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Postby snapster » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:19 pm

Hi every body

here's a few photos of the new p-40 kittyhawk , restored by pioneer aero at ardmore.
and we were lucky enough to get buzzed twice at high speed laugh.gif





















(p.s. they are my photos, couldnt be arsed changing the mark lol)


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Postby jastheace » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:54 pm

nice pics, thanks for sharing, can't help but get the feeling the aircraft is trying to eat that guy with his arm down its throat!!!! tongue.gif
In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.

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Postby Gavin Conroy » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:48 pm

The Kittyhawk is a stunner and well done to the restoration team and to the future operators of the aeroplane.

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Postby beaufighterguy » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:10 pm

Wow nice shots guys!
It's always great to see this sort of thing happening also good to see it's done in desert paint rather than seeing the same old flying tigers avg. smile.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:28 pm

Impressive photo , its amazing to see whats required to cool the engine .
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Postby Gavin Conroy » Wed May 06, 2009 5:23 pm

Some Air 2 Air photos can be found at the site below.
It sure is a beautiful aircraft and thanks to Gavin Threthewey for flying it so well.

http://www.vintagewings.ca/page?s=63&lang=en-CA
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Postby ardypilot » Wed May 06, 2009 7:05 pm

Gavin Conroy wrote:
QUOTE (Gavin Conroy @ May 6 2009, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Some Air 2 Air photos can be found at the site below.
It sure is a beautiful aircraft and thanks to Gavin Threthewey for flying it so well.

http://www.vintagewings.ca/page?s=63&lang=en-CA

Thoses A2A's are amazing- got any high res versions uploaded anywhere?

Also, next time you're up at Ardmore, give me a yell. Would be good to put a face to the name!
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Postby Gavin Conroy » Wed May 06, 2009 8:22 pm

Will let you guys know when I am up that way next.
Was there just a few days ago taking photos of the aircraft below and that was fun.
Will be a while before I get back to Auckland but one or two visits are planned for later in the year.

No hi res photos of the P40 are out yet.
Once Classic Wings and Aeroplane Monthly have used them I will post a few.
Have one or two that I think are the best ones to share at some point.

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Postby TheAddict » Fri May 08, 2009 6:40 am

Hey Guys, i also had the chance to have a look at he KH a few weeks ago, Beautifully restored IMHO, thought id share these pics with yall smile.gif





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Postby Ian Warren » Fri May 08, 2009 9:41 am

Thanx Addict , its impressive what comes out the hangers at Ardmore ! I Wonder ... La's , Spitfires , Kittyhawks , shortly a Mossie? ... maybe we may see German , Japanese or Italian types in the future .
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Postby Gavin Conroy » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:03 pm

The P40 is in the back of this aircraft about to head home.
I think the crew member adds some real scale to the size of the Globemaster.

Will post more photos from the visit in a week or two.

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Postby Gavin Conroy » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:17 pm

and here is the P40.
Beautiful aircraft and a pleasure to fly with another Gavin




Here is a shot taken when we returned.
This nice photo was taken by Colin Hunter, Harvard flown by Liz.

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Postby Ian Warren » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:59 am

The cover is the best descript of just how big the C17 is , think in a way , the large cockpit windows seem to shrink the plane down , mind you .. that could be a midget ground crew man rolleyes.gif
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