Aircraft Videos and Images

[BH_woodstock]

wow, that is fantastic! p40 is my favorite plane of all time and someday i will enjoy flying it in Dover.great find!maybe russian p40 in my future?soon?

[engadin]

The pilot got lost due to a wrong Lonely Planet map consulted upside down. The rest is history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZ5x...168&feature=iv

[JG52Uther]

Anyone know whats going to happen to the P40?

[ElAurens]

Too bad the painted serial numbers were sand blasted off over time.

And I'm surprised there are no pics of the builder's plate.

It's gotta be in there.

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by DroopSnoot

Awwww, cute. Look at the little toy P40 that they given the crew member on the right to ride on

Originally Posted by DroopSnoot

I have a soft spot for tomahawks and kittyhawks.

It appears this looks like a tomahawk, you can tell this by the air intake on the nose. By the development of the C variant the intake had been streamlined and lowered, also the nose mounted machine guns had been removed.

Tomahawk's were P40C & D's. Kittyhawk's were P40E,F & G's, Warhawks were K's upwards.

Ah, me too. I think it is a beautiful plane and it has something very American about it. While the stang has something of a glamour boy and Cadillac style about it the P40 seems to me to be more grass root cowboy style.

[ElAurens]

Guys, that is not a Tomahawk.

It's at least an E model, Hawk 87 series. It never had nose guns.

[DroopSnoot]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow

Ah, me too. I think it is a beautiful plane and it has something very American about it. While the stang has something of a glamour boy and Cadillac style about it the P40 seems to me to be more grass root cowboy style.

Totally mate yeah, kinda like the same relationship between the Spitfire and the Hurricane, Spitfire was to dazzle the girls, the hurricane was to kill the enemy.

[Sutts]

Some thoughts on the 2 videos......


The big guy at the end of vid 2 is the rich guy, the boss. My guess is he is associated with the oil drilling operation. From the look of him I think his interest extends to more than a few ebay sales.

The guy with the hood and his arm around the big guy is possibly AWOT's friend, the oil explorer who made the discovery and reported the find to someone - possibly the big guy.

Most of the guys in the 1st vid are wearing the same trousers with a stripe - employees of the big guy and have been tasked to move the aircraft.

The recovery is officially sanctioned - based on the army removing the ammo.

The guy on the wing at the end of the 2nd vid is removing a wing root access panel - this isn't souveniring behaviour - it suggests to me that they are trying to remove the wings the proper way.

The gunsight removal may be souveniring or could be an attempt to remove items that may be damaged in the recovery / lifting operation. In almost all recoveries from far off places things go missing - the 110s/Stuka/Fw190 from Russia all suffered in some way so a few pieces may well go astray.

The deep slash in front of the windscreen is new and quite worrying - why do such a thing and what tool would make such a mark with outward facing tears?

They have already made an attempt to remove the rudder (top hinge disconnected) and possibly the left elevator (access panel open).

From all this I think we have a guy in charge who knows the value of what he has. He is wealthy and has a team who work for him. I think the videos show the start of the dismantling process and these have been put out there to generate interest.

This may be an overly positive view but I hope I'm right. I do hope AWOT can get back to us with a real assessment of the future of this bird.

[DroopSnoot]

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