Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Guppy35 on October 02, 2007, 01:35:20 PM
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Too bad it's based on a stateside training squadron. This obviously is a recently restored bird, but this paint scheme did exist for real on a wartime P40 Squadron based in the US.
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x77/jeptoncook/DSC03833-1.jpg)
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I've seen photos of that bird (the original one), thats a pretty accurate resto. But is that a two-seater, or an N missing the radio setup and all the hardware behind the pilot? The original, IIRC, wasn't a trainer.
EDIT- Extra window, thats a two-seater.
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It's one of two P40s owned by John Paul out in Idaho. He also owns the P51B restoration ongoing of Boise Bee.
That's a two seater but not a trainerm just an N model with the area adjusted behind the pilot. I think it's the first P40 Paul owned. Kermit Weeks owns the only actual P40 Trainer I believe.
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk, N1195N has been registered to Warhawk LLC of Meridian, Idaho since October 29, 2002. Its Curtiss construction number is 30158. Its Army Air Corps serial was 42-106396. It was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as 880. Fred Dyson bought it at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington on October 23, 1947. Hardwick Aircraft of Rosemead, California bought it in 1953. Following a wheels up landing, the damaged airframe was stored in Jack Hardwick's yard from 1955 to 1976. John Paul of Alamo, California bought it in 1976. It was rebuilt and returned to airworthy condition in 1984. It flew for a while with tail number 130158 and now carries 2106393 on its tail. It has raced as #77 and #17.
He owns a P40E as well.
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...has had a number of different paint jobs. I have to admit this is the most unusual one I've seen it sport.