Corsair turns 65 this Memorial day weekend

Pembloid Happis, old kite…

I always knew it as Penblwydd Happus… Mind you, I’m from Essex (In case you couldn’t tell) so those Welsh corruptions might be ahead of me here….

Adrian

(OK, yes, happy biffday, Hose Nose!)

(Edited because I can no longer spell my own county of origin without making it look rude!)

Merlin-

Actually, consider yourself lucky to see ONE Corsair at any given airshow in the US, since there are about 100 left world wide and about 40 flying, maybe 30 of those in the states…the most I’ve seen at any one show was the Gathering at Indy 3 years ago when 6 went up (and one did’nt), and before that the largest group of them in modern times was at OSH in ’94 when they had 12 (silly me I was at a North American Gathering at Santa Maria, CA at the time)…as for ‘more than a passing interest’, yes, my Grandfather, Blaine Morris, helped to build these birds at Stratford during the war and it kind of became the ‘family plane’ (another relative on my step mother’s side is rumored to have flown them in the pacific)…my grandfather passed in 1985 but I still have some of his artwork and now…I get to go explore the area, airport, and buildings in which he worked during the war….think his ghost will be with me?

Mark

WHAT THE.

Galic or Latin, it’s all Greek to me 😀

Pembloid Happis, old kite…

Nice one Papa.

Very nice Mark, Top stuff mate 😉 .

I too will be waiting for some awsome shot’s of the BIG bent winged round up.

Anymore F4u pic’s still outthere :confused: .

Any model 🙂 .

or just jab a jore :rolleyes: , about the F4UUU 😀

Mark

It seems fair to assume that you have more than a passing interest in the Corsair.

Thanks for posting. I look forward to seeing a few of the US examples on the wing. The most I have seen at DX is four in formation. What sort of numbers are regularly displayed at US airshows?

Let’s see what else I have on the hard drive…Not much, but here is a shot of the CAF Corsair in its old markings over Breckenridge TX back in 1996….and back before that in company with Dean Cutshall’s old Mustang ‘Cutter’s Capers’ and Howard Pardue’s N68HP before it crashed circa 1992, also over Breckenridge…and the old Bob Mitchem racer N194G now owned by James Axtell and displayed at the Wings over the Rockies museum in Denver…

Expect to have a WHOLE lot more Corsair shots to show you all in about…oh….12 days!!

Mark

Actually….technically….if I remember right….the speed record belonged to the P-38 ….the Corsair was the first SINGLE ENGINED fighter to pass 400 mph, doing 405 from Startford to Hartford…

I could be (and would gratefully be) wrong…

M

Yes, the cockpit was moved 3 feet aft, which made room for a 237 gallon fuel tank, eliminating the two small fuel tanks originally installed in the wing.
It is claimed that the prototype, the XF4U-1, was the first US fighter aircraft ever to exceed 400 mph in level flight.

Check out the different position of the cockpit on the prototype, more pic’s please Lady’s and Gent’s.

F4UUUUU’S

Happy Birthday Big bent wing bird,
I really can never decide what’s my favorite warbird, but the F4U has alway’s been in atleast in the top 5 for me :rolleyes: (Pap’s F4U 29 only disected model I have left from teen year’s 🙁 ).

Here’s some from Axl’s(had to put in one of 29), and a profile of the prototype I borrowed from a similiar forum to this one :rolleyes: .

Yes a great warbird !!!

Mark:

Yes, what a great all around fighter and its earned its place in the hearts of many! My father fought with the 4th US Marine Division in the Pacific in WWII and loved to see those fighters in action , supporting US Marine advances across the Pacific! I see Ba Ba Black Sheep is coming out on DVD soon, more Corsair action to enjoy! Remember all who gave so much on this Memorial Day!

A salute from:
BlueNoser352!