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If your ever close to Batavia, Ohio ( Cincinnati ) this little gem is worth checking out. I was here about two years ago and this P-40m looked in just about the same shape. The rest of the story... this aircraft was completed and was making it's six test hop when the oil cooler malfunctioned, creating the piston/engine block combo you see in the first picture. The pilot made a wheels down dead stick landing. With little runway left and too much speed, he intensionally ground looped. Collapsed one of the mains and still slide thur the perimeter fence. With four mechanics working on her thur the week shes on the fast track to being rebuilt. All their "completed" aircraft are air worthy.
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