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HunterICX

05-11-12 03:36 AM

Egyptian Desert Kittyhawk

Quote:

In March 2012, a Polish Oil Exploration team driving near remote Wadi al-Jadid in Egypt came across a P40 "Kittyhawk" lying untouched since making a crashing during the North African battles of WW2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMat8I_z_0

pics:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1146825...eat=directlink

She seems in pretty good shape for the amount of time the desert had time to work on her.

HunterICX

Oberon

05-11-12 06:09 AM

Dry desert air is very good at preserving things, the only problems are being buried by sand and getting it sand-blasted. Wonder if she's salvagable? :hmmm:

Kptlt. Neuerburg

05-11-12 11:17 AM

I just got home and that was the first thing I read when I got online.
Judging by the photos in the msn artical I read, and the vid and pic that Hunter posted the aircraft looks in remarkably good condition. I would think and hope that it can be salvaged and restored:yep:.

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