When all the Corsair's are in there boxe's
Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:49 pm
Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:00 pm
Great pics as always.
In keeping with the box theme,
Regards,
Mike
In keeping with the box theme,
Regards,
Mike
Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:02 pm
I was thinking of the song 
Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:09 pm
Second pic down, FG-1D #46 BuNo.92623, what's attached to the left center wing rack?
In the third pic down, with the F4U-4's in the hangar, the rudder has 543 stencilled on it and the nose cowl ?77.
I can't make out the BuNo. on it.
Regards,
Mike
In the third pic down, with the F4U-4's in the hangar, the rudder has 543 stencilled on it and the nose cowl ?77.
I can't make out the BuNo. on it.
Regards,
Mike
Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:16 pm
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Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:53 pm
mike furline wrote:Second pic down, FG-1D #46 BuNo.92623, what's attached to the left center wing rack?
Looks like a practice bomb dispenser unit. The Main Gear Door behind it makes it look weird, but I looked at it closer and you can just make out the "humps" made by the practice bombs.
Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:32 pm
Sweeeeet photo series Ken, yet again. 
BuNo.92623 is just six steps away from BuNo.92629 with the Palm Springs Air Museum in California. Nice big orgy of NART Minneapolis FG-1D's!
Those early series F4U-4's look dandy as well. Great quality scans btw!
Can you tell what the number is on the side of the Royal Navy bird?
BuNo.92623 is just six steps away from BuNo.92629 with the Palm Springs Air Museum in California. Nice big orgy of NART Minneapolis FG-1D's!
Those early series F4U-4's look dandy as well. Great quality scans btw!
Can you tell what the number is on the side of the Royal Navy bird?
Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:02 pm
Rob Mears wrote:Can you tell what the number is on the side of the Royal Navy bird?
I believe it's KD182. The "B" on engine cowl is for British ofcourse.
Regards,
Mike
Bu No 92623
Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:13 pm
Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:32 pm
I believe it's KD182. The "B" on engine cowl is for British ofcourse.
Cool, that makes it FG-1A, BuNo.14613.
Must be nice to have spare data plates laying around Lex!
Spare ones are surely as rare as hen's teeth these days. If you ever choose to eBay it, call me first.
Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:15 pm
That Corsair in a box is, I assume, one of the $12,000 all metal Corsairs marketed by Gary Kohs company? Saw it on mdisplay at OSH back in 2003...amazing piece of model work.
Gerry Beck's was one of the F4U-4's manufactured at Vought in Connecticut before the move to Dallas....wonder if it's in one of the photos?
Mark
Gerry Beck's was one of the F4U-4's manufactured at Vought in Connecticut before the move to Dallas....wonder if it's in one of the photos?
Mark
BUno 92623
Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:44 pm
This information is provided via FAH 619 regarding this F4U:
BUno 92623 was exported to El Salvador c. 1957 as possibly FAS 214. Picture found at Pensacola Naval Museum