Pima Air Museum's P-51D

[Gnomey]

Interesting shots. Always good to see the processes that get the warbirds to their airworthy state. Thanks for sharing.

 

[hawkeye2an]

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[Airframes]

Excellent pics, and gret restoration work. Thanks.

 

[Matt308]

Mental note... Inboard .50BMG does not protrude past the leading edge. Hmmmmm....

 

[Airframes]

Yep. The inboard guns were set further to the rear, to allow the ammunition feed track to reach the receiver.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[hawkeye2an]

Had time for a second post today.

 

[hawkeye2an]

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[Wayne Little]

I'm loving it....

 

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[Geedee]

Wow. Some very helpfull piccies there mate, many thanks for posting.

 

[hawkeye2an]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed them.

See pics from the PIMA websight here:

Restoration

 

[hawkeye2an]

This wraps up the thread. Hope you enjoyed this. Dad is currently working on the P-39, will post some pics if there is any interest.

 

[B-17engineer]

Just wonderful!!!

 

[Geedee]

Congrats to your dad and the team, thats a great bit of work.

If I can get my project any where near half as good as that resto, I'll be pleased !!!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Would be interesting to see the P-39 pics as well.

 

[Rocketeer]

Absolutely brilliant...I am so pleased they used a couple of my castings too! They sold for below cost price, but I am so pleased. Had I known when They were bidding, they would have had em for free.
Many thanx for posting and thanx to your Dad and the team for creating an absolute beauty.

Geedee and I need to get going on a couple of windscreens. We are having great difficulty with drawings and dimensions. If anyone could help??!