Author Topic: Museum pics.. Enjoy (Read 972 times)

Flayed1 · « **on:** May 10, 2007, 09:07:04 PM »

These are some pics I took when Thundregg and I went to see the P-38 last weekend at the Warhawk air museum in Namp Idaho.

First are some pics of the P-38

Here is a pic of the project manager for Gacier Girl. He had a good presentation about how they got the plane out of the ice and this pic is of a 55 gallon drum that they used to test Glacier Girls cannon out on after they had removed it from the plane and brought it up out of the 150 some odd FT hole.

Here are a couple pics of the P-51.

and the view that we like to see in game assuming you can catch up to it.

and the P-40 they had flying that day.

A P-40 insterment cluster.

And for all you Pearl Harbor fans, the actuall Ben Aflec.. Yes the plane he used in the movie. They had a nice lil picture board up of shipping this down to the movie set and Ben in the seat.

I have more pics but I didn't feel like spending that much time puting them all up on my dialup connection. I may post them later. Enjoy.

Max · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2007, 09:19:40 PM »

Cool pics Flayed, thanks!

How come we don't get a GPS? Huh?

Brooke · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2007, 10:13:20 PM »

Thanks for the pics!

VVV · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2007, 11:17:18 PM »

Good pics Flayed.
The cockpit shot of that P-38 is what really got my attention

thndregg · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2007, 07:45:05 AM »

Looking forward to the rest of the pics.

Solar10 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2007, 01:39:51 PM »

Thanks for sharing Flayd

parin · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:12:05 PM »

Skidoo is gonna be at Chino I believe. Nice pics:aok

Martyn · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:27:06 PM »

Pics like these should be a permanent feature of the AH website - kinda like a museum and reference library.

Furball · « **Reply #8 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:29:04 PM »

Nice... 112 Squadron Kittyhawk?

Dux · « **Reply #9 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:29:41 PM »

What's up with the P-51's tail? Is that a racing modification, perhaps?

-SR- · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:30:30 PM »

Very nice. Thank you for posting the pictures.

-SR-:aok

Furball · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:34:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Dux
What's up with the P-51's tail? Is that a racing modification, perhaps?

Looks like the tail from the P-51H

Krusty · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2007, 02:36:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Dux
What's up with the P-51's tail? Is that a racing modification, perhaps?

Late late model? -N or -H? Did any of those have extended tails?

pipz · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2007, 03:59:00 PM »

Thanks Flayed! Great pictures!

Pipz

Fencer51 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2007, 04:22:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Late late model? -N or -H? Did any of those have extended tails?

Well there were no P-51Ns, and the H was a lightened version of the D with radically different gear.

The Cavalier Mustang was different still, but this was a stock P-51D which crashed, was rebuilt as "Stilletto" a racer, and then rebuilt in to a TF-51D. The tail is a modification not stock for the airframe.

More about this airframe here.