Since my early childhood I was strongly attracted by this warbird,

listen to that baby roar

It's wonderful to see airplanes like this restored and maintained. I never thought i would anything but pictures and fact sheets about a bird like this. Hats off to the people who do this work!

Besides modifying the nose of the fuselage for the Allison V-12, there wasn't a lot of difference between this plane and the P-40. Looks like same wing, tail, landing gear, maybe even the canopy. But, you couldn't paint a shark's mouth behind the radiator opening so it doesn't look as cool! But, as far as owning a 'warbird' aircraft I'll bet the radial engine is cheaper to maintain than the in-line - probably a lot more spare parts available. And I wouldn't sweat a lower top speed or service ceiling since there aren't any Zero's to worry about these days! Probably cheaper on fuel, too.

My dad was a crew chief for these at Waycross, GA in 1943 when he knocked up me mother whilst on leave to Lake Charles, LA with his buddy early in the year. This model was always his favorite to work on, said it was the easiest to keep going strong. He was definitely a top-notch mechanic & later a machinist making 1/10th scale model steam engine parts for a ride-on train. I still have the last one of those he was working on, unfortunately I have no idea how to get it running, nor the $$ to spend paying someone who could. It's an interesting conversation piece, and a little smaller than a WWII airplane... 😎

Perfect color of this fighter and very low pass indeed

So, this is the plane whose pilot invented the Cuban 8 ?

It does not get any better than this!

I think that's probably one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made. As lovely as it looks on the ground, it needs to be seen flying to fully appreciate it. Considering there were only ever four ever made, it's especially impressive that it's kept airworthy and not just stuck in a museum as a static display.

Yeah first time i've seen it fly what a beauty!

Hawker Nimrod K3661 at Cleethorpes Airshow in 2013! Nice maneuvers and aerobatics in blustery conditions!