And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A work horse fighter. Always loved the shark mouth painted on the P40.
ReplyDeleteNormally the drop tank is jettisoned before going into combat.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good idea.
DeleteFirst balsa airplane (Guillows) I ever built was a P40.
ReplyDeleteI was 10 and I cried when it crashed....