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Richard Foote owns it base at Deland Fl. n/t
Posted by Rob Rohr on Sat Jan 11, 2003 08:51:15 AM
In reply top 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 ba
: ck to a ride I had back in the 1970's in a three seat Wild
: cat. 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 t
: o 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 whi
: ch I got some reasonable photos of the Champlin Hellcat an
: d Rudy Frasca's Wildcat in formation. From my log I see it
: was N11FE of owner pilot Fred Edison. Is this machine sti
: ll about I wonder.