Pogo wrote:
Say, since you're blowin' and goin' ..... can we get 'er off that pylon? I can't stand birds on perches. Reminds me of deteriorating rust buckets covered in faded paint and crazed plexi.
I've been told that our corsair on the pole is apparently very iconic hence why I incorporated it into my design.
As far as the real one goes, its been off the pedestal for about a year or so. The website primary shows where she is now:
Wings off
Prop off
Engine off
Flaps off
Cockpit cleaned (relatively)
Instrument Panel off/ striped/repainted (In need of almost all non-airworthy instrument gauges! Help!)
It feels like its been very difficult recently to make any large headway with dismantling her further, but the plan is to break her down into smaller increments and move her into the main facility. I see other groups doing Corsair restorations and it seems like they just rip through the whole "break down" period. Were flying at a snails pace.
Maybe its for the better anyways, since the current goal is to display her back on the pedestal once the work is finished. I don't think I need to tell you good folks that this kind of thinking is severely outdated and is only hoped for by a select few that aren't really involved with our museum, but lay ownership to her somehow. Either way we have a real Corsair in our museum for the time being and thats something were excited about. Much like the future of our museum, its very much up in the air. -no pun intended.
I'd like to see the museum acquire a few replica Corsairs to use in some different and exciting ways.
But that kind of money isn't even in the same state right now let alone ballpark for us! Anybody have a few replicas they'd like to part with?
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