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im trying to identify this seat, i thought it was a B-17E or F navigators seat but cannot find a good picture of one. i guess it did swivel

short solent...thanks

Teal Solvent? never heard of it?

Im hoping someone can give me a positive id on this Its a Dehavilland 4 blade hydromatic type spider stamped DHL (Dehavilland lostock) and has other stamps and numbers, it looks very similar to a h/s 24D50 and a DH type 4/4000/6 except for the corners, i think its for an Avro lincoln / CA-18...

try this guy Bell P-39: Progress Update

i sold the D2 not long ago, it was 41-38385 that shot down some aircraft before being shot down in new guinea. the one im rebuilding is 41-6978 that was used by the naca to test self sealing tanks, then used in the war games as the enemy before being shipped to the pacific with the 12fs and...

Hi, the cobras were not all uniform. i have a early P-39D that had i think a 20mm judging by the ejection port size in the lower keel but it also had P-400 exhaust stacks, i also had a D-2 that did have a 37mm, i still have the mounts for it. they might have swapped and changed in theater as the...

mine will fly.........in about 30 years lol, its missing something fairly important to allow it to fly....a dump truck full of cash

i have seen different measurements between the P-39D1 with 20mm cannon and the D-2 with 37mm so i assume cannon tip to rudder? also i think some P-400's had a squared off rudder

3 wrecks left, the rest were sold or parted out. only looking at completing one now, i was going to rebuild several but there is no market to justify the cost

i can lift it, maybe 50 kg. i think its made to stop anything up to .308 on a deflection shot, not straight on. the gearbox armor is steel, this is aluminum

the cobra can almost out turn a zero at sea level but in png it was hot humid and high, very high mountains and the japs loved to come in over 20,000ft, the cobra power dropped off badly after 13k feet

this is factory made armor for a P-39F-2. only 27 were made, the holes in it are for cameras because they took all of the guns out and fitted cameras and armor

A while ago someone was talking about P-39 armor and i said i would get photos of the belly armor of one of my cobras, i forgot but ended up going to the hangar today, so here is the P-39 factory made belly armor for anyone interested. in addition there was armor around the gearbox, front...

any ideas? it looks english, maybe firefly or spitfire mk v? the only markings are "379" and "m". it looks like a 3 blade design, the bolt heads are stamped "air associates", it is pressed steel not alloy.