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mike furline
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Goodyear FG-1 # 14092, Pax River, Oct. 1944. Has the same venturi on bottom of wing.

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neat pic

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OOH, I like it! I may have to kitbash an Accurate Miniatures F2G.

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I'm not a Corsair fan, but the bubble canopied Corsairs are the best looking in my uneducated opinion. I never knew they built a bubble canopied R-2800 powered Corsair.
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The R-2800 bubble canopy planes were part of the F2G test program.

Here's an ad from July 1945 showing R-2800 a/c.

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What a beaut!
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Cool pic! I've also seen a shot of a "birdcage" canopy Corsair equipped with an R-4360.

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NOT a fan of the Corsair? How could you not be?

The plane DOES lend itself incredibly well to a bubble canopy, in every version that had one....this is one of the lesser known variants but I bet a bunch of pilots woulda been glad to take this bird with its excellent visibility into combat....

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Steve Nelson wrote:
Cool pic! I've also seen a shot of a "birdcage" canopy Corsair equipped with an R-4360.

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Seems there was a bit of cross-breeding going on at Goodyear and Vought, huh?

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NOT a fan of the Corsair? How could you not be?
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