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Castle Courtyard => General Discussion / Questions => Topic started by: TKO on March 23, 2009, 01:00:21 PM

Title: Something General..........
Post by: TKO on March 23, 2009, 01:00:21 PM: Here is a picture of my winter project. It has a 5.5ft wingspan and is 5 ft long weighing in at 8.5lbs.
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Post by: Nighthawk on March 23, 2009, 01:31:49 PM: Man, I just love those Corsairs!!! :) :) :)
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Post by: Nighthawk on March 23, 2009, 01:33:08 PM: ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: EgCollector on March 23, 2009, 09:21:09 PM: Very nice TKO, i have seen one of those only once in my life with a friend. Unfortunately i live i the city so i didn't have the opportunity to use it. :)
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Post by: tyjulie on March 23, 2009, 10:14:54 PM: Looks like you had fun in the winter
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Post by: longnine009 on March 24, 2009, 04:09:18 AM: Quote from: TKO on March 23, 2009, 01:00:21 PM
Here is a picture of my winter project. It has a 5.5ft wingspan and is 5 ft long weighing in at 8.5lbs.

Looks real nice. It's the Hangar 9 Corsair. Do they say what squadron it was modeled after?
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Post by: longnine009 on March 24, 2009, 04:45:10 AM: I think it's modeled after VF-114 "Executioners." USS Philippine Sea during the Korean War. Am I close?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F4U-4_VF-113-114_CV-47_Korea.jpeg
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Post by: scottishmoney on March 24, 2009, 04:49:42 AM: Did you ever watch Bah Bah Black Sheep back in the 1970's? It was about Greg Boyington and a bunch of "misfits" that flew the Corsair in the S. Pacific against the Japanese. I think it ran an entire television season.
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Post by: longnine009 on March 24, 2009, 05:16:27 AM: It's was a pretty good show. I wonder if he really flew with a pit bull in his plane? :o John Glenn flew a Corsair in WWll. He also flew a F-86 in the Korean war as a Marine pilot TAD to the Air Force.
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Post by: Nighthawk on March 24, 2009, 05:25:58 AM: Quote from: УкраїнськаП'ять? on March 24, 2009, 04:49:42 AM
Did you ever watch Bah Bah Black Sheep back in the 1970's? It was about Greg Boyington and a bunch of "misfits" that flew the Corsair in the S. Pacific against the Japanese. I think it ran an entire television season.
That show was awesome! I have 1 or 2 seasons of Black Sheep on DVD. Watch them all the time! :) LOVE THOSE CORSAIRS!!! :)
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Post by: scottishmoney on March 24, 2009, 08:50:47 AM: There is something about piston engines, especially those turbo-charged Merlins that just gets the blood racing.

BTW I have a video on youtube of the takeoff in the Yak-42 airliner:

Takeoff from Odessa flying to Kyiv Ukraine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-rThEZh1Q)
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Post by: longnine009 on March 24, 2009, 02:47:24 PM: Quote from: УкраїнськаП'ять? on March 24, 2009, 08:50:47 AM
There is something about piston engines, especially those turbo-charged Merlins that just gets the blood racing.

BTW I have a video on youtube of the takeoff in the Yak-42 airliner:

Takeoff from Odessa flying to Kyiv Ukraine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-rThEZh1Q)

The Germans had a weird looking fighter called the Dornier DO-335. Max speed 475 mph at 21,000 feet. Scroll down and they have some vintage photos.
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/germany/dornier/do_335/do335.htm
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Post by: Yass on March 24, 2009, 04:58:29 PM: The Dornier DO-335... a great looking aircraft. I didn't realise how big it actual was until you see the men standing beside it. Really big!