CT Corsair Lift Successful!!!!!!! UPDATED!!!!
Sun May 04, 2008 9:35 pm
Here's the story from the Connecticut Post newspaper with photos, but the press still manages to screw the information up. If it was only the paint that was exfoiliating, we'd be in "hog heaven"!!!
Winds were 13-15 knots until we positioned the crane, then they increased to 20 knots.
I canceled the lift as the wind was too much and directly on the tail.
Jerry
LINK:
http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_9145829
Winds were 13-15 knots until we positioned the crane, then they increased to 20 knots.
I canceled the lift as the wind was too much and directly on the tail.
Jerry
LINK:
http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_9145829
Last edited by Jerry O'Neill on Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:00 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Mon May 05, 2008 7:56 am
Ground cover at Midway! Wow this is a unique artifact. 
I hope the winds are more cooperative for your next attempt.
I hope the winds are more cooperative for your next attempt.
Mon May 05, 2008 8:01 am
Hmmm. Corsairs at the Battles of Midway and Guatalcanal?
Kevin
Kevin
Mon May 05, 2008 8:11 am
old iron wrote:Hmmm. Corsairs at the Battles of Midway and Guatalcanal?
Kevin
Wow!
Mon May 05, 2008 8:30 am
"...Alex Sawchyn, whose military service included flying coal, wheat and comedian Bob Hope in a P-38 during the 1948 Berlin Airlift..."
Double wow!! Tight fit!!
"...to remove the World War II fighter plane from its outdoor pedestal and bring it into a nearby hanger to be restored."
Connecticut: Land of Enormous Hangers!
Double wow!! Tight fit!!
"...to remove the World War II fighter plane from its outdoor pedestal and bring it into a nearby hanger to be restored."
Connecticut: Land of Enormous Hangers!
Mon May 05, 2008 1:24 pm
WIX still has a Maintenance Hanger; are we gonna fix it here?
Mon May 05, 2008 3:02 pm
Chris Brame wrote:WIX still has a Maintenance Hanger; are we gonna fix it here?
Yeah, but this is just the WIX.
The article was written by wunna' them there fancy-pants, high-fallutin perfeshunal writers (who shuld no how tuh spell kerrectly).
Ok, I'll behave...
Mon May 05, 2008 8:16 pm
Not Rob Roar 
Mon May 05, 2008 8:38 pm
HELLDIVERS wrote:Not Rob Roar
Dude,
That would be Col. Rohr!
Mon May 05, 2008 8:51 pm
Jerry, Is this the Corsair on your avatar? I musta missed out on this one but I'm glad it's coming down.
Canso42
Canso42
Mon May 05, 2008 9:06 pm
Not to mention some guy called Boone Goudon....!!!! You think they'd have got the name right, being as he was such a famous pilot.
Richard
PS. Jerry, does this mean that the corsair will now not be coming down for restoration?
Richard
PS. Jerry, does this mean that the corsair will now not be coming down for restoration?
Fri May 09, 2008 11:31 pm
Canso42 wrote:Jerry, Is this the Corsair on your avatar? I musta missed out on this one but I'm glad it's coming down.
Canso42
Sorry guys,
I've been in Illinois and Kansas since May 5th, so I haven't checked in on this thread.
Yes, that's the photo in my avatar,
and Richard, the lift will be rescheduled, but it may not be for a month or so due to scheduling conflicts.
Blue skies,
Jerry
PS: Looks like Mike at Mid West Aero has got another Oshkosh Grand Champion contender on his hands!!!
Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:58 pm
The ex FAS-217 finally came down today and was moved to a fenced-in area at the airport.Hats off to Jerry and the rest of the guys who made this possible today.Here are some shots:
Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:19 pm
WELL DONE!
Thank you for posting photos too.
Oshkosh or bust!
Pirate Lex
http://www.BrewsterCorsair.com
Thank you for posting photos too.
Oshkosh or bust!
Pirate Lex
http://www.BrewsterCorsair.com
Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:37 pm
Great job to Jerry and his crew.Does anybody have any pics of it when it was put up there back in the 70's?