Shit Happens

       Thanks to the hard work of the Commemorative Air Force, yet another old flight test bird is still in the air. Bell P-63 Kingcobra 42-68941 was born in February of 1944 at the Bell factory near Niagara Falls and flew as one of the company’s test vehicles, helping develop later generations of Kingcobra.

     In January of 1945, she became one of two NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, now NASA) P-63 aircraft based at Moffett Field in Mountain View, CA, doing basic research. Over the decades, she was bought and sold many times, one time fraudulently, resulting in lengthy legal battles. Fortunately, she found a home with the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing in Peachtree City, GA, who painstakingly restored her for the air show circuit.

“Loke’s Offspring”

“Mjölnir - Hammer Of Thor”

“Tyrfing- The Cursed Sword”

“Fenrir - Odin’s Bane”

“Gramr - The Sword Of Sigurd, The Dragonslayer”