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Description
| Manufacturer: | Vought | |
| Base model: | F4U | |
| Designation: | F4U | |
| Version: | -5 | |
| Nickname: | Corsair | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
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| John , TX | Trying to find diagram OR photos of the Mk 8 lead computing gyroscopic gunsight for the the F4U-5 Corsair, from the front (that is, looking in, through the windscreen, as you would see it if you were looking at the plane from the front PLUS a view of the same sight from the left side. (Working on a profile, and I hate "glossing over" the details that you should be able to SEE when you look through the plexiglas.)
In case anyone's interested, I've done F4U-1D and F4U-IC versions, and I have a Royal Navy clipped-wing Fleer Air Arm version done, all from both front and left-side views. This RN FAA is painted in the sea gray and green mottle paint job you'd see on the Corsairs used to attack the Tirpitz while it was holed-up in a Norwegian fjord. You can view other warbirds on my graphics site, and on yourofficewall.com, but I need to look at a Mk 8 sight to do the F4U-5 correctly. I really need to do some good Korean War and even a Soccer War version, since I have a Honduran friend. Thanks. 02/19/2008 @ 13:16 [ref: 19725] |
| Fabricio Estrada Tegucigalpa, Honduras, HI | Qué lástima que no tengan registros de la última gesta aérea de un Corsair F4U-5:
Esto sucedió el 17 de julio de 1969, durante la guerra entre Honduras y El Salvador. Este Corsair derribó 3 Mustang P-51 salvadoreños, su piloto fue el Capitán (RIP) Fernando Soto, condecorado como Héroe Nacional. Esta fue la última guerra en usar aviones a pistones, un dato histórico que debe conocerse. 05/30/2007 @ 15:06 [ref: 16675] |
| DAVID BRONK WPG., MB | SURE WAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL VARIATONS OVER THE PRODUCTION SPAN OF THIS AMAZING "BIRDS"LIFE .IT EVENED THE SCORE IN SEVERAL WARS(WW2,KOREAN),NOT TO FORGET TO MENTION THE FACT IT HAD DOG FIGHTS AGAINST IT SELF(NICARAGUA,VERSES HONDURAS).ITS BATTLE STRENGTHS WERE TESTED BY MANY A NATIONS PILOTS, AND PRODUCING MANY"ACE`S".NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE NAME"CORSAIR"CAN NOT NAME AT LEAST 1"ACE"!!SHE "WHISTLED" WHILE SHE WORKED,FOR CHIEFLY,THE U.S.A..I`LL MENTION BRIEFLY, FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD,SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY STATED AS HAVING THE PRIVALIDGE OF USING THESE AWESOME AIRCRAFT;BRITIAN,WITH SOME CANADIAN PILOTS;FRANCE;NEW ZEALAND,AND IF I`M NOT MISTAKEN PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I AM, SOME AUSTRIAILIAN PILOTS TOO.I APOLIGIZE TO THOSE I MAY HAVE OVER LOOKED. THE FIRSTS,ANDTHE REBIRTHS WERE MANY FOR THIS MACHINE;FROM THE 1`ST TEST X,MODEL TO THE LAST, F4U-7 VARIANT.NOW THIS BRINGS ME TO WHY I`M WRITING IN THIS COMMENT BOX,MY PASSION AND QUEST!!!THE F4U-5!!!(ALSO-5P,-5N,-5NL). IN MY OPINION,THE MOST RE-ENGINERED,TECHNICALLY ADVANCED,(ELECTRONICAL,MECHANICAL,AND,STRUCTUALLY)"CORSAIR" TO COME OUT OF VOUGHTS"HOG"FACTORY.I SERIOSLY NEED HELP TO SAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY BEFORE IT GETS LOST. THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE,OR IT MAY,TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.COULD ANYONE TELL ANYTHING ABOUT,OR LEAD ME TO FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THIS(1)F4U-5 IN PARTICULAR PLEASE,.I KEEP RUNNING INTO DEAD ENDS.THE SLY,"LITTLE BENT WING BIRD",I`M HUNTING,(HOPEFULLY WON`T GET AWAY THIS TIME);IS BuNo#122007 TAIL CODE"T";,"NAVY" ISSUE COWL AND WING NUMBERED,,"410"; PAINTED OVERALL,IN SOLID,GLOSS,SEA BLUE; US.NAVY COLOR CODE #FS15042...,THE WING TIPS,TIP OF RUDDER,VERY END OF TAIL CONE,PROPELLOR HUB,AS WELL AS THE,EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE FOUR 20 MIL.CANNONS WERE PAINTED BRIGHT GLOSS YELLOW..THIS CORSAIR PLANE HAD THE "STARS AND BARS"TYPE, WHICH HAD THE RED STRIPE RUNNING THROUGH THE BARS.VERY MENACING LOOK WITH THE ROCKETS UNDER THE WING.WOULD MAKE ANY BODY WANT TO RUN AND HIDE!!!I KNOW THIS PLANE TRULY EXISTED,BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH(REPRINT)OF HER ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF CARRIER USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,CVB-42.THIS PRINT IS IN A BOOK I PURCHASED;SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY BERT KINZEY CALLED F4U PART 2 VOLUME 56;ON PAGE 44.I RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WORTH EVERY PENNY.ANY WAY ITS CAPTION SAYS THAT THE COLOR PHOTO WAS TAKEN,SUMMER 1953. THE SQUADRON "MY" CORSAIR BELONGED TO WAS VF-14...I WISH TO GAIN ANY KNOWLEDGE,WHAT MAY SEEM TOTALLY INSIGNIFAGENT MATTERS TO ME.IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I`M DOING.I`M MAKING A TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS,BOTH AMERICAN,AND,CANADIAN ALLIES,AS WELL AS THE FALLEN(LEST WE FORGET);THIS WILL BE DONE IN THREE WAYS:(A)BUILDING 1:8 TRUE TO SCALE,FLYING MODEL,(B)THIS MODEL WILL BE FLOWN AND SHOWN IN PUBLIC PLACES,WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT I WILL INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE SOLDIERS THE PILOTS ,AND THIS BuNO#122007,HAD PLAYED IN THE KOREAN WAR;(C)ALL INFORMATION THAT I GATHER WILL BE COMPILED AND RELEASED TO AN EASY TO FIND PLACE SUCH AS AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNERS MUSEUM, AND IN THAT WAY,ALL CAN GAIN ACCESS TO MY DATA FREELY.ALL ASSISTANCE WILL BE CREDITED TO THAT PERSON WHO SUBMITS ANY INFORMATION THAT I DO NOT HAVE ALREADY.I HAVE COUNTLESS(MANY)HOURS INVOLVED IN THIS RESEARCH AND BELEIVE IT TO BE VERY WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH ANY ONE WHO HAD ANY CONNECTION TO THIS PLANE,PILOT OR PILOTS,OR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PERSONEL,FROM THE COOK TO THE CAPTAIN!! ALL RESPONSES ARE WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.. ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNER FOR ALLOWING EVERY ONE THE FREEDOM,ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE CORSAIR WAS BUILT,AND THE WARS IT WAS BUILT FOR,WERE FOUGHT,BY BOTH SIDES OF OUR WONDERFUL, FENCELESS BORDER .FRREEEeeeeeeeDDOOooooMmm TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE,AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THANKYOU AGAIN DAVE B.PLEASE E.MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO: ibronk@mts.net 05/09/2005 @ 06:12 [ref: 10158] |
| DAVID BRONK WPG., MB | SURE WAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL VARIATONS OVER THE PRODUCTION SPAN OF THIS AMAZING "BIRDS"LIFE .IT EVENED THE SCORE IN SEVERAL WARS(WW2,KOREAN),NOT TO FORGET TO MENTION THE FACT IT HAD DOG FIGHTS AGAINST IT SELF(NICARAGUA,VERSES HONDURAS).ITS BATTLE STRENGTHS WERE TESTED BY MANY A NATIONS PILOTS, AND PRODUCING MANY"ACE`S".NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE NAME"CORSAIR"CAN NOT NAME AT LEAST 1"ACE"!!SHE "WHISTLED" WHILE SHE WORKED,FOR CHIEFLY,THE U.S.A..I`LL MENTION BRIEFLY, FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD,SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY STATED AS HAVING THE PRIVALIDGE OF USING THESE AWESOME AIRCRAFT;BRITIAN,WITH SOME CANADIAN PILOTS;FRANCE;NEW ZEALAND,AND IF I`M NOT MISTAKEN PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I AM, SOME AUSTRIAILIAN PILOTS TOO.I APOLIGIZE TO THOSE I MAY HAVE OVER LOOKED. THE FIRSTS,ANDTHE REBIRTHS WERE MANY FOR THIS MACHINE;FROM THE 1`ST TEST X,MODEL TO THE LAST, F4U-7 VARIANT.NOW THIS BRINGS ME TO WHY I`M WRITING IN THIS COMMENT BOX,MY PASSION AND QUEST!!!THE F4U-5!!!(ALSO-5P,-5N,-5NL). IN MY OPINION,THE MOST RE-ENGINERED,TECHNICALLY ADVANCED,(ELECTRONICAL,MECHANICAL,AND,STRUCTUALLY)"CORSAIR" TO COME OUT OF VOUGHTS"HOG"FACTORY.I SERIOSLY NEED HELP TO SAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY BEFORE IT GETS LOST. THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE,OR IT MAY,TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.COULD ANYONE TELL ANYTHING ABOUT,OR LEAD ME TO FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THIS(1)F4U-5 IN PARTICULAR PLEASE,.I KEEP RUNNING INTO DEAD ENDS.THE SLY,"LITTLE BENT WING BIRD",I`M HUNTING,(HOPEFULLY WON`T GET AWAY THIS TIME);IS BuNo#122007 TAIL CODE"T";,"NAVY" ISSUE COWL AND WING NUMBERED,,"410"; PAINTED OVERALL,IN SOLID,GLOSS,SEA BLUE; US.NAVY COLOR CODE #FS15042...,THE WING TIPS,TIP OF RUDDER,VERY END OF TAIL CONE,PROPELLOR HUB,AS WELL AS THE,EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE FOUR 20 MIL.CANNONS WERE PAINTED BRIGHT GLOSS YELLOW..THIS CORSAIR PLANE HAD THE "STARS AND BARS"TYPE, WHICH HAD THE RED STRIPE RUNNING THROUGH THE BARS.VERY MENACING LOOK WITH THE ROCKETS UNDER THE WING.WOULD MAKE ANY BODY WANT TO RUN AND HIDE!!!I KNOW THIS PLANE TRULY EXISTED,BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH(REPRINT)OF HER ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF CARRIER USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,CVB-42.THIS PRINT IS IN A BOOK I PURCHASED;SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY BERT KINZEY CALLED F4U PART 2 VOLUME 56;ON PAGE 44.I RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WORTH EVERY PENNY.ANY WAY ITS CAPTION SAYS THAT THE COLOR PHOTO WAS TAKEN,SUMMER 1953. THE SQUADRON "MY" CORSAIR BELONGED TO WAS VF-14...I WISH TO GAIN ANY KNOWLEDGE,WHAT MAY SEEM TOTALLY INSIGNIFAGENT MATTERS TO ME.IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I`M DOING.I`M MAKING A TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS,BOTH AMERICAN,AND,CANADIAN ALLIES,AS WELL AS THE FALLEN(LEST WE FORGET);THIS WILL BE DONE IN THREE WAYS:(A)BUILDING 1:8 TRUE TO SCALE,FLYING MODEL,(B)THIS MODEL WILL BE FLOWN AND SHOWN IN PUBLIC PLACES,WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT I WILL INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE SOLDIERS THE PILOTS ,AND THIS BuNO#122007,HAD PLAYED IN THE KOREAN WAR;(C)ALL INFORMATION THAT I GATHER WILL BE COMPILED AND RELEASED TO AN EASY TO FIND PLACE SUCH AS AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNERS MUSEUM, AND IN THAT WAY,ALL CAN GAIN ACCESS TO MY DATA FREELY.ALL ASSISTANCE WILL BE CREDITED TO THAT PERSON WHO SUBMITS ANY INFORMATION THAT I DO NOT HAVE ALREADY.I HAVE COUNTLESS(MANY)HOURS INVOLVED IN THIS RESEARCH AND BELEIVE IT TO BE VERY WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH ANY ONE WHO HAD ANY CONNECTION TO THIS PLANE,PILOT OR PILOTS,OR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PERSONEL,FROM THE COOK TO THE CAPTAIN!! ALL RESPONSES ARE WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.. ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNER FOR ALLOWING EVERY ONE THE FREEDOM,ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE CORSAIR WAS BUILT,AND THE WARS IT WAS BUILT FOR,WERE FOUGHT,BY BOTH SIDES OF OUR WONDERFUL, FENCELESS BORDER .FRREEEeeeeeeeDDOOooooMmm TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE,AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THANKYOU AGAIN DAVE B.PLEASE E.MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO: ibronk@mts.net 05/09/2005 @ 06:12 [ref: 10157] |
| DAVID BRONK WPG., MB | SURE WAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL VARIATONS OVER THE PRODUCTION SPAN OF THIS AMAZING "BIRDS"LIFE .IT EVENED THE SCORE IN SEVERAL WARS(WW2,KOREAN),NOT TO FORGET TO MENTION THE FACT IT HAD DOG FIGHTS AGAINST IT SELF(NICARAGUA,VERSES HONDURAS).ITS BATTLE STRENGTHS WERE TESTED BY MANY A NATIONS PILOTS, AND PRODUCING MANY"ACE`S".NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE NAME"CORSAIR"CAN NOT NAME AT LEAST 1"ACE"!!SHE "WHISTLED" WHILE SHE WORKED,FOR CHIEFLY,THE U.S.A..I`LL MENTION BRIEFLY, FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD,SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY STATED AS HAVING THE PRIVALIDGE OF USING THESE AWESOME AIRCRAFT;BRITIAN,WITH SOME CANADIAN PILOTS;FRANCE;NEW ZEALAND,AND IF I`M NOT MISTAKEN PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I AM, SOME AUSTRIAILIAN PILOTS TOO.I APOLIGIZE TO THOSE I MAY HAVE OVER LOOKED. THE FIRSTS,ANDTHE REBIRTHS WERE MANY FOR THIS MACHINE;FROM THE 1`ST TEST X,MODEL TO THE LAST, F4U-7 VARIANT.NOW THIS BRINGS ME TO WHY I`M WRITING IN THIS COMMENT BOX,MY PASSION AND QUEST!!!THE F4U-5!!!(ALSO-5P,-5N,-5NL). IN MY OPINION,THE MOST RE-ENGINERED,TECHNICALLY ADVANCED,(ELECTRONICAL,MECHANICAL,AND,STRUCTUALLY)"CORSAIR" TO COME OUT OF VOUGHTS"HOG"FACTORY.I SERIOSLY NEED HELP TO SAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY BEFORE IT GETS LOST. THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE,OR IT MAY,TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.COULD ANYONE TELL ANYTHING ABOUT,OR LEAD ME TO FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THIS(1)F4U-5 IN PARTICULAR PLEASE,.I KEEP RUNNING INTO DEAD ENDS.THE SLY,"LITTLE BENT WING BIRD",I`M HUNTING,(HOPEFULLY WON`T GET AWAY THIS TIME);IS BuNo#122007 TAIL CODE"T";,"NAVY" ISSUE COWL AND WING NUMBERED,,"410"; PAINTED OVERALL,IN SOLID,GLOSS,SEA BLUE; US.NAVY COLOR CODE #FS15042...,THE WING TIPS,TIP OF RUDDER,VERY END OF TAIL CONE,PROPELLOR HUB,AS WELL AS THE,EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE FOUR 20 MIL.CANNONS WERE PAINTED BRIGHT GLOSS YELLOW..THIS CORSAIR PLANE HAD THE "STARS AND BARS"TYPE, WHICH HAD THE RED STRIPE RUNNING THROUGH THE BARS.VERY MENACING LOOK WITH THE ROCKETS UNDER THE WING.WOULD MAKE ANY BODY WANT TO RUN AND HIDE!!!I KNOW THIS PLANE TRULY EXISTED,BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH(REPRINT)OF HER ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF CARRIER USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,CVB-42.THIS PRINT IS IN A BOOK I PURCHASED;SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY BERT KINZEY CALLED F4U PART 2 VOLUME 56;ON PAGE 44.I RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WORTH EVERY PENNY.ANY WAY ITS CAPTION SAYS THAT THE COLOR PHOTO WAS TAKEN,SUMMER 1953. THE SQUADRON "MY" CORSAIR BELONGED TO WAS VF-14...I WISH TO GAIN ANY KNOWLEDGE,WHAT MAY SEEM TOTALLY INSIGNIFAGENT MATTERS TO ME.IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I`M DOING.I`M MAKING A TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS,BOTH AMERICAN,AND,CANADIAN ALLIES,AS WELL AS THE FALLEN(LEST WE FORGET);THIS WILL BE DONE IN THREE WAYS:(A)BUILDING 1:8 TRUE TO SCALE,FLYING MODEL,(B)THIS MODEL WILL BE FLOWN AND SHOWN IN PUBLIC PLACES,WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT I WILL INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE SOLDIERS THE PILOTS ,AND THIS BuNO#122007,HAD PLAYED IN THE KOREAN WAR;(C)ALL INFORMATION THAT I GATHER WILL BE COMPILED AND RELEASED TO AN EASY TO FIND PLACE SUCH AS AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNERS MUSEUM, AND IN THAT WAY,ALL CAN GAIN ACCESS TO MY DATA FREELY.ALL ASSISTANCE WILL BE CREDITED TO THAT PERSON WHO SUBMITS ANY INFORMATION THAT I DO NOT HAVE ALREADY.I HAVE COUNTLESS(MANY)HOURS INVOLVED IN THIS RESEARCH AND BELEIVE IT TO BE VERY WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH ANY ONE WHO HAD ANY CONNECTION TO THIS PLANE,PILOT OR PILOTS,OR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PERSONEL,FROM THE COOK TO THE CAPTAIN!! ALL RESPONSES ARE WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.. ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNER FOR ALLOWING EVERY ONE THE FREEDOM,ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE CORSAIR WAS BUILT,AND THE WARS IT WAS BUILT FOR,WERE FOUGHT,BY BOTH SIDES OF OUR WONDERFUL, FENCELESS BORDER .FRREEEeeeeeeeDDOOooooMmm TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE,AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THANKYOU AGAIN DAVE B.PLEASE E.MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO: ibronk@mts.net 05/09/2005 @ 06:11 [ref: 10156] |
| DAVID BRONK WPG., MB | SURE WAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL VARIATONS OVER THE PRODUCTION SPAN OF THIS AMAZING "BIRDS"LIFE SPAN.IT EVENED THE SCORE IN SEVERAL WARS(WW2,KOREAN),NOT TO FORGET TO MENTION THE FACT IT HAD DOG FIGHTS AGAINST IT SELF(NICARAGUA,VERSES HONDURAS).ITS BATTLE STRENGTHS WERE TESTED BY MANY A NATIONS PILOTS, AND PRODUCING MANY"ACE`S".NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE NAME"CORSAIR"CAN NOT NAME AT LEAST 1"ACE"!!SHE "WHISTLED" WHILE SHE WORKED,FOR CHIEFLY,THE U.S.A..I`LL MENTION BRIEFLY, FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD,SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY STATED AS HAVING THE PRIVALIDGE OF USING THESE AWESOME AIRCRAFT;BRITIAN,WITH SOME CANADIAN PILOTS;FRANCE;NEW ZEALAND,AND IF I`M NOT MISTAKEN PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I AM, SOME AUSTRIAILIAN PILOTS TOO.I APOLIGIZE TO THOSE I MAY HAVE OVER LOOKED. THE FIRSTS,ANDTHE REBIRTHS WERE MANY FOR THIS MACHINE;FROM THE 1`ST TEST X,MODEL TO THE LAST, F4U-7 VARIANT.NOW THIS BRINGS ME TO WHY I`M WRITING IN THIS COMMENT BOX,MY PASSION AND QUEST!!!THE F4U-5!!!(ALSO-5P,-5N,-5NL). IN MY OPINION,THE MOST RE-ENGINERED,TECHNICALLY ADVANCED,(ELECTRONICAL,MECHANICAL,AND,STRUCTUALLY)"CORSAIR" TO COME OUT OF VOUGHTS"HOG"FACTORY.I SERIOSLY NEED HELP TO SAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY BEFORE IT GETS LOST. THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE,OR IT MAY,TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.COULD ANYONE TELL ANYTHING ABOUT,OR LEAD ME TO FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THIS(1)F4U-5 IN PARTICULAR PLEASE,.I KEEP RUNNING INTO DEAD ENDS.THE SLY,"LITTLE BENT WING BIRD",I`M HUNTING,(HOPEFULLY WON`T GET AWAY THIS TIME);IS BuNo#122007 TAIL CODE"T";,"NAVY" ISSUE COWL AND WING NUMBERED,,"410"; PAINTED OVERALL,IN SOLID,GLOSS,SEA BLUE; US.NAVY COLOR CODE #FS15042...,THE WING TIPS,TIP OF RUDDER,VERY END OF TAIL CONE,PROPELLOR HUB,AS WELL AS THE,EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE FOUR 20 MIL.CANNONS WERE PAINTED BRIGHT GLOSS YELLOW..THIS CORSAIR PLANE HAD THE "STARS AND BARS"TYPE, WHICH HAD THE RED STRIPE RUNNING THROUGH THE BARS.VERY MENACING LOOK WITH THE ROCKETS UNDER THE WING.WOULD MAKE ANY BODY WANT TO RUN AND HIDE!!!I KNOW THIS PLANE TRULY EXISTED,BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH(REPRINT)OF HER ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF CARRIER USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,CVB-42.THIS PRINT IS IN A BOOK I PURCHASED;SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY BERT KINZEY CALLED F4U PART 2 VOLUME 56;ON PAGE 44.I RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WORTH EVERY PENNY.ANY WAY ITS CAPTION SAYS THAT THE COLOR PHOTO WAS TAKEN,SUMMER 1953. THE SQUADRON "MY" CORSAIR BELONGED TO WAS VF-14...I WISH TO GAIN ANY KNOWLEDGE,WHAT MAY SEEM TOTALLY INSIGNIFAGENT MATTERS TO ME.IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I`M DOING.I`M MAKING A TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS,BOTH AMERICAN,AND,CANADIAN ALLIES,AS WELL AS THE FALLEN(LEST WE FORGET);THIS WILL BE DONE IN THREE WAYS:(A)BUILDING 1:8 TRUE TO SCALE,FLYING MODEL,(B)THIS MODEL WILL BE FLOWN AND SHOWN IN PUBLIC PLACES,WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT I WILL INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE SOLDIERS THE PILOTS ,AND THIS BuNO#122007,HAD PLAYED IN THE KOREAN WAR;(C)ALL INFORMATION THAT I GATHER WILL BE COMPILED AND RELEASED TO AN EASY TO FIND PLACE SUCH AS AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNERS MUSEUM, AND IN THAT WAY,ALL CAN GAIN ACCESS TO MY DATA FREELY.ALL ASSISTANCE WILL BE CREDITED TO THAT PERSON WHO SUBMITS ANY INFORMATION THAT I DO NOT HAVE ALREADY.I HAVE COUNTLESS(MANY)HOURS INVOLVED IN THIS RESEARCH AND BELEIVE IT TO BE VERY WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH ANY ONE WHO HAD ANY CONNECTION TO THIS PLANE,PILOT OR PILOTS,OR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PERSONEL,FROM THE COOK TO THE CAPTAIN!! ALL RESPONSES ARE WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.. ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO AVIATION ENTHUSIAST CORNER FOR ALLOWING EVERY ONE THE FREEDOM,ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE CORSAIR WAS BUILT,AND THE WARS IT WAS BUILT FOR,WERE FOUGHT,BY BOTH SIDES OF OUR WONDERFUL, FENCELESS BORDER .FRREEEeeeeeeeDDOOooooMmm TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE,AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THANKYOU AGAIN DAVE B.PLEASE E.MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO: ibronk@mts.net 05/09/2005 @ 06:10 [ref: 10155] |
| Ross Chappell Rose Hill, KS | Outside the F2G Super Corsair this is the ultimate version of the Corsair. At 475 mph it could outrun and outfly ANY model of P-51 (even the "H"). Too late for WWII it made its fame during Korea and served in the Naval Reserve well into the early/mid sixtys, long after the last P-51 was retired out of the ANG. The last Corsair came off the production line on Christmas Eve 1952. Not to take anything away from the P-51, it was a great plane too. The Corsair seems to lose out in the fame department to a "lesser" airplane. Specifically the F4U-4 (455 mph) and F4U-5 varients. 10/05/2002 @ 15:55 [ref: 5820] |
| Gary Norville New Smyrna Beach, FL | I think you are missing a later series of BuNo.s in the 124??? area.
06/25/2001 @ 20:11 [ref: 2524] |
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