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April 21, 2012 at 1:01 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1063903

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A lot of people are saying ‘why didn’t the photographer take a pic of the serial number’ or ‘why isn’t there any people in the photos’ etc..

I propose this to you, the photographer thought the plane was interesting but only in a layperson kind of way so didn’t bother too much about it. I do exactly the same thing quite often. For example I have attached a photo of an old car I took in a ‘desert’ type of environment a few years ago, I really don’t care about cars but have a friend who does so thought he might be interested, I took a couple of different photos but certainly no close ups of data plates or chassis numbers, I also patiently waited for the other 7 people with me to get out of the way so they didn’t ‘spoil’ the shot, I was using a digital camera with ample battery and memory but why would I bother taking hundreds of photos of an old car? There is quite possibly an old car forum out there somewhere who if they saw this might start wetting themselves because it is a super rare xyz, but I wouldn’t have a clue about it. Furthermore in my photo the clouds and sky look decidedly dodgy but I know it is a real photo.

As I stated earlier I think the aircraft is real and I just pray it gets recovered and looked after properly as opposed to what could happen to it if the wrong people try to take care of it in a similar way to the Lady Be Good.

I’ve just read the WIX thread and one of their members ‘Buz’ has linked 3 photos of belly landed P-40’s that have all had the prop and hub ripped off yet the top cowlings are still intact. Worth looking at.

Paul

April 20, 2012 at 12:31 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1066539

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A couple more thoughts from me;

-the canopy does not appear to be open in any of the shots, it looks like the perspex has come off the front section of it and the photographer has just stuck his arm through the hole to get the interior shot, I would also imagine that if it is a model the camera angle is too low to be able to get a camera in at all. I really like the frame for the stbd glareshield that has come loose and the covering come off whereas the port one is still in position and still has most of its covering

-In regards to the AWOT, I frequent Polish forums regularly because of my Su22 and many of the posters there use weird names such as EPMI, EBPM (airbase locations) etc as these mean completely different things in Polish to their English translation. The final AWOT AWOT looks like he has finished his message with say ‘Paul’ but there is also an automatic signature that also says ‘Paul’

Michal, thanks for posting these and keep us updated if any more become available.

Where is VX927 when you need him?

Cheers
Paul

Paul (could mean ‘a waste of time in’ swahili but I am not really sure)

April 19, 2012 at 1:53 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1068249

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In the second and third photo there are some fairly distinctive clouds which change their position relative to the aircraft just like they really would if you took a photo in a different direction.

I have taken some photos in the desert here in Australia and find my basic digital camera can often be overwhelmed and washed out by the sheer amount of light coming at it which is also similar to those photos.

Paul

April 19, 2012 at 1:08 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1068256

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I am going to go out on a limb and say it looks real to me, especially the last 2 photos, there is a lot of detail that I think would be hard to replicate.

Chad Veich – there is a possibility that the rocks were covered in sand when the aircraft landed and the sand has since been blown away.

Can’t wait to see how this develops, it seems far more interesting to me than 20 Spits, at least here there are some photos (real or not).

Paul

Edit to add, if it is real and is recovered it would be a shame to restore it, looks fantastic just how it is.

April 10, 2012 at 9:28 am in reply to: American Aircraft Crash site Photo Record #1077048

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Trey’s site as well

http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/about_the_author.htm

April 8, 2012 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread (August 2011) #1078840

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Dr Smith

Do you have a link for the Tracker?

April 8, 2012 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Hurricane barn find #1078843

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Blimey! A balsa-wood Hurricane…..and its original launching-catapult! 😀

And the concrete railway sleepers are the weights to launch it from the catapult!

February 25, 2012 at 2:52 pm in reply to: At the risk of giving some members convulsions #1049829

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Great photos, however I do see more Sukhois than Migs. I love both anyway.

Paul

February 19, 2012 at 11:00 am in reply to: A birthday never to be forgotten #1057289

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I love the audio recordings.

Paul

January 31, 2012 at 2:08 am in reply to: Dangerous Moonlight #1081473

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I watched ‘Spitfire’ the other day. Although I am no Spit expert the scenes of the Schneider race seaplane assembly and close ups (ie launching it etc) as well as the first Spit manufacture appeared pretty good to me.

Paul

January 30, 2012 at 10:13 am in reply to: Pacific Aviation Museum visit 23/01/12 #1082642

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The control tower is coming on nicely, they have replaced a lot of internal steel and completely repainted the outside, the buildings at its base are next on the agenda.

January 30, 2012 at 3:15 am in reply to: Pacific Aviation Museum visit 23/01/12 #1082828

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Here are some non aviation photos, I highly recommend the ‘Battle Stations Tour’ available on the USS Missouri. The only other military related places I went to was the US Army Museum at Waikiki and the old observation posts on top of Diamond Head.
Paul

January 29, 2012 at 11:14 pm in reply to: Glenn L Martin Aviation Museum, Maryland #1083003

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I like the black Canberra, it is my favourite colour scheme for them although it looks like it has been outside for a long time.

Paul

January 29, 2012 at 10:50 pm in reply to: Mid Atlantic Air Museum #1083025

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what type of aircraft is that in the last photo?

January 29, 2012 at 9:04 am in reply to: Pacific Aviation Museum visit 23/01/12 #1083964

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Hello nuuumannn

Yes I went to the USS Arizona, USS Missouri and USS Bowfin as well, will post some photos when I get a chance tomorrow, it was a really good day. The rest of Hawaii was not too bad either!

Cheers Paul
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