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Originally Posted by GT182
So you know MH.... there will be one flying one of these days out of Reading, PA by the Mid Atlanctic Air Museum. This one was brought back from Indonesia back in 1990 off of Mt. Cyclopes. Today she sitting on her landing gear. Still work to be done. And once finished she'll be the only flying P-61 in the world. I've even had hands on working on a bit of the restoration. 
Check it out here.... www.MAAM.org This is also the home of the World War II Weekend, held the first weekend of June every year. This year will be the 23rd year. Direct link to their P-61.... http://www.maam.org/p61.html
My favorite WWII aircraft is the B-17, seeing my uncle was a togglier in Mission Belle back in 1941.. a B-17F. |
I have a aviation magazine about the famous P-61, "The Lady in the Dark" but dang if I can find it. I think the same magazine had an article about how a P-61 pilot and a P-47(I think?) where haggling at the bar about their respective fighters attributes. At some point, the other pilot made a snide remark about the P-61 was more like a medium bomber so that ended up causing a challenge to see who could out dogfight the other. I think they had 3 or 4 categories. One was shortest take-off, another was actual dog-fighting but I can't remember the others. Anyway, the two categories I do remember, the P-61 won and I'm pretty sure the guy won whatever other contest that was in play. Just wondering if you recall this incident at all? A lot of it could of just been the P-61 pilot being a lot more experienced but still quite the feat if it's true.