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Warbirdnerd
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Vlado hinted to it earlier in another thread, and now confirmed by the Wings over the Rockies Facebook Page:
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That is a welcome turn of events!
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I must have missed something along way, just where is this Corsair going? To Vlado?

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Well crud....our only Colorado based Corsair heads out of state. Supposedly to someone in Florida who has'nt revealed himself yet (or themselves)......while I will miss the old gal....if whoever picked it up restores it and even better FLIES it....I shall rejoice. I have been told it will be a first class restoration where 'maybe even the guns will work', but no names or restoration shops were mentioned. Makes me wish I had stayed in contact with the bird's old owner James Axtell, but I only ever talked to him once.....

Can't wait to hear more on this...

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This is great news. Hopefully she will fly again. My grandfather flew this particular aircraft when it was stationed up at NAS Sand Point in Seattle, WA. :supz:
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The Warbird Heritage Foundation has acquired the FG-1D Corsair BU# 92050 known as Race 94 and it will be restored to airworthy as a stock FG-1D. It's headed to Tab-Air of East Troy Wi and will be a 3-5 year project for us. We look forward to returning the aircraft to airworthy status.
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Wonderful acquisition. So it will be restored to stock configuration rather than a racer? I think that race 94 scheme would look gorgeous in polished metal. Either way glad to see another Corsair returning to flight. :drink3:

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Hey Sabremech, make sure you keep us updated on the progress! O.K.? Great to know that another Corsair will be airworthy once again. :drink3:

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They posted on Facebook that they will document it's history but it is going back to stock status.
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Sabremech wrote:
The Warbird Heritage Foundation has acquired the FG-1D Corsair BU# 92050 known as Race 94 and it will be restored to airworthy as a stock FG-1D. It's headed to Tab-Air of East Troy Wi and will be a 3-5 year project for us. We look forward to returning the aircraft to airworthy status.
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Outstanding news, David! Another great addition to WHF's growing stable of exceptional flying warbirds.

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Sabremech wrote:
The Warbird Heritage Foundation has acquired the FG-1D Corsair BU# 92050 known as Race 94 and it will be restored to airworthy as a stock FG-1D. It's headed to Tab-Air of East Troy Wi and will be a 3-5 year project for us. We look forward to returning the aircraft to airworthy status.
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Great news Dave!

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Sabremech wrote:
The Warbird Heritage Foundation has acquired the FG-1D Corsair BU# 92050 known as Race 94 and it will be restored to airworthy as a stock FG-1D. It's headed to Tab-Air of East Troy Wi and will be a 3-5 year project for us. We look forward to returning the aircraft to airworthy status.
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If I may respectfully submit an idea for the paint scheme; I think painting 92050 as she would have looked back when she was based at NAS SandPoint in Seattle, WA would be great!
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Personally I think that the Corsair should stay in it's Race Color's... How many other F4U's do we have like this one? 1 maybe? Now, how many do we have in stock, WW2 Navy blue? All of them?

This Corsair has racing history, yes? If so, why change it?

I'm going to run now...

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Just fix what is there and go racing! Or you could paint it in Pappy Boyington's markings... :axe:
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Wildchild wrote:
Personally I think that the Corsair should stay in it's Race Color's... How many other F4U's do we have like this one? 1 maybe? Now, how many do we have in stock, WW2 Navy blue? All of them?

This Corsair has racing history, yes? If so, why change it?

I'm going to run now...

This A/C was discussed here a couple years back or so.
IIRC it never got to race in its present setup so I don't know if there is any real history other than how it was modified and looks at the moment.

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