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Re: Perfect timing :)

Posted by Richard Allnutt on Mon Apr 21, 2003 02:58:49 PM

In reply top Perfect timing :) posted by Rob Mears on Sat Apr 19, 2003 09:41:43 PM

Hi Rob... actually the Quantico corsair is an FG-1A, although it has incorrect tail gear, and horizontal stabilizers. I was surprised to see that the horizontals are made from metalite, which did not appear until late -4's if I remember correctly. The incorrect tall tail gear is also in place. However, it does have the very rare belly window beneath the pilot's feet! Last November I had the privilege to crawl all over this aircraft, taking pictures of as much of the interior as possible (even getting in the rear fuselage!). This was quite an enjoyable event!

Cheers,
Richard

PS. I was told by the curator that the airframe was going to Pima, but then a few months later a close friend of mine
at Quonset said that they had secured her. Hope they find a good place for her there, as their museum is pretty cramped! They do have some remarkable airframes though, and are doing a great job with some of the restorations.
: I just got back from Patriots Point about 30 minutes ago :
: ) It's alive and kicking, big time! I think every Boy Sc
: out in the country was there. Great museum - much more th
: at just a aircraft carrier there.
:
: Rob Rohr informed me last week that the Marine Corps museu
: m at Quantico is now closed, and will be for the next coup
: le of years while a new facility is built up on the main i
: nterstate. The FG-1D Corsair there is being relocated to
: the NAS Quonset Point museum farther up the coast in Rhode
: Island.

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