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Re: V-173 "Flying Pancake" to be restored by Vought

Posted by Steve T on Sat Nov 01, 2003 05:48:22 PM

In reply top Re: V-173 "Flying Pancake" to be restored by Vought posted by JamesD on Sat Nov 01, 2003 10:37:39 AM

: No - I?ll shut up now! the XF5U was scrapped - not the V-1
: 73. (Makes mental note never to post again!)

James--

Hopefully you don't mean that last bit! That's the easiest of mistakes to make, since both the V-173 and the F5U were called Flying Flapjacks.

It's most unfortunate that the F5U was broken-up without ever being flown. It could have proved revolutionary in tactical aircraft design. And...I have often wondered how an F5U would have done at Reno...!

(BTW you're right about the airframe resisting the initial efforts to scrap it...They tried dropping a wrecking ball on it from a crane, the ball hit one of the spars and bounced off! Or so I'm told.)

S.

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