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Old 10-12-2009, 05:43 PM
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Default And then there was the aeroplanes
P39 Air Cobra and P63 King Cobra
Both were around during WWII
Shelby was a check pilot during WWII (beisdes being instructor to bomber pilots) , and test flew
planes to see if they were fixed, maybe the names stuck in his head...

hey, it's a theory
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