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Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 08-29-2008 - 07:37

The site that I'd normally post this on is not accessible right now, so I thought I'd mention this here...it's transportation related.
Schellville Airport (AKA Sonoma Valley Airport) near Sears Point Raceway has a number of rare & unusual flying machines. One of these is a Curtiss P-40N that has been undergoing restoration for 7 years now. All the owner originally had to work with was a bare damaged fuselage & 4 ft. of one wing. He fabricated the rest on his own.
Yesterday afternoon at about 2PM, the aircraft was towed out of its hangar and at 2:20PM, the V-12 Allison engine run for the first time with owner/restorer Chris Prevost in the cockpit. It was near 100 degrees F, but the engine fired right off & was ran for about 5 minutes.
Very heartening to witness this.

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  OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Tom Moungovan 08-29-2008 - 07:37
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  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Tom Moungovan 08-29-2008 - 15:12
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Bill C 08-29-2008 - 15:40
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Tom Moungovan 08-29-2008 - 16:19
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Bill C 08-29-2008 - 16:56
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Rich Hunn 08-29-2008 - 20:03
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT GRRR 08-30-2008 - 11:51
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Rich Hunn 08-30-2008 - 12:23
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Jim Fitzgerald 08-30-2008 - 13:38
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Rich Hunn 08-30-2008 - 14:15
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Jim Fitzgerald 08-30-2008 - 16:01
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Tom Moungovan 08-30-2008 - 17:23
  Re: P-38 production for Jim Fitzgerald Tom Moungovan 08-30-2008 - 21:35
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Bill C 09-02-2008 - 18:12
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT GRRR 08-30-2008 - 18:25
  Re: OFF TOPIC BAY AREA SUBJECT Rich Hunn 08-30-2008 - 19:55
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