[ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert

[W4AWM at aol.com]

Just possibly the pilot was a REAL ham who knew what he was doing.   This 
was back when you had to know something, including code to get a  ticket, not 
just read a book and memorize the answers they were looking  for.
 
Flame on........
 
73,
 
John,  W4AWM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/11/2012 3:12:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jfor at quikus.com writes:

"The  radio and batteries were out of the plane and it looks like he tried
to get  it working."

I find that somewhat strange. Aircraft radios don't just  have two power
wires and an antenna. Unless the 'plane's harness was  chopped up in the
crash, I'd have thought the chances of getting the radio  working would be
much better in the plane.

It's a feat that I'd find  taxing with just a knife and no other tools.

Maybe some nomads came by  in the intervening years and removed, then
abandoned thye  stuff?

-John

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> The  discovery of the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk in the Sahara Desert was
>  described by one military historian as "the aviation equivalent of
>  Tutankhamun's Tomb."
>
> A remarkably well-preserved fighter plane  that crashed in the Sahara
> Desert during World War II has been found  70 years later, shedding new
> light on the pilot's struggle to  survive.
>
> "The radio and batteries were out of the plane and it  looks like he tried
> to get it working. If he died at the side of the  plane his remains would
> have been found."
>
> I hope that  details of the radios will be forthcoming!
>
>  Wayne
>
> WB5WSV
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