Corsair

[Neal Nurmi]

Folks here seem to like Corsairs -- here's a couple...

[Neal Nurmi]

I knew somebody would ask, and no I do not. I was there for the racing, and just took a couple of brief walks farther down the ramp shooting mostly the many jets that were at Mojave in 1979. I was just a beginner then, and had no sense of the importance of being comprehensive. I just shot what caught my eye. Sorry...

Neal

[T J Johansen]

Here is the other F4U-4.
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 97349.html

The K model in the background is N2294B 64-17640, the first of the 40 On-Mark B-26K Counter Invaders.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/On-Mark-A-26A/1823393/L/

And one of three K models owned by Wally McDonnell. Neal would have seen the second one, N22939 64-17676 fly the course during the races as #4 "Mojave Kid".
http://www.a-26invader.co.uk/sitebuilde ... res/01.jpg

The third, N99218 64-17657 was reduced to rubble in a landing at Chino the previous year.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-p ... 694647.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TJJohan ... h.jpg.html
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TJJohan ... s.jpg.html

T J