P-40 Identity in South Australia
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:32 pm
Hi
I've been visiting this site for a while and have recently decided to register. I am a fan of the P-40 Kittyhawk and was hoping if someone on this forum could provide me with the details of owners and aircraft identities for P-40 projects in South Australia. I understand Graham Smith has one but not sure what the serial is for that and I understand another collector has a project on the go as well, but I have no other details about that one either. I've spoken to staff at the Classic Jets museum and they assure me they haven't a P-40 project on the racks or one stored for the future. One of the staff did suggest I speak to the owner of the Wirraway now based in the Museum but I have no details on this person either. I've also made inquiries at the SAAM but same response. Either this is a closely guarded secret or there simply isn't one. However, I have a friend who works as a LAME and he has told me the company he works for was asked to provide a quote for the 'fit out' of a P-40. Obviously the finer details of this inquiry have been kept very discreet but I would think that its a good indication of a project nearing the rebuild phase. I'd like to volunteer to help with anything that I could do if such a project was to be started here in South Australia, knowing its identity and history would be the icing on the cake.
hope someone could help
Derek
I've been visiting this site for a while and have recently decided to register. I am a fan of the P-40 Kittyhawk and was hoping if someone on this forum could provide me with the details of owners and aircraft identities for P-40 projects in South Australia. I understand Graham Smith has one but not sure what the serial is for that and I understand another collector has a project on the go as well, but I have no other details about that one either. I've spoken to staff at the Classic Jets museum and they assure me they haven't a P-40 project on the racks or one stored for the future. One of the staff did suggest I speak to the owner of the Wirraway now based in the Museum but I have no details on this person either. I've also made inquiries at the SAAM but same response. Either this is a closely guarded secret or there simply isn't one. However, I have a friend who works as a LAME and he has told me the company he works for was asked to provide a quote for the 'fit out' of a P-40. Obviously the finer details of this inquiry have been kept very discreet but I would think that its a good indication of a project nearing the rebuild phase. I'd like to volunteer to help with anything that I could do if such a project was to be started here in South Australia, knowing its identity and history would be the icing on the cake.
hope someone could help
Derek