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Re: Pic of slightly bent Collings Corsair on tarmac
Posted by Tom Royal on Mon Sep 29, 2003 09:20:18 AM
In reply top Pic of slightly bent Collings Corsair on tarmac posted by Lynn on Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:59:29 AM
I was at AAS during my lunchbreak on Wednesday when they took her up for the flight. I had to get back to work before the landing, and heard about it later.
Give her a couple of months and she will be back in the air.
Like an idiot I did not have my 35mm gear with me (didn't even know it was going to fly, was just driving by on my way back to work and saw it running.) I managed to take a couple of digitals of her in the air but nothing great. Tom at AAS got a killer video of Dale giving us all a haircut in a high-speed low-level pass. He'll probably be posting that on the American Aero Services website soon.
Living here in New Smyrna, I've been watching this restoration for years. I've seen it come up out of the ocean, and fly again. This is just a minor setback. I've seen the Corsair up close on numerous occasions throughout the entire restoration, and the work done is top notch.
Tom Royal