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    P-40 found in the Egyptian desert

    05-04-2012 12:58 AM #1
    Pretty cool stuff. Crash landed during the war and just sitting there on a rock for 70 years.

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    05-04-2012 11:04 AM #2
    Im going to put a new engine in and fly it out!!!!


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    05-04-2012 12:38 PM #3
    Pretty neat. Made me think of the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits episode of the crashed WWII bomber in the desert.

    Edit: I was thinking of Sole Survivor, a 1970 movie, and a related Twilight Zone episode.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole_Survivor_(1970_film)
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    05-05-2012 12:57 AM #4
    Probably landed there by this guy.
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    05-05-2012 01:19 AM #5
    I wonder if they'll find his remains somewhere out there?
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    05-06-2012 12:46 PM #6
    That's astonishing.
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    05-08-2012 01:18 AM #7
    Oh yeah, that picture's got diorama written all over it! This and the new F-15 splinter scheme posted earlier make me want to pick up the tools again...
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    05-08-2012 01:52 PM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by dubfan View Post
    That's astonishing.
    well put........
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    05-08-2012 09:42 PM #9
    Flippin' amazing.
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    05-09-2012 09:17 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by 'dubber View Post
    Oh yeah, that picture's got diorama written all over it!
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    05-10-2012 06:19 PM #11
    This is on Gizmodo now:

    http://gizmodo.com/5909393/never-bef...after-70-years

    Some (sad) detail about the pilot's fate, and more bad news -- the plane's been found by locals and is being scavenged while awaiting transport to a museum
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