Egyptian Desert Kittyhawk

HunterICX · 05-11-12, 03:36 AM

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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.

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?

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

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05-11-12, 11:17 AM	#3
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,244 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

05-11-12, 06:09 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	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?