Something General..........

[TKO]

Here is a picture of my winter project. It has a 5.5ft wingspan and is 5 ft long weighing in at 8.5lbs.

[Nighthawk]

Man, I just love those Corsairs!!!     

[Nighthawk]

    

[EgCollector]

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. 

[tyjulie]

Looks like you had fun in the winter

[longnine009]

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?   

[longnine009]

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

[scottishmoney]

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.

[longnine009]

It's was a pretty good show. I wonder if he really flew with a pit bull in his plane?    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.

[Nighthawk]

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!!! 

[scottishmoney]

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

[longnine009]

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

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

[Yass]

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!