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Re: Collings F4U ... ?!!

Posted by Ryan Keough on Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:56:30 AM

In reply top Re: Collings F4U ... ?!! posted by Ryan Harris on Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:55:18 PM

Dale "Snort" Snodgrass was flying the aircraft for the test flight and it was a well executed belly landing; however it is way too early to do damage assessment. We will know better by tomorrow or Friday once the AAS crew can get her taken apart enough to see what was bent. We need more than the radome now... engine and prop are pretty high concern items in my humble opinion.

Ryan Keough
Collings Foundation

: I wouldn't think so just yet. She only flew on Monday. On
: the plus side of all this, she doesn't sound too heavily d
: amaged and from what I understand Tom Crevasse was flying
: today so hopefully he set her down ultra light and with an
: y kind of luck she will just look dirty like Cavanaugh's m
: achine did.
:
: I have no idea how long it will be before she is ready to
: go again but at least you know it won't be years this time
: around. She looks so good in the shots of her on the Amer
: ican Aero website. All we need is the radome now.
:
: BTW Rob, any news on the Cavanaugh bird?
:
: Ryan

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