On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:56:09 -0600, john szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote:
>Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
>> There is a tremendous amount of of interesting information about the
>> P-39 here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra
>>
>> There is no attribution, but supposedly a modified P-39 won the
>> Thomson trophy in 1946.
>>
>
>
>http://www.airrace.com/1946NAR.html
>
>Thompson "R" division
>300 miles 10 laps of a 30 mile course
>
> Place Pilot Race No Aircraft Speed
> 1 Alvin "Tex" Johnson 84 P-39Q 373.908
> 2 Tony LeVier 3 P-38L 370.193
What a great, informative web page! Fantastic pictures too! Thanks!
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