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Re: F4U-4 Corsair/BuNo. 97280
Posted by Rob Mears on Mon Nov 05, 2001 12:01:54 PM
In reply top F4U-4 Corsair/BuNo. 97280 posted by Scott WRG Editor on Sat Nov 03, 2001 02:21:12 AM
To my knowlege, the plane is still in storage pending legal actions.
The only component actually "destroyed" in the wreck was the left outer wing panel. The engine detached at the firewall, and the rear fuselage detached at the factory break just behind the cockpit. The last I saw of the plane, it was on a flatbed trailer in a hangar at Whittman Field in Oshkosh (just after the crash). It most definately could be restored, but the political situation currently surrounding the plane will probably keep it in storage for a while.