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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:42 pm 
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Dude! That's some serious Corsair history. Love the taped over cooler inlets in the snow, the variants. Wow! :drink3:

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whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:
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Mark is a God, he makes my day when he posts stuff like this.


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Um, yes it gets cold in northern Ohio, and Mark thanks for this thread. So lets find the Corsair sitting on the bottom of Lake Erie! :drink3:

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Being called a "dude" and a "God" all in one thread ... hmmm!!! well that's a new one on me. lol
The only "God" I've even been called had a "Dammit" after it 8)

Ohio cold? ha! I'm originally from Northern Michigan .... Ohio's weather was like Florida's to us.

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How can one tell an FG-1 from F4U Corsair visually?

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Hmmmm....3 blade prop, short cowl and a bubble canopy......... :shock: :drinkers:

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How can one tell an FG-1 from F4U Corsair visually?

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AFAIK, there really isn't a good way to tell beyond the fact that post 1943, most of the -1Ds built were FG-1Ds. Other than that? I'll leave that for much more trained eyes.


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