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A pretty P47
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:31 pm
by joseyclosey
I took this photo some years ago at St. Paul`s Holman Airfield, Minnesota I love the paint scheme and i am pretty sure it is still flying in this colour scheme.
Joe
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Big!
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:53 pm
by wh12725
It's still hard to imagine how stout the engine in these things must be to get something as big as a P-47 to fly as fast as they did! Always liked the lesson given to P-47 pilots when they get jammed-up in a dogfight....just put her nose down and let gravity take over....nothing will catch her!
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:32 pm
by sunray
"...to fly as fast as they did,,," And how cylinders could be shot off and it'd still fly. 8 .50 BMG's too. That looks like the snout of a P-51 in the back ground. And a Spit on the right.