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![]() "Kingfish" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 18, 1:32 am, "vlado" wrote: Kingfish: This aircraft was not a stock F4U by any means. It was not even a factory built aircraft. It did not posses a serial number from the manufacturer or Navy. This airframe was built completely from spare parts and many custom made parts. Thus, as an airframe, it had no history. If this helps your regret.............. Interesting, vlado. Where'd that info come from? I'm curious. Did that plane have the R-4360 engine or the R-2800? Although, even without a NSN it's still a Corsair (right?) - albeit without any military combat history. Considering how many F4Us are airworthy these days, the loss of even a flying parts kit still bums me out. Gerald added: For these warbirds, I'm guessing most are probably in the Experimental category so probably the dataplate doesn't mean too much other than from the historical perspective but that is a pure guess. IIRC all warbirds are Experimentals because no civilian type certificate ever existed for them. The aircraft was powered by an R-4360. This crash happened in 1994... I would guess that there are more flying Corsairs today than there were then, due to various restoration project coming to fruition. In today's high dollar warbird scene, it is economically feasable to restore (or remanufacture) projects that were not viable projects 10 or 20 years ago. KB |
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On Feb 18, 10:38 am, "Kyle Boatright" wrote:
The aircraft was powered by an R-4360. This crash happened in 1994... I would guess that there are more flying Corsairs today than there were then, due to various restoration project coming to fruition. In today's high dollar warbird scene, it is economically feasable to restore (or remanufacture) projects that were not viable projects 10 or 20 years ago. Aha. I saw the Dec. '04 date on the video and assumed it was recent. Interesting point about the viability of warbird restorations KB. I never thought of that. |
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