Another warbird lost

On Feb 17, 10:02 pm, "Kingfish" wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...06816384837258

This makes me nuts. An irreplaceable Corsair is lost in an air race -
a Super Corsair at that, which I think was one of a handful of R-4360
powered F4Us. Glad the pilot got out, but another piece of history is
gone, and for no good reason IMHO...

What would be even more sad is to see these planes rusting away in a
museum. Let them fly!! Seeing these planes in museums is like looking
at a coffin.

-Robert

On Feb 20, 9:56 am, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,





"vlado" wrote:
On Feb 19, 10:51?pm, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:
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?"Tri-Pacer" wrote:
" This makes me nuts. An irreplaceable Corsair is lost in an air race -

Hey it's his airplane to do with what he wants.

I have a friend who has accumulated a whole warehouse full of warbird
parts and refuses to sell to racers. (It REALLY ****es them off!)

He has several P-51s (including a flyable H model), a Bearcat an a bunch
of antiques.

Will he sell to ex-racers? HA!

I don't know -- I DO know that he hates to see them modified, abused and
torn up.

Or worse, rusting in a museum!!

-Robert

On Feb 20, 2:08 pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

This makes me nuts. An irreplaceable Corsair is lost in an air race -
a Super Corsair at that, which I think was one of a handful of R-4360
powered F4Us. Glad the pilot got out, but another piece of history is
gone, and for no good reason IMHO...

What would be even more sad is to see these planes rusting away in a
museum. Let them fly!! Seeing these planes in museums is like looking
at a coffin.

I agree 100%, but realize the operating cost of those planes can be
scary. I just don't like seeing them put at risk in air racing. I'd be
interested to know what the total attrition rate is considering the
number of aircraft currently under restoration

In article .com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

On Feb 17, 10:02 pm, "Kingfish" wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...06816384837258

This makes me nuts. An irreplaceable Corsair is lost in an air race -
a Super Corsair at that, which I think was one of a handful of R-4360
powered F4Us. Glad the pilot got out, but another piece of history is
gone, and for no good reason IMHO...

What would be even more sad is to see these planes rusting away in a
museum. Let them fly!! Seeing these planes in museums is like looking
at a coffin.

-Robert

Even worse is the "airplane on a stick."