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Re: Corsair in Sept/Oct Warbirds International

Posted by Richard Allnutt on Sun Sep 07, 2003 03:18:16 PM

In reply top Corsair in Sept/Oct Warbirds International posted by Rob Mears on Sun Sep 07, 2003 02:16:05 PM

Huh... that's pretty interesting. I have always wondered how this airframe got the late model wings (-5?). I guess this was done by Harry Doan, to replace the ones damaged during the forced landing. Does anyone out there know the story on where the wings came from?

Cheers,
Richard



: I figure a few of you might be curious about the Corsair i
: llustrated on page 27 of the latest Warbirds International
: , sitting just behind the Fw-190D fuselage.
:
: The scheme is interesting enough, being two-tone white wit
: h a blue "wave" shape painted on each side of the fuselage
: . The props were chromed as well.
:
: This is in fact BuNo.92399 as it appeared between 1965-197
: 0 while owned and operated by Alvin George in Atlanta, Geo
: rgia. Not long after this photo was taken, the FG-1D suff
: ered a forced landing at NAS Norfolk, Virginia and the dam
: aged airframe was kept on location there pending Mr. Georg
: e's original intention of donating it to the USMC. Despite
: much pressure from the USMC, Mr. George decided instead t
: o sell the plane to Harry Doan to recoup his investment in
: the plane.
:
: This is the Corsair that's now with the Cavenaugh Flight M
: useum in Addison, Texas.

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