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Re: Pardue Corsair Sold
Posted by Rob Mears on Thu May 09, 2002 10:30:52 PM
In reply top Re: Pardue Corsair Sold posted by Tim Savage on Mon Apr 29, 2002 12:14:02 PM
: Rob:
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: John only has two FG-1Ds and one F4U-5 under restoration.
From what I've gleaned from Frank Arrufat, Jim Thomas, and Mr. Lane, there is one complete FG-1D (Gary Kohs), and the disassembled components for two others. The trick is that only parts of the two others are present. Jim Thomas' center section is there, but no rear fuselage, and only one wing. Frank Arrufat's rear fuselage is there, but he has yet to ship up his center section and other components (its due up this month). This would tend to look like parts for a single Corsair, but is in fact major components for what will soon collectively be two planes.
Jim Thomas' rear fuselage will have to be built up from scratch using a set of new bulkheads that were located elsewhere. It's planned to scratch build one of the wing panels for this plane using patterns from a heavily damaged unit.
Frank Arrufat still has a couple of truck loads to deliver, but everything should be present there by some time in June. Now if I could only get up there to see everything ;)