate of the pilot.

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 3:53:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Where's the word "intact" in any of these posts? Even the clip(s) have the title "Crush Airplane".

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 4:03:35 PM   
kaleidoscope


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Status: offline 		more pics and info can be found here,

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/357/language/en-CA/Original-Kittyhawk-HS-B-Discovered.aspx


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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 4:07:09 PM   
Lieste

 

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ORIGINAL: nate25

Where's the word "intact" in any of these posts? Even the clip(s) have the title "Crush Airplane".



Try looking at the thread title

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 4:12:11 PM   
nate25


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Sorry, Lieste, thought you were having a go at me.

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 6:18:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: nate25

Ah, yes!

Sorry, Lieste, thought you were having a go at me.
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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/2/2012 8:09:16 PM   
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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/3/2012 12:10:09 AM   
Fred98


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Status: offline 		Great find!

The airforce will have a record of who last flew it. I wonder what became of him?

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/3/2012 3:23:41 AM   
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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/3/2012 9:21:05 AM   
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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/3/2012 10:33:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah it's an amazing very rare find, *but* I do wonder whatever happened to the pilot?  

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RE: Intact P-40 relic found in Egyptian desert - 5/3/2012 11:24:13 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Josh

Yeah it's an amazing very rare find, *but* I do wonder whatever happened to the pilot?  


DOH!

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