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It looks like a electric boost pump that was installed on a Grumman F-7F Tigercat although I am sure it was used on many WWII aircraft and probably later models after the war.

AAron, check out this book. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/mc-donnell-douglas-aircraft-since-1920-putnam-manufacturers-series_rene-j-francillon/796695/#edition=8155921&idiq=18003072

You might want to check out this P-38 manual to see if they list the tire pressures for the nose and main landing gear. https://stephentaylorhistorian.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/pilots-manual-lockheed-p-38-lightning-pilot-training-manual.pdf

It looks to me as a Wright 3350 piston whch is 155 mm in diameter. You might want to contact this company as they are the specialist in Wright engines. https://carlskinnerco.com/curtiss-wright-parts

I found this URL on the Abandoned Airports website. Scroll down to the Hanford Airport. They were showing the old Hanford, Washington airport from the war. It seems the Hanford plant workers each donated a day's pay to pay for one B-17 for the Army Air Corps. Hanford was one of the plants...

Differential pressure gauges have two inputs. One input port is for the actual pressure sense like fuel pressure and the other input port is for a different pressure, usually lower then the first port. Like on a turbocharged engine, to get the correct fuel pressure reading, you need the gauge...

Gary, there is a place in the California desert I have visited that has a couple of B-29s in pieces that have been used in film making. They also have a few B-25s in various stages of parts. It is located near Ocotillo Wells Airport just east of Borrego Springs. It is in a fenced compound that...

Gary, there is a place in the California desert I have visited that has a couple of B-29s in pieces that have been used in film making. They also have a few B-25s in various stages of parts.

Post 1886 of the EBay 109 saying it was a RAF plane--it looks like a RAF roundel under the right wing.

That spanner was used to install and remove the intake manifold tubes on Wright R-2600 radials also later on on Wright 3350s. Nadzab had both A-20s and B-25s which both had Wright 2600 engines. Below is an URL for a crashed A-20 at Nadzab. Pacific Wrecks

Well winter in Thermal, California was 88 degrees yesterday. Calm winds and no clouds and what a great day to fly. We are open for snow birds!

Where did the pilot sit? Was it Spirit of Saint Louis type visibility? DW

I do not think there is one Let-410 or 420 is the US even though the FAA may have approved the Type Certificate. 1200 have been built with less then 320 still around the world. The below quote is from 2016 and numerous accidents, all with fatalities since with two fatals in the past three...

The FAA won't even allow the LET-410 in the USA because of the death toll it has taken over the years. I don't know it weak spot(s) but a lot of them crashed on takeoff.

At first glance it looked like a retractable tail wheel. It is hard to gauge the size without a ruler to measure the tire and strut size. Of course a Maurader didn't have a tail wheel. More info might help.