This particular
aircraft is on display at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan (where I am
the education director), and was photographed prior to the opening of our new
museum in April, 2004. Although it carries the markings of a Bell P-400
Airacobra assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron on Guadalcanal in 1942, this
aircraft is actually a P-39Q. At one point in its life it was owned by
Mira Slovak who configured it as a racer named Mr. Mennen, before passing into
the hands of the Confederate Air Force. It was acquired by the Air Zoo in
1981 and has been maintained in airworthy condition, although it has not been
flown since the mid-1980s. It carries the civil registration NX40A.
For more on the Airacobra and the Air Zoo, visit www.airzoo.org
Stewart Bailey
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Left rear quarter view
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Right rear quarter view |
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Right front quarter view |
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Nose-on view
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Oil cooler intakes (left wing root)
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Left wing .50 cal. machine gun barrels |
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Pitot
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Pitot tube (looking inboard) |
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Left
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Left main gear leg viewed from front |
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Left
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Left gear leg wheel and brake assembly |
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Left gear leg viewed from rear quarter
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Left gear leg viewed from directly aft |
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Upper end of left gear viewed from rear |
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Left gear door viewed from front |
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Trim tabs on left aileron
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Left wing walkway |
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Belly between gear doors looking aft |
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Oil cooler exhaust viewed from left rear |
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Left elevator trim tab (upper surface)
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Left elevator |
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Rudder control pulley (left side) |
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