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To: yhwhsman

Hard to say. When they filmed "Tora, Tora, Tora" back when, they had to modify old U.S trainers to look like the Zeros because there weren't enough to use in the film. There are a few in museums, but I'm not sure if there are any capable of flight [possibly the Confederate Air Force].

The planes in the film might be replicas. There weren't that many of the types I mentioned even made. The RAIDEN was specifically built [if I recall correctly] to take on B 29s at altitude.


9 posted on 10/15/2006 10:55:19 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr
There are a few in museums, but I'm not sure if there are any capable of flight

There is possibly one true Zero still flying. Seems the Japanese used an aluminum that crystalized after so many years making them un-airworthy. That's why I was surprised to see the planes in the video, would have thought I'd have seen some mention of someone building the replicas.

10 posted on 10/15/2006 11:21:25 PM PDT by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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