Aircraft RequestsDiscuss P 39 & P 38 Locations in the Aviation forums; Well, good luck with that. I personally am not interested in doing a recovery. The guys that I have met ...
Well, good luck with that. I personally am not interested in doing a recovery. The guys that I have met that do recovery work do their own research and I don't know what, if anything, they would be willing to pay for something like that.
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Well if you ever found anyone who was serious about this recovery and needed to hire some folks, give me a call. As I've posted, I did this before and also have an A&P. I'd be willing to help, but I'm not cheap!
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I guess i should clarify myself. These were lend-lease aircraft (P-39's)going to Russia. They never made it to Alaska thus they were never sold to Russia or is it the USSR. The aircraft are still american aircraft. Yes theoretically a Canadian could own one except there are quite a few obstacles to hurdle to get ownership.One object is that any Canadians will get beat out by Americans whom protests the sale. When i was last working these projects i also think there was something to do with the Privy council being a block as too Canadian ownership. An American can own one with the provision that he must aquire a permit to import a weapon of war and then cannot sell it. There are other requirements as well.
Oh, I see now. Right. Thanks for the clarification.
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