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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 8:26 am 
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Any thoughts on what Corsair this is?
Found on the Chance Vought F4U Corsair page on Facebook.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:50 am 
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That's the one Airpower Unlimited restored for the Museum of Flight, recovered from Lake Washington in 1983 (when that photo was taken). As I recall, the aircraft had ditched in 1950. According to John Lane, the aircraft could have been made to/flown again, but The Museum was not interested in having it flying.


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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:56 am 
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http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 88382.html

http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/ ... 1d-corsair


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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:02 am 
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I forgot about that one. Thanks guys!


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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 8:01 pm 
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Does anyone know who located that airframe under water?


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I cant recall the name of the company that did the recovery but there use to be a website all about lake washingtons sunken planes and the guys who found and recovered a few planes...theres a pb4y sitting in that lake too if my memory serves me correctly...do some goodle searchn...


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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:11 am 
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Be nice to find a few more down there in that condition. Of course we are nearly 35 years on since that one was recovered!


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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:13 am 
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the corsairs that crashed into Sabago lake in the north east would be a great save, I think thats how its spelled...


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I cant recall the name of the company that did the recovery but there use to be a website all about lake washingtons sunken planes and the guys who found and recovered a few planes...theres a pb4y sitting in that lake too if my memory serves me correctly...do some goodle searchn...

It might have been Underwater Admiralty Services, tho there is a bit of a web page left it doesn't seem as extensive as it used to be. Something may have changed, there is a page with a lot of the same photos but no sidescans using the same company logo but as Underwater Admiralty Sciences....And it's Lake Sebago

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