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Offline Treize69

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« on: February 14, 2008, 10:51:21 PM »
Saw this bad-boy in this months Warbird Digest. The regular F4U I saw at my last airshow was sick enough on the flybys, that beast has to be unbelievable...









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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 11:03:10 PM »
Its an F2G Super Corsair for those of you who might not know already. Meant to be a high-speed fast climbing interceptor for the invasion of Japan. Never made it past the experimental stage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2G_Corsair
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2008, 11:25:26 PM »
With all the "What If" uberplane requests a lot of the squeakers toss out, I'd LOVE to get my hands on the ship the F2G could have been if the Navy had been able to put the same resources into ironing out her problems as they did the standard F4U (which the racers DID have the time to correct).
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2008, 11:38:34 PM »
Can I have that canopy on my F4U-1A?
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2008, 11:38:40 PM »
Thing would probably outshine the -4 Hog the way a P-47N does a D-11.
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2008, 12:14:22 AM »
Based up in North Dakota with Bob Odegard.

He's part of the crew that did the new build 51As and is rebuilding the Minnesota CAF wings P51C Red tail.  His son was piloting the 51D that was hit by the 51A at Oshkosh.

That F2G has a heckuva racing history with Cook Cleland.  There is another one out there too as well as one that the USN still has I believe.
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2008, 02:44:56 PM »
F2G-1 to be more precise.  We need the F2G-2 in AH; the wings fold.

They made something on the order of 10 of these, then the war ended and they were all sold as surplus.  Post war we stuck with the F4U-4/5/AU-1.  Pity.
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2008, 05:28:48 PM »
That is one hot looking Corsair.:aok
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Re: Saxman (and all the other Corsair dweebs)
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2008, 05:50:21 PM »
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Originally posted by Treize69
Saw this bad-boy in this months Warbird Digest. The regular F4U I saw at my last airshow was sick enough on the flybys, that beast has to be unbelievable...













I think i just creamed my pants


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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2008, 10:19:55 PM »
Nice looking plane, the paint scheme reminds me of Japans rising sun though, kind of ironic.
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2008, 11:05:28 PM »
Awesome aircraft... too bad it's an F2G and not an F4U or FG, don't dig the bubble canopy on it. :D

Nice though, we've got one mini-version of that at work and it's my eye candy when I'm tired of stocking shelves.

Btw, Puck, the F2G never really fought. The Spitfire Mk.21 'fought' more than the F2G and neither are considered to really be service aircraft. They both pretty much entered service after the war in the ETO ended (though yes, I know, the F2G was in the PTO where the war would end later on). The F4U-4, though, actually entered service late in 1944 then saw combat in '45, so it's on the list.
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2008, 02:42:27 AM »
That bird raced at Reno this last year. Got to see it in person and even touch it :)
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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2008, 06:06:18 AM »
Lovely airplane. That paint job has to go however. I'd prefer it in battle skin.
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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2008, 07:24:05 AM »
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Lovely airplane. That paint job has to go however. I'd prefer it in battle skin.


And battle skin on a plane that was only ever used for testing and air racing would be... what?

Thats the way it looked in the Cleveland Air Races after the war, thats why it was painted like that.

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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2008, 07:51:26 AM »
Its parked most of the time in the Fargo Air Museum next to Bob's P51,  TBM, and several other planes.  Most of which are in flying condition.

If anyone wants to stop by for a look give me a shout. Be glad to hook up, meet for coffee etc. Been looking for my pics of this bird, but haven't found them yet.
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