Vought Retirees Club restorations

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3329

With the 'Flying Pancake' completed, and the VE-7 replica and F6U Pirate now at Pensacola, does anyone know what they are working on? Are they still doing the F4U for the New Orleans museum (and was the BuNo ever found for that one)?

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

The F4U went to New Orleans
F-8 went to New Hampshire.

Currently in work is the restoration of F7U-3 129565
and a replica of the O3U-3 is being built.

I can post photos of both projects if there is interest.

bill

Cherrybomber13 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:51 pm

Please Do! we are the other Vought boys up in Stratford. We visited last year and had a great tour. Lets see some photos!

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3329

Photogator wrote:

The F4U went to New Orleans
F-8 went to New Hampshire.

Currently in work is the restoration of F7U-3 129565
and a replica of the O3U-3 is being built.

I can post photos of both projects if there is interest.

bill

Thanks Photogator. Yes, photos are certainly of interest.

I assume the New Orleans museum has a storage site somewhere, as the F4U (and, incidentally, their previously-displayed Bf 109) was not on display when I visited there 2 weeks ago.

The F7U was under restoration at the Midway shop on North Island last year, is is now being restored by the Vought Retirees Club for display on the Midway?

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

Ok, F7U-3 129565 first.

EDIT: Fixed or replaced photos from earlier post

Here is the Cutlass at various points during restoration.

Bill

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

Here is the information on the O3U-3

EDIT: Fixed photos

Picture of an O3U-3 from the Vought Archive

Fuselage

One of the wings

These gentlemen are craftsmen and do an excellent job in their builds/restorations.

Bill

John Dupre · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:35 am

New Hampshire? Where?

Photogator wrote:

The F4U went to New Orleans
F-8 went to New Hampshire.

Currently in work is the restoration of F7U-3 129565
and a replica of the O3U-3 is being built.

I can post photos of both projects if there is interest.

bill

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

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Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 11:31 am

Any updates?

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

Well, Vought has moved out of that facility now I think. Not sure where the retirees went!

http://www.vought.org/exlinks/jan14.pdf

http://www.vought.org/index.html

K5DH · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2014 1:06 pm

I don't know if they have anything still going on, but I did get to see the Flying Pancake on display at Frontiers of Flight in Dallas a few weeks ago. "Magnificent" is the word that immediately comes to mind!

bomberfan · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2014 8:05 am

Mike wrote:

Photogator wrote:

The F4U went to New Orleans
F-8 went to New Hampshire.

Currently in work is the restoration of F7U-3 129565
and a replica of the O3U-3 is being built.

I can post photos of both projects if there is interest.

bill

Thanks Photogator. Yes, photos are certainly of interest.

I assume the New Orleans museum has a storage site somewhere, as the F4U (and, incidentally, their previously-displayed Bf 109) was not on display when I visited there 2 weeks ago.

The F7U was under restoration at the Midway shop on North Island last year, is is now being restored by the Vought Retirees Club for display on the Midway?

The Corsair was hanging under the B-17 when i was there about a month ago

Edit...sorry just went back and saw this was posted in 2012

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

The Cutlass is currently nearly finished and getting ready for shipment to USS Midway.
There it will be reassembled and finished out for display.

Here are a few more photos during the restoration:

Photogator · **Joined:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:09 pm **Posts:** 23

I hope they find a new home as they also have this project to complete a tactical version of the Regulus missile.
This example was previously displayed in Hackensack, New Jersey.

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