Recent content by Brent

If you are not a pilot how can honestly have an informed opinion about something of which you lack knowledge or experience. Too much talk like this on the net already. I intend no disrespect by my comments, just my opinion as a licensed pilot

Totally agree. Being as he was trained by and a disciple of Boelcke, Richtofens rules of engagement closely followed his dicta To me the real deal is how much was accomplished by both American and Australian pilots accomplished with minimal support in a difficult environment with an...

Im restoring a P40K. Ed Rector (AVG) asked me why were people so interested in the P40! "We couldnt wait to trade those dogs in gor The P51". Thats about as first hand an opinion as you can get But as he said , when we had our warning net working and used Chennaults tactics rather than USAAF...

Not good to schedule same weekend as Reading

There is a s a lot of confusion between the -43 and the Zero. They did have roughly equivalent performance and were both difficult adversaries according to conversations I have had with pilots who flew against them. The Zero was of course primarily a naval fighter while the -43/ Hayabusa/Oscar...

I love that not the prom queen line!! I talking to a EAA chapter about my own P40k project and I’m gonna use it for sure! Was it the hottest airplane we had? Maybe at first but certainly not by the end. But what 1935 design (think P-36) would still hold up by 1943? Not many other than the...

Nothing like that on any version of the P40

Thanks very much for that great info

You are correct about the P40 part being similar. In fact I bought this hoping it would fit my P40 project or at least be adaptable to it. Seeing it is about 20% larger I have been trying to find a correct home for it. Thx

Appreciate you taking the time to look!

Hard to photograph it says Wagner 8000 or 800C