Stratford Corsair Update

[Jerry O'Neill]

We actually had some people demanding it be returned to the pole, repaired and refurbished, by Memorial Day 2009!

Maybe with a million bucks!
"Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?"
Jerry

I got a idea, lets leave the Corsair on the ground and put them on the pole and see how they hold up to the weather.

Now that's funny!!!!!

[kenlyco]

What really gets me of all the history with that field, one of the best

Fighter squardron's, first Sikorsky helo flight, first Corsair flight and I am

sure there are more They never got much of any funds for any kind of

museum or aircraft display's, where is the history in Texas, DC.,

Pensacola? ITS NOT EVEN A VOUGHT sitting out there, there is probaly

a Vought in Ohio.

[ZRX61]

Re-sparring with just *normal* aluminum is an option.. if you have a tame machinist & some big lumps of metal to turn into chips..

[Broken-Wrench]

That spar is toast. Tear it down into a thousand peices and wait for the old fart to go away

[JDK]

That spar is toast.

Um, dunno what your toast looks like, I'm not putting jam on that!

Pretty bad, eh? Let's repair it and do it all over again? Shesh. I agree with Jerry, putting the ones who suggested that on the pole sounds good.

Any chance of getting the pole-dancers to have a look at what their preferred option results in and re-opening discussions?

kenlyco, fair points, I agree - however Pcola has quite a bit of history too...

Regards,

[51fixer]

We actually had some people demanding it be returned to the pole, repaired and refurbished, by Memorial Day 2009!

Maybe with a million bucks!
"Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?"
Jerry

I got a idea, lets leave the Corsair on the ground and put them on the pole and see how they hold up to the weather.

The best idea is to have a high quality fiberglass with steel structure replica built to put out side on the pole and sell this one to someone who will put it back together.
There is no easy way to cure what ails that thing and it will cost just as much to have a replica produced. That way the original can be spared a painful death.
Rich

[Broken-Wrench]

[quote="JDK"][quote="Broken-Wrench"]That spar is toast.[/quote]
Um, dunno what your toast looks like, I'm not putting jam on that!

Pretty bad, eh? Let's repair it and do it all over again? Shesh. I agree with Jerry, putting the ones who suggested that on the pole sounds good.

Any chance of getting the pole-dancers to have a look at what their preferred option results in and re-opening discussions?

kenlyco, fair points, I agree - however Pcola has quite a bit of history too...

Regards,[/quote]

Pole dancers! That's funny!!!!

[Broken-Wrench]

[quote="JDK"][quote="Broken-Wrench"]That spar is toast.[/quote]
Um, dunno what your toast looks like, I'm not putting jam on that!

Pretty bad, eh? Let's repair it and do it all over again? Shesh. I agree with Jerry, putting the ones who suggested that on the pole sounds good.

Any chance of getting the pole-dancers to have a look at what their preferred option results in and re-opening discussions?

kenlyco, fair points, I agree - however Pcola has quite a bit of history too...

Regards,[/quote]

Pole dancers! That's funny!!!!

[CH2Tdriver]

And don't forget the "pole dancers" at McQuire who have a P-38 on one...and that ship was flown in!! I don't think they are too far from the salty Atlantic?

Getting back to the Corsair....Why not hand it off to the NE Air Museum at Bradley for display indoors? Then the pole dancers just have to take a half hour ride up I-91 to see it and it will last a lot longer?

Pete

[Django]

50 or 60 years ago, the pole was an acceptable option. In 2008 though, I think putting a real Corsair on a pole is the exact opposite of "honoring" the men and women of the Greatest Generation. Look how bad that corrosion is... Once the vets all leave us, no one will care that a fiberglass replica is on a pole in a park vs a real airplane on a pole. The end result is the same. Put the real one inside a museum with a display so that the kids can learn more about it rather than trying to hit the plane with a kickball in a park.

[Jack Cook]

Some pictures from the aforementioned link:

good god were those taken underwater?? I think I see part of a coral reef, a lion fish and some sea urchins

[PinecastleAAF]

How many of you had your eyes bug out after looking at those pics?!!

My exact reaction. So that makes at least 1. Best of luck to you guys on the refurb you are to be commended for getting it off that fricking pole.

[n5151ts]

noble aircraft....to murder one on a pole is just disgusting to me.