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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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