Please send photo.................
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 9/11/2013 3:02 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> I couple of weeks ago, I got a glimpse (and a fuzzy cellphone picture)
> of a pair of WW2 era fighters flying in formation over Denver. I think
> they were beelining it out of Centennial before a big storm hit.
>
> I'm a bit puzzled by them because I can't recognize them by the
> combination of shape and sound.
>
> 1. The wings have a straight trailing edge, perpendicular to the body.
> A P51, for instance, has the leading edge perpendicular to the body,
> as does most US fighters from that era, with various shapes for the
> trailing edge. I think the wing tips were shaped similar to the P51.
>
> 2. The body is slenderish and long, like the P51, but with the wing
> farther forward.
>
> 3. The tail is NOT that of a Zero. Possible German aircraft. The
> horizontal stabilizer is not forward of the vertical fin, but appears
> also appears more square cornered in shape than many earlier WW2
> fighters which had rounded shapes.
>
> 4. Did not sound like a radial, and the front cowling was too narrow.
> But most inline engines have more body ahead of the wing. Not F4U
> short, but not P51 long. More like a Hurricane.
>
> 5. If anything, it had a bit of a hurricane look, but the wing is all wrong.
>
> 6. There would have been two of them here in Colorado. One is painted
> tan and he took the wingman position.
>
> I can email a camera phone photo if anybody contacts me off-list, but
> thought I'd toss this out first.
>
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