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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:47 am 
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... as in the CAF's Bell P-63F Kingcobra BuNo 43-11719 N447AG and the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Chance-Vought FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92399 N448AG

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P-63F N447AG 43-11719. St. Petersburg FL Apr 66 photo by Air Race historian Bob Pauley
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p39-p63r ... 11719.html

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FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92399. St. Petersburg FL Apr 66? photo by Air Race historian Bob Pauley
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 92399.html

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P-63F N447AG 43-11719 after recent restoration back to flight.
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/category/wa ... -kingcobra

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The Cavanaugh Flight Museum’s Corsair is finished in the armament arrangement of an F4U-1C, having 4, wing mounted 20MM cannons. The paint scheme is that of Major Archie Donahue’s Corsair when he served with VMF-112 at Guadalcanal. On May 13, 1943, Maj. Donahue destroyed five Zero aircraft in a single engagement, thus becoming an “Ace-in-a-day”. Maj. Donahue is one of only 7 Marine pilots to accomplish this feat. He repeated this accomplishment by destroying another 5 enemy aircraft over Okinawa in 1945 while serving with VMF-451. He is credited with a total of 14 aerial victories and his decorations include the Navy Cross, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, and five Air Medals.
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/co ... s/aircraft
http://www.f4ucorsair.com/92399.html

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:44 pm 
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Nice but note the flat strut on the lower Corsair..


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Nice but note the flat strut on the lower Corsair..


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Personally, I like the '60s paint schemes better.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:54 am 
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ArtS wrote:
Personally, I like the '60s paint schemes better.

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Agreed. The military markings are boring. The Civilian ones looked good.

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Count me in as someone who likes a tastefully done civilian scheme on a warbird.

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Me too.

Hey Hacker -- are you just Randy now? Been wondering if you made it to retirement and became just a civilian like the rest of us...

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My first time seeing that civilian Corsair paint. 8)


And my favorite paint for the P-63 (and my favorite picture of it). :)

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Me too.

Hey Hacker -- are you just Randy now? Been wondering if you made it to retirement and became just a civilian like the rest of us...


I am, indeed, a "Mr" now!

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ArtS wrote:
Personally, I like the '60s paint schemes better.


I'm not sure I'd go that far and certainly wouldn't make a blanket statement...but if I had a warbird, I'd consider a tasteful civil scheme if for no other reason than to make it stand out from the rest.

I'd really consider it if "my" P-51 couldn't be natural metal...I'd prefer a civil scheme to silver painted airframe, I'm personally not a fan of metal flake paint pretending to be metal.

Again, that's my opinion...if you have a silver painted Mustang, please don't take my opinion as a criticism....in fact, if you give me a ride in it, I'll gladly change my mind! :):)

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... <>Chance-Vought FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92399 N448AG

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This image got me searching...


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Does anyone know anything about Al George who owned these planes back in the day? His collection also included P-51D N6357T before it "emigrated" to El Salvador.

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Mark Allen M wrote:
... as in the CAF's Bell P-63F Kingcobra BuNo 43-11719 N447AG and the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Chance-Vought FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92399 N448AG

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P-63F N447AG 43-11719. St. Petersburg FL Apr 66 photo by Air Race historian Bob Pauley
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p39-p63r ... 11719.html

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FG-1D Corsair BuNo 92399. St. Petersburg FL Apr 66? photo by Air Race historian Bob Pauley
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 92399.html

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P-63F N447AG 43-11719 after recent restoration back to flight.
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/category/wa ... -kingcobra

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The Cavanaugh Flight Museum’s Corsair is finished in the armament arrangement of an F4U-1C, having 4, wing mounted 20MM cannons. The paint scheme is that of Major Archie Donahue’s Corsair when he served with VMF-112 at Guadalcanal. On May 13, 1943, Maj. Donahue destroyed five Zero aircraft in a single engagement, thus becoming an “Ace-in-a-day”. Maj. Donahue is one of only 7 Marine pilots to accomplish this feat. He repeated this accomplishment by destroying another 5 enemy aircraft over Okinawa in 1945 while serving with VMF-451. He is credited with a total of 14 aerial victories and his decorations include the Navy Cross, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, and five Air Medals.
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/co ... s/aircraft
http://www.f4ucorsair.com/92399.html


Ran across the 63 a couple of weekends ago. Had no clue she was hiding just around the corner from my parent's house. That was a cool surprise! Just wish she was a bit more on display. Sorry for the quality, wingtip, and golf cart. Iphone pic and it was pretty dark in that hangar.
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