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« on: April 29, 2012, 08:51:51 PM »
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 04:06:29 AM »
Lovely!
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 05:28:31 AM »
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    Are you the pilot ? How does she handle ?
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2012, 09:53:01 AM »
My Dad said there was one of those that sat in Wichita for a few months after someone landed and couldn't afford the needed repairs and it was abandoned. No telling what happened with it.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2012, 09:54:57 AM »
One of my favourite Airfix models as a child, still looks good.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 09:58:58 AM »
I wish I was the pilot
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 10:49:00 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 10:57:05 AM »
Quote from: racerx95 on April 29, 2012, 08:51:51 PM
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The tips of the prop move fast enough to break the sound barrier thus producing tiny sonic booms.
Loudest prop plane I ever saw was a Grumman Bearcat.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 03:03:27 PM »
Amazing picture and aircraft! My great Uncle Don was a mechanic on them in WW2, with VMA-214. Till the day he died he carried around a picture he took of Pappy Boyington in the cockpit while they were in the Phillippines.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 06:00:51 PM »
I love that plane
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 06:40:13 PM »
Quote from: racerx95 on April 29, 2012, 08:51:51 PM
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Just curious, when and where was this pic taken ?
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2012, 07:54:24 PM »
Has to be 4 or 5 years ago.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2012, 12:10:46 AM »
This one is based in Masterton (New Zealand). About an hours ride from home.
Shares a hanger with a P40 and some older stuff like this for example



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Re: Corsair
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2012, 12:20:26 AM »
Beautiful plane, i am also a big fan of the P47D Thunderbolt, actually almost any plane from this era.... ;)

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Re: Corsair
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2012, 12:34:50 AM »
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2012, 01:29:30 AM »
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Yep, just like Pappy Boyington used to fly..... ;)
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2012, 01:55:07 AM »
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What was the other thing, a helldiver or something like that?  Pacific theather, stubbier looking, big radial, real fast, wings that fold up for carrier stow away?


I Went to  'SAM'  at the Smithsonian this summer. Can't seem to find the jpg files right now.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2012, 07:05:18 AM »
Quote from: Short shins on May 02, 2012, 12:10:46 AM
This one is based in Masterton (New Zealand). About an hours ride from home.
Shares a hanger with a P40 and some older stuff like this for example



Nice Camel!  Here's a shot of a Spad XIII just for the heck of it. maybe we should rename this thread "Great Planes". :)
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2012, 07:16:55 AM »
Great Video of the Corsair on take off and in Flight Mick !  ;D
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2012, 11:47:48 AM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on May 02, 2012, 12:20:26 AM
Beautiful plane, i am also a big fan of the P47D Thunderbolt, actually almost any plane from this era.... ;)



Oh yeah, I think the thunderbolt is the one that would come in and help when Dad was in a pinch on the ground.  I bet he thought they were beautiful a few times.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2012, 01:47:24 PM »
I love the Corsair and the Thunderbolt. I have never seen a Bearcat in person but they did have a record attempt in one during the 1950's where it almost broke the sound barrier in a dive.
One that I have seen in person that sounds totally different than anything else is the Hawker Sea Fury they have two double wasp radial engines for a total of 32 cylinders.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #21 on: May 02, 2012, 01:51:32 PM »
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I have never seen a Bearcat in person but they did have a record attempt in one during the 1950's where it almost broke the sound barrier in a dive.
Yeah, that Bearcat was the only one I've ever seen in person.
Awesome prop plane, arrived too late for the war. They were used in Korea a bit. There's not many left flying I'm sure.
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Re: Corsair
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2012, 02:44:22 PM »
When I was in aircraft maintenance school, we learned the meaning for F4U = F**k for you.

I found it on a Voit site in the past but cannot find it now.
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« Reply #23 on: May 02, 2012, 03:34:59 PM »
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What was the other thing, a helldiver or something like that?  Pacigic theather, stubbier looking, big radial, real fast, wings that fold up for carrier stow away?

Grumman Hellcat   ;)

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Re: Corsair
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2012, 03:45:57 PM »
That one must Climb fast, NICE.
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