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Originally Posted by t6dpilot
The P-40 that crashed is not the one to which you refer, Tabs. I think that one came out of MN or crashed in MN - something like that. I vaguely remember that deal. IIRC, that was a P-40 that had been restored, but not to the standard that a lot of these birds are today.
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If the P-40 in question came out of MN, I'm 90% that it had to be a Ron Fagen bird. I stumbled into his Granite Falls shop Thanksgiving weekend 2005 when I saw the top two blades of a P-51 (very distinct) interupting the horizon...I couldn't believe my eyes when I got off the highway and over to the GF airport....One P51, one P38, one P-40 together, one P-40 undergoing nut and bolt restoration, one P-40 fuselage resting against a hangar wall (came from the USSR some how)...assorted other planes. Mr. Fagen was a complete gentlemen to me, a complete stranger. I was relieved to read it wasn't him that had lost his life. God speed to the pilot.