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nice work Glenn, is that simulated snow on the P-39 or is it in need of a good clean ?
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Good work Glenn, nice shots.
It's shredded plastic fake snow. Makes getting a decent picture hard.Originally Posted by rochie
The scene depicts the scramble on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The close up of the wing tip shows a detail that is wrong on most P-36 and P-40 models. The airfoil shape of the upper surface of the wing extends all the way to the very top. It's the lower surface that comes up to meet it.
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Very cool. FYI the Spit MkVc and Beaufighter are RAAF PTO veterans.
Very interesting Andy, I didn't know that.
Here's some quotes from the museum's website:
Spitfire Mk.Vc
"The Spitfire on display is a Mk. Vc (Trop) built for Supermarine under license by Vickers-Armstrong in June 1943. Shipped to Australia in September 1943, it served with the Royal Australian Air Force, and the museum acquired it from the Imperial War Museum in March 2000."
Beaufighter
"The museum's aircraft was built under license by the Fairey Aviation Co. in Stockport, England, and delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942. It is marked as the USAAF Beaufighter flown by Capt. Harold Augspurger, commander of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, who shot down an He 111 carrying German staff officers in September 1944."
This was a real hard one to get a decent picture of. It sits in a dark corner of the hanger and is of course black. The camera had trouble even sensing the thing to focus on. These were the only 3 pictures that turned out good enough to post.
More good shots Glenn!
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This one is one of my favorites at the Museum. Its a P-63E, although its painted up like a RP-63A or C Pinball. These aircraft had thickened aluminum skin and other armor and were used as gunnery targets to train new pilots who would shoot plastic bullets at them. I read an article some years ago written by a pilot who flew one of the Pinball aircraft on a ferry flight, and he said it was so heavy it was all he could do to keep it in the air. It does look very cool though.
Love the pics of the P-61, and P-63. P-36 is also a nice looking plane! Thanks for posting!
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Good stuff Glenn. Interesting to learn that the Beaufighter was built by Fairey, as I once lived very close to the factory, in the early 1980s, which was then Fairey Engineering. When a neighbour first told me he "worked for Fairey's", I fell about laughing - he didn't get the joke at first !!
The A-24 was the Air Corps version of SBD-3 Dauntlass. They were used in Java and New Guinea early in the war.
The A-20G was used with great effect in low-level strafing attacks against Japanese shipping. The last picture is of a smoke screen generator
Advanced twin engined trainer, and a very cool looking aircraft.
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