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Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:02 pm
Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:47 am
I had no idea there had been so many!
Has anyone attempted a dual control conversion?
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:16 am
Zac Yates wrote:
Has anyone attempted a dual control conversion?
Junior Burchinal used to advertise flight instruction back in the 1970s.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90452479@N07/8320343520Perhaps this old thread will whet some appetites?
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.o ... =3&t=15839
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:50 am
kalamazookid wrote:Cavanaugh Flight Museum's FG-1D N451FG (Bu No. 92399) has a jump seat and they were offering rides at an event I attended back in 2015. I can't remember the cost. It has a rear window, so there is at least some visibility. I don't think that one has flown for a few years now, though.
I thought I'd add that, as of this weekend, the Cavanaugh Corsair is back up and flying again for the first time in the past five years. Bernie Vasquez performed three test flights with the aircraft yesterday.
Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:03 pm
JohnTerrell wrote:kalamazookid wrote:Cavanaugh Flight Museum's FG-1D N451FG (Bu No. 92399) has a jump seat and they were offering rides at an event I attended back in 2015. I can't remember the cost. It has a rear window, so there is at least some visibility. I don't think that one has flown for a few years now, though.
I thought I'd add that, as of this weekend, the Cavanaugh Corsair is back up and flying again for the first time in the past five years. Bernie Vasquez performed three test flights with the aircraft yesterday.
Getting ready to put it on the market? I thought the rumor mill is that Cavanaugh is closing up shop.
Sun Nov 19, 2023 2:07 pm
Didn't 92436 have a second seat when it was with CWH ?
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:45 pm
Stoney wrote:i remember a Corsair crashed at Brown field, CA killing 2, i think it was "Mad Max".
That was Bob Guilford's -7 "Blue Max" (but not Bob flying). Yes, it did have a back seat.

edit; Junior Burchinell's trainer Corsair.
Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:53 am
tom roberts wrote:Didn't 92436 have a second seat when it was with CWH ?
I believe that is correct Tom.
My understanding is that it was reverted back to stock configuration during its latest rebuild.
Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:02 pm
Does anybody know definitively if Junior Burchinal's two-seat Corsair had dual flight controls? I've read that it did and I've also read that it didn't and only had engine instruments/controls in the rear cockpit.
I've never seen pictures of the rear seat in that airplane, so I don't know if they exist anywhere other than in somebody's personal archive. As far as I know, I don't believe pictures of the interior of the rear cockpit have ever been posted on the internet. Can somebody post pictures of the rear seat?
Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:46 am
Slightly off-topic, but this pilot report about Junior Burchinal's operation is highly readable:
http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepMustangBurch.html It mentions the Corsair briefly and there is a photo on page 2 or 3, but the rest of the story is about conquering the SNJ on the way to flying his P-51.
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:59 pm
Aha! Thank you Dan. Also, from that thread:
Ryan Harris wrote:Here's the ones that don't:
Vintage Wings of Canada FG-1D, Rod Lewis FG-1D, CAF FG-1D, Collings Foundation F4U-5NL, Mike George's F4U-5N, ex-Vintage Wings of Canada F4U-4, LSFM F4U-5N, Christophe Jacquard's F4U-4, TFC FG-1D, French F4U-5 disguised as a -7, Jean Salis F4U-5, ex-OFMC FG-1D, and Jerry Yagen's FG-1D. I think thats most of them.
NZ5648 is the former OFMC machine and it has had a jumpseat installed in the past. It's now flying again after six years on the ground and some remedial work (and a great new paint scheme)...but no extra seat.
ZK-COR 20231120 Omaka Zac Yates 29 by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:53 am
Nice shot Zac.
AFAIK this is the only Corsair flying with the shortened wing tips.
The Royal Navy did that so they could fit below deck with the wings folded.
Andy
Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:02 am
Warbird Kid wrote:Getting ready to put it on the market? I thought the rumor mill is that Cavanaugh is closing up shop.
No.
Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:00 pm
DH82EH wrote:Nice shot Zac.
AFAIK this is the only Corsair flying with the shortened wing tips.
The Royal Navy did that so they could fit below deck with the wings folded.
Andy
Thanks Andy, you're too kind!
I didn't realise that! But these aren't FAA tips - Jim Palmer and Pat Landry had planned to race her so clipped and metalised the wings:
NZ5648/ZK-COR at JEM Aviation by
Zac Yates, on Flickr
The conversion went no further but I seem to remember reading she was to get an R-3350...
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:11 am
The tips I've seen are micarta and can be unscrewed and removed. Then a smoother closeout can be fashioned.
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