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Re: Corsair project for sale
Posted by jaybird on Wed Nov 20, 2002 06:37:50 PM
In reply top Re: Corsair project for sale posted by Rob Mears on Wed Nov 20, 2002 05:05:00 AM
I stopped by to see the project over the years and saw the main spar coming together in layers. I'm curious as to the strength of this vs. an original and wonder if any type of load test was applied? I must say it did look massive, though. Speaking of the strength of a Corsair's main spar, the remains of the Pardue & Cavanaugh planes are a testimate (albeit an ugly way of discovering it) of its strength. In an earlier post, someone mentioned the book "F4U Corsair in action" (the new version). I noticed on page 10 in the upper left photo, just in front of tail of the plane being bore-sighted , is a center section remnant which is all too familiar to that of the Cavanaugh bird.