Corsair.... what are they doing?

[Scott Rose]

Curious as to whats going on here. Looks a bit more involved than simply hoisting a Corsair somewhere.

[mike furline]

Wasn't there a story about an FG-1D that was hung in the rafters of the Akron plant for a bunch of years post war?

[Mark Allen M]

Hang from a Goodyear Plant.



The two photos below state: "Navy Corsair built by Goodyear Aerospace, 1974"

[Scott Rose]

Thanks guys.

Anybody know its fate?

[mike furline]

This website has some info.. lol
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 13459.html

[Scott Rose]

This website has some info.. lol
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 13459.html

That site is amaziing... thanks for the heads up

[mike furline]

Pretty rare -1A, still has the wing fuel tanks and short tail wheel.

[sandiego89]

Thanks for posting, I have seen her (way up!) at the USMC Museum, but had no idea about its history. I have mentioned this before, but the Quantico Museum makes it really tough to see the aircraft as many are positioned directly above the visitors. Perhaps great for story telling museums like the newish USMC and US Army museums in the DC area and the WWII museum in New Orleans- great for casual viewers, but tough for enthusiasts to get good angles and get close to.