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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End
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Navigation
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Vent
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Engine
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Engine
air intake on back of fuselage |
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Rear
spine of fuselage from left side |
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View
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Left
wing upper surface
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Right
wing upper surface |
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Engine
exhaust stacks viewed from left rear |
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Radio
antenna attachment point on canopy (left side) |
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Access
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Vent
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Engine
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