Anyone Have a Spare 45,000$ I Can Borrow?

[fubar57]

'Losing an old friend': Retired fighter pilot selling replica of P-40 Warhawk

Wayne Foster spent much of his life chasing the horizon as a fighter pilot, but he could be facing his toughest battle yet: parting with the warbird h.

www.princegeorgenow.com

 

[PFVA63]

Hi,
I don't have that kind of cash on hand, but I do have some lottery tickets and I am feeling lucky

 

[mjfur]

Is this a replica that can fly or a replica/toy for ground use only?

 

[fannum]

One of my instructors tells of 'delivering' P-40s in '41 when restricted Lend Lease was in effect. They'd fly them from the factor in New York to an empty farm field on the North Dakota/Canadian border. No one around, and they'd just leave them lined up.
A bus would show up to take them to a train station and back home. The bus driver said the next day, there would be just tractor tracks in the field heading across the border, and no airplanes in sight.

 

[KLS&C 85]

If my last name was Gates, the check would be in the mail.