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Re: One fine day
Posted by Steve T on Tue Sep 30, 2003 08:35:40 PM
In reply top One fine day posted by Rob Mears on Tue Sep 30, 2003 09:30:44 AM
Rob--
: It's going to be a moment to remember when both of those F
: 2G's are rolled out for their first public display togethe
: r.
Yep. If nothing else, it'd be magnificent to see both fired up simultaneously: all that smoke, all that noise... :-)
I sure wish Cleland's #94 and Ron Puckett's #18 had su
: rvived the general warbird neglect of the 1950s-60s period
: to enjoy the same dignified treatment.
Amen. Actually, I'm told Walt weighed buying both #74 and #94, but the Thompson Products Museum bought #94 instead--keeping only the engine and prop (which are now at the Crawford iirc). I've also seen comments in print from Walt about the dire condition (at the time--ca.1953) of #57, which was also at Euclid Ave Airport. Walt did buy #74, of course, and also the heavily damaged FG-1A #92 which he reportedly still has at least parts of.
: Now if only the Crawford Museum would go the distance and
: allow #74 to be restored back to its original racing condi
: tion :) One season on the air show scene with Odeggard's
: machine would make it all worth the effort IMO!
Oh, yes. Sea Fury fanatic though I am, and glad though I was to see "Miss Merced" (one of two still-flyable RCN Furies)...it was one shiny red Corsair that, had it been at Willow Run all by itself, would still have been worth the three-hour drive for me. Two of them? Heavenly!
Cheers
S.