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3. I'm guessing the control surfaces were fabric-covered.

Fri May 11, 2012, 05:47 PM

May 2012

That would be more likely the earlier the model of P-40 that it was.

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I'm guessing the control surfaces were fabric-covered. arbusto_baboso May 2012 #3

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