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Re: F4U-5N Corsair, BuNo.122179 restoration
Posted by Ryan Harris on Thu Nov 13, 2003 03:59:24 PM
In reply top Re: F4U-5N Corsair, BuNo.122179 restoration posted by Tulio on Thu Nov 13, 2003 01:20:06 AM
Yes Tulio this would be the bird.
I was talking to Marlene Sharpe about it on Sunday actually and I had no idea of the details. Apparently one bank of cylinders was still running and Mike had to thread the airplane under some powerlines and it skidded about 100 yards. The fuselage broke in the classic Corsair place right behind the cockpit and the airplane was actually on the ground for about 10-15 minutes before it caught fire. Wasn't until the fuel finally hit something hot that it happened. Pretty amazed at the details of it all.
Some of this plane is also in our Corsair (Collings).