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they stopped in Tampico, n/t
Posted by Joe Scheil on Thu Feb 27, 2003 01:54:00 AM
In reply top Re: Corsairs In Cancun?? posted by Rob Mears on Thu Feb 27, 2003 01:49:51 AM
: This is actually quite possible, though it would have to h
: ave been December of 1979. There were no more than six F4
: U's in the air at any time during the ferry flights from H
: onduras though. I'll bet it would have 'struck' me as a d
: ozen had I seen them lined up though ;)
:
: Cancun is not that far from Tegucigalpa where the flights
: originated, and is along the general flight path taken for
: the recovery flights. I see no reason why they would hav
: e needed to stop as a group so close to their departure po
: int though. I can think of worse places than Cancun to ta
: ke a pit stop! :D
:
: Shortly after the initial recovery flight, Ed Real flew ba
: ck down to recover one of the two Corsairs that still rema
: ined to be flown out. He had a hydraulic failure and had
: to belly land the plane at Belize City. As a mark for the
: Corsairs resilience, let it be known that the plane flew
: out shortly thereafter with nothing more than a change of
: the prop :) While waiting for the prop I believe the plan
: e was forced to sit there for a week or two.
:
: Any chance your father might be remembering a sight that h
: e saw while actually visiting nearby Honduras (Tegucigalpa
: )? He could definately have seen a dozen Corsairs there a
: round that time. Couldn't have been too hard to spot a bu
: nch of gringos charging around in the sky doing test fligh
: ts ;)