Comments by "" (@Farweasel) on "American Spitfire; the Curtiss XP-46 “Kittihawk”" video.

@JohnWayneCheeseburger I absolutely loved the type too - From the point someone, probably my dad (who in this instance of unusual largesse had probably met someone in the pub who happened to have one which fell off the back of a lorry) gave me a Glow plug engined, sand brown plastic P40 tricked out in 'Flying Tigers' (of China fame) markings. It was meant to fly round in circles its hight controlled by two strings on a hand unit. It probably would have but we could never get the motor to run for more than 20 seconds. But me & my mates would spend hours simply trying to coax the motor into life, then gaze with rapt admiration when Buurup, halt, Buurup, halt occasionally burst into a high pitched scream and tried to tug the thing out of the hands of whoever was holding it. . Looking back I probably reckoned it was the most wonderful thing my dad ever bought me. Sadly, I have no idea what happened to it. Last I saw it was sitting quietly in its box almost forgotten about. (My mother's rare obsessive urge to 'clear out clutter' is the prime suspect).
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