<p><strong>Recently discovered in <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/egypt-guide/">Egypt</a> by an oil-exploration team, a World War II fighter plane<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/9256879/WWII-fighter-plane-hailed-the-aviation-equivalent-of-Tutankhamuns-Tomb-found-preserved-in-the-Sahara.html"> called "the aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's tomb"</a> bears the scars of 70 years in the Sahara <a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/desert-profile/">desert</a>—but is nevertheless considered to be in "time capsule" condition.</strong></p><p>"I've never seen anything like it," said Ian Thirsk, head of collections at the<a href="http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/"> Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum</a> in London. The Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk is "the best preserved example of a Second World War aircraft I've seen for many, many years."</p><p>The plane's pilot is thought to have been Flt. Sgt. Dennis Copping, though no trace of his body has been found at the crash site.</p><p>(Related <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/photogalleries/samurai-subs-submarines-pictures/">pictures: "World War II 'Samurai Subs' Found-Carried Aircraft."</a>)</p><p>—<em>James Owen in London</em></p>