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Three seat Wildcat

Posted by PeterA on Fri Jan 10, 2003 09:01:56 AM

Reading the current posts on the 2 seat Corsair took me back to a ride I had back in the 1970's in a three seat Wildcat. Well there were seats for at least two passengers but there may have been more. I dread to think what this did to the C of G! The passengers sat facing rearwards, their backs up a against a diaphragm bulkhead behind the pilot. Once airborne, I recall unstrapping and standing talking to the pilot through a hatch at head level. You could just reach through and jiggle the stick - p.u/t.
The controls were obviously re-routed under the rear cabin floor and there were a couple of mini windows through which I got some reasonable photos of the Champlin Hellcat and Rudy Frasca's Wildcat in formation. From my log I see it was N11FE of owner pilot Fred Edison. Is this machine still about I wonder.

Follow Ups:

Re: Three seat Wildcat - Tim Savage Fri Jan 10, 2003 10:08:10 AM
- Re: Three seat Wildcat - Ron Henry Fri Jan 10, 2003 10:57:39 AM
  - Executive Transport P-47D - Tim Savage Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:16:34 AM
    - Executive Transport BT-13 - Dan Fri Jan 10, 2003 01:19:05 PM
      - Re: Executive Transport BT-13 - Tim Savage Fri Jan 10, 2003 02:00:43 PM
        
        Re: Executive Transport BT-13 - Eric Stevens Mon Jan 13, 2003 08:53:02 AM
      - There is a 4-place STC for the BT-13...(ntx) - bdk Fri Jan 10, 2003 04:46:36 PM
      - Re: Executive Transport BT-13 - Scott WRG Editor Sat Jan 11, 2003 02:39:49 AM
Re: Three seat Wildcat - Julian Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:42:08 AM
- First it was 3 seats, then 5 and now 7!........ wheyyyyyyyyy - Paul McMillan Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:06:54 PM
  - I wasn't including the stewardess and the flight eng.! n/t - PeterA Fri Jan 10, 2003 03:13:28 PM
Re: Three seat Wildcat - Joe Fri Jan 10, 2003 01:12:24 PM
- Re: Three seat Wildcat - Julian Sat Jan 11, 2003 08:39:52 AM
Richard Foote owns it base at Deland Fl. n/t - Rob Rohr Sat Jan 11, 2003 08:51:15 AM