Air-to-Air P-40 Warhawk

Lowflynjack

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Jack Fleetwood
It was late in the morning and a very bumpy ride in the B-25, but we got it done. What an amazing airplane.

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Beautiful. I've always liked the P40 more than the Mustang, though some might find that heresy. The P40 had better low altitude performance.
 
Jack, what lake are you shooting over? Looks familiar...
 
NordicDave said:
Beautiful. I've always liked the P40 more than the Mustang, though some might find that heresy. The P40 had better low altitude performance.
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It is a beautiful plane. They already had one, but bought this one because it has two seats.
 
NordicDave said:
Beautiful. I've always liked the P40 more than the Mustang, though some might find that heresy. The P40 had better low altitude performance.
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I think the P-40 looks more menacing and intimidating, the P-51B has a sleeker/sexier look. Good thing for us there's a world where both exist!
 
NordicDave said:
Beautiful. I've always liked the P40 more than the Mustang, though some might find that heresy. The P40 had better low altitude performance.
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Me too.. as a kid I built a model of the p40, the f4u was another gorgeous plane
 
Wait… did you use a B-25 as a photo platform? I am absolutely in the wrong line of work.
 
Yes, second seat, but due to the added length, the tail looks odd because the leading edges of the horizontal and vertical stabilizers are offset. The guy who sold the plane to museum told me when I asked about was it that made it look different.

It is a VERY nice P40 example.
 
Lowflynjack said:
My office!
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The B25, God & Country is one of the center pieces of the Mid America Flight Museum. It was built near the end of WWII and was used as an instrument trainer, never seeing combat. When it made it into the civilian world, it was purchased by Tallman who built a nose to replace the bombardier compartment. In the nose was a turntable with a motion picture camera mount. The nose is on display next to the airplane. There were also mounts in the rear of the aircraft. There were many movies produced with footage taken from this ship. My reading indicates that it was used in the filming of “The Memphis Bell” and many others.

It’s a beautiful, well cared for example. Like virtually all aircraft in the museum it is airworthy and gets flown frequently.
 
Lowflynjack said:
Thank you. I only use the two lenses in my signature for air-to-air. In this case, I think theses were all shot with the 70-200.
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….. and those two lenses and the camera are probably worn out from the use during the last week. It’s a good thing for digital photo storage and huge capacity memory cards. Jack rarely had a moment when he didn’t have the camera to his eye. If the pictures that included me didn’t break the camera I’m hoping to get a few of them.

BTW, having met Jack face to face several times now, I can tell you that he’s not only talented at this specialized photography, but he’s a great guy. He was watching out for us all as we were operating a hot ramp with active aircraft all around. At coffee call one morning I had leg cramps from not adequately hydrating the previous day. After that Jack was constantly offering and bringing me water.
 
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