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WWII P-38 fighter discovered in Wales
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| 11/15/07
| Richard Pyle - ap
Posted on 11/14/2007 2:27:34 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:27:47 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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This undated photo provided by the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, known as TIGHAR, shows historic aircraft specialists inspecting a World War II fighter plane recently found on the Welsh coast. The American P-38 aircraft had made an emergency landing in 1942 after it ran out of gas, and was buried under water and sand for 65 years until revealed by beach erosion in July. Experts hope to recover the plane for a British military museum. The photo was taken from a kite-suspended camera. (AP Photo/TIGHAR)
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:28:24 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:29:21 PM PST
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Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:30:35 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: NormsRevenge
Wow. Rust cancer is a real problem, on this one.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:32:25 PM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:32:57 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
That’s going to be a rough restoration job, if it can even be done.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:35:05 PM PST
by
JamesP81
("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
To: NormsRevenge
I bet the folks at Duxford can get it flying again!
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:36:21 PM PST
by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
To: Red Badger
Here's Marge, the P-38 flown by Major Richard Bong, America's Ace of Aces.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:37:32 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
To: Red Badger
What is the purpose of the air scoops towards the rear of each fuselage?
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:38:31 PM PST
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(The WOT will end when pork products are weaponized)
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:39:35 PM PST
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Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:39:53 PM PST
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Rb ver. 2.0
What is the purpose of the air scoops towards the rear of each fuselage?
Likely air inlets for oil coolers.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:42:52 PM PST
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Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: Doogle
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:43:23 PM PST
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
man, those things made a lot of racket,, once ya crank’d ‘em up tho.. look out..
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:43:58 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: Little Ray
Too much corrosion on this one, I suspect. Probably can’t even sling it without it crumbling.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:44:14 PM PST
by
Tallguy
(Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
http://www.p38assn.org/
one of the most unique aspects of the plane — the turbochargers (which supplied pressurized air to the two Allison V-1710-11/15 engines.)
Twin Allisons..
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:45:36 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
Barrett-Jackson, here we come.
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posted on
11/14/2007 2:45:45 PM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: NormsRevenge
Very cool. Wonder if the Air Force Museum at Wright Patt would be interested?
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