Chance Vought F4U-5NL Corsair Serial 124541

ronl · **Posted:** Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:55 pm

Hi Matthias,

Thank you for taking the awesome pictures. I really appreciate it and I definitely owe you some cold beer! Hopefully we can meet sometime in person and we can enjoy those beer together.

If you ever have the chance to take some pictures of the inboard and outboard boxes together, that would be great. The boxes are slightly different sizes due the the tapering of the wing. As a result, the inboard boxes held slightly more ammunition than the outboard boxes.

And I concur, it was an ingenious design. They are the only ammo boxes that I am aware of that actually formed the top part of the wing. All other ammo boxes either fit into the wing, or the ammunition was stored in compartments that were already part of the wing.

Thanks again.

Ron

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:18 pm

airtj wrote:

Just wondering why the exhaust stacks are shaped like a horse shoe?

They are flame dampers/dampeners, and as the name suggests, the design cuts down on the amount of flame that can be seen from the exhausts...it's a night-fighter thing.

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:11 am

JohnTerrell wrote:

airtj wrote:

Just wondering why the exhaust stacks are shaped like a horse shoe?

They are flame dampers/dampeners, and as the name suggests, the design cuts down on the amount of flame that can be seen from the exhausts...it's a night-fighter thing.

yes, this are original new (!!!!!) flame-dampeners exactly for the F4U-5NL. Nelson Ezell supported the MeierMotors Team with those rare spare parts. Thanks again Nelson for your support from the MeierMotors Team

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Tue May 10, 2011 3:42 pm

The "Flying Nightmare" is airborne !!!!!!!!

First flight with Achim Meier at the controls took place on 5th May 2011. Everything went perfect ..... Hope we see the Nightmare at the Legends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0UNVZmYsNY&feature=youtube_gdata

oz rb fan · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:33 am **Posts:** 474

beautiful Mattias...once again proving i picked the right year to go to legends!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congratulations to all involved in getting her i her right clothes.

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2011 10:28 am

oz rb fan wrote:

beautiful Mattias...once again proving i picked the right year to go to legends!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congratulations to all involved in getting her i her right clothes.

I hope they fly to the Legends ... as I said hope

Every time I see the owner of that beauty I told him "please bring the nightmare to the legends" ..... hope it works..... it also worked with the black color :wink:

btw. I got a mail from Sadeski jr. via "Korean War Project".... Who is Sadeski ?
You might know Major Al "Ski" Sadeski. He served for 23 years as marine pilot (Navy and Marines), later after his military carreer he was testpilot for Rockwell. Sadly Al Sadeski passed away a few years ago.

He got a bit famous while mid-air-collision with another Corsair while formation training. A few years ago that incident ran through the press cause his widow visited the crashside some 60years later. In his active time he flew 97 sorties over Korea with VMF-513. Back to the beginning of this text, his son told me via email that his father Al "Ski" Sadeski flew serial 124541 with VMF-513 in combat-sorties over Korea !!!!!!!!! So the history of that plane seems to have a pilots name !!!!!! I hope that I will get some pictures or a copy from the flightbook. Can anybody confirm this information ?

jaybird · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2011 8:06 pm

Cool, congrats! I liked the shot of that big bada$$ machine taxiing out from behind the tree. The sound is always incredible.

Lightjug · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2011 5:19 pm

Matthias, thank you so much for the pictures and updates. That is one sexy bent winged bird.

Seriously, that is one of the coolest looking warbirds I've seen in a while.

I had the pleasure of seeing her fly last year at Legends. I will 'hope' with you that she returns as I expect to be there again this year and would love to see her in her new colours.

Mark

ronl · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2011 8:45 am

Matthias,

Awesome video and pictures, as usual! Please keep them coming.

Ron

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2011 10:40 am

the marines called, they want that wonderful corsair back here in Connecticut. So if you could please just fly on over here i'd be more than happy to buy you a great steak dinner! :lol:

Great photos!

Matthias Dorst · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:44 pm

Achim Meier did some checkflights. Everytime its a special moment when I can see, hear and smell this unique plane

really a beauty !

close up

Btw. the "Flying Nightmare" is for sale ..... just follow that link http://www.max-alpha-aviation.de/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=56 ...... hope that she will not leave the country. I think I need some money...

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

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Look at this!!!!

About half way down is a similar corsair!

The little piece above the exhaust is nice. A blinder for the pilot. I have never seen that before and obviously a field mod!

Even the 'spinner' is black.., no reflection coming off of this little darling!

Awesome aircraft!

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

Matthias:

Good day!

Hi!

Thanks for keeping us posted on your beautiful warbird. I'm curious to know if Buno Vought Buno 125541 has in place its original Chance-Vought ID plate on the left hand side/wall of the cockpit??

Tks for your time & attention

OZFURYFAN · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:06 am

Hi Matthias,me too,is there a chance you could post a pic so we can generate a replica (plate,that is

) for our Corsair here in Oz,cheers,Pete

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

OzFuryFan:

Good day to you also!!

How's your fine F4U-5N Buno 123168 project coming along?? Plz post some pics in another thread when your time allows it.

Tks in advance

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