Chino Pix

[Nonskimmer]

Nice bird.

[Gnomey]

Nice pics!

[chris mcmillin]

The airplane in this post is a Bell P-63 Kingcobra. It is a different airplane than a P-39 Airacobra.

Chris...

Originally Posted by syscom3

Notice that the P39 has a 4 bladed prop. Also, the pilot sits ahead of the wing. Visibility must be really good.

[chris mcmillin]

You have some great shots here.
This airplane was Howard Hughes executive transport (well, one of them) that he flew around for a while. It was later sold to Mr. Daly, the founder and owner of World Airways. He died and it was sold off, but I don't know where it is now. It was a very good looking airplane.

Originally Posted by syscom3

Here is the only pix in my collection of a B-23. I'm guessing it was 1984.

I suppose I might be the only person here in the forum thats seen one of them fly. I should drink a Budweiser over that astounding revelation!

[chris mcmillin]

What is cool here is that the P-39 Little Sir Echo is a static display painted to look airworthy. It was put together using parts from the David Tallichet expedition to Alaska in the early seventies. He returned the Airacobra's as well as Martin Marauder's.
Mr. Weeks' Marauder was purchased from David Tallichet in airworthy condition as well as his B-24.

Originally Posted by syscom3

A couple of crappy pics of two different P39's at Chino, again in 1984.

Notice one of them has a four bladed prop. I dont know if this was a Reno racer at one time.

Fatal Fang in Charles Nichols' Bell P-63 Kingcobra. It is pretty much bone stock, as his collection was put together for the sake of representing the airplanes as they were built. It even has the ventral fin.

Great shots of the old days.

The other pix, look at the exhaust stack, and the paint discoloration behind it. Thats a good indication of the airflow across the fuselauge at that point.

[lesofprimus]

Excellent info chris...