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Just photographed a little while ago and posted on Hyperscale:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1299525327/F4U-4+Corsair+that+just+flew+over+my+house+earlier.+Pictures!

FANTASTIC NEWS, well done team!!!

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Well far out...and nuts. Had hoped to get down to Klaers place before she departed but weather and finances precluded it this weekend....But glad to see she made it safe and sound back to her home base and hope to see her around for a long time. Congrats to all involved. Another -4 among the living!

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That is absolutely gorgeous! 8)

I blew a chance to make it by that awesome shop a couple weeks back. Would have been perfect timing!

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Great news. She is beautiful.

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Is she going to be based at Oconee County Airport?

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Beautiful!
Joe would be proud!

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Jim Tobul arrived in Bamberg SC this afternoon with his -4 Corsair. It will be based at his home town, Bamberg SC. It's been a long time in the works to get this plane back in the air in memory of his Dad, Joe.

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i had the brief pleasure to talk to joe & shake his hand some years back. i'm sure he'd be glad his labor of love flies again.

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Jim Tobul arrived in Bamberg SC this afternoon with his -4 Corsair. It will be based at his home town, Bamberg SC. It's been a long time in the works to get this plane back in the air in memory of his Dad, Joe.
Stay tuned, Jim and I have another "Project" in the works, a sister ship !

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Can't wait to hear the details on this one.

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Very nice, hope it's not on static all week at OSH and actually flies.

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Great job, nice to see another Corsair back in the air!

Not to be insensative, but is this the same airframe that was involved in the accident or is this mostly a new build?

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I don't know my Corsair airframes well, but is this a different airframe that's been built up and painted like the crashed airframe?

Or, is this the actual rebuilt crashed airframe?

Either way, looks beautiful.

Here's the original back in '02.

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Randy Haskin wrote:
I don't know my Corsair airframes well, but is this a different airframe that's been built up and painted like the crashed airframe?

Or, is this the actual rebuilt crashed airframe?

Either way, looks beautiful.

Here's the original back in '02.

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Hi Randy... the registration is the same as the aircraft which Joe and Jim Tobul used to fly. There must surely be parts in there from her, but Jim has a large F4U-4 parts cache, so I imagine a fair bit of that went into her too, as well as newly made material. Whatever the actuality, she is a fabulous aircraft, and we have the prospect of potentially at least one more coming down the pike.

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Some shots I took at TICO on 3/12/11. What a beautiful airplane. Enjoy.

ImageDSC_0121 by dwhart24, on Flickr

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RMAllnutt wrote:
Randy Haskin wrote:
I don't know my Corsair airframes well, but is this a different airframe that's been built up and painted like the crashed airframe?

Or, is this the actual rebuilt crashed airframe?

Either way, looks beautiful.

Here's the original back in '02.



Hi Randy... the registration is the same as the aircraft which Joe and Jim Tobul used to fly. There must surely be parts in there from her, but Jim has a large F4U-4 parts cache, so I imagine a fair bit of that went into her too, as well as newly made material. Whatever the actuality, she is a fabulous aircraft, and we have the prospect of potentially at least one more coming down the pike.

Cheers,
Richard


Finally I was able to make it down to WestPac this week after a year in Colorado. I hadn't had a chance to see them since they had moved to Colorado Springs. Alan and Bill chatted a bit with me about this restoration. There are definitely significant parts from the original airframe but there was also quite a cache of parts involved in this restoration. As was also already mentioned a good pile of parts leftover for a potential second restoration.

Aside from the brilliant work being done at that shop I can also tell you that you are unlikely to meet a classier group of guys and gals than those run this shop.
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