RE: WWII aircraft
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-01-02 AT 07:46 PM (GMT)]For anyone that would like it, I have a Whirlwind that works on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2. It looks great visually and you can even load up a torpedo if you are so inclined. I’ll zip it up tonight and will forward it on to anyone whom would like it, just let me know…
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RE: F4U-4 to be rebuilt
-The question with them is not ‘if’ they will have an accident but ‘when’,and how serious.-
Funny, those were Ladds exact words to me. His 3 main negative points were: very tight cockpit, zero forward visibility unless you point the nose down, and the inability to open the canopy for landing or taking off. The Cavanaugh Buchon has not flown since Ladd flew it last, it is out of annual and has been removed from the insurance for flying. The aircraft is airworthy and could get back into flying status with minimal work but I really doubt that will happen any time in the near future. Yes I do agree that is quite a site to see in the air but at some point you must consider preservation over exploitation. These airframes are just too few and far between, but that is just one of many opinions.
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RE: F4U-4 to be rebuilt
I will let Ladd know that you all are thinking of him. In the first of these 2 pictures is a shot of what saved Ladds life. The head rest is connected to 3/4 inch armor plate. Just above the head rest the plate is bent backwards about 40 degrees. Without that armor plate Ladd would not be here today. The second shot is a little fuzzy but it is of Ladd in the Buchon. He was not to fond of flying this aircraft, he said that it took 110 percent of his attention at all times. I once asked him how he liked flying it and he said “I don’t, I prefer it parked”.
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