Has there ever been two place F4U, F3A, or FG-1? In the early 80's, a man (who had a reputation for tall tales) told me he and his son owned and were flying one.
Has there ever been two place F4U, F3A, or FG-1? In the early 80's, a man (who had a reputation for tall tales) told me he and his son owned and were flying one.
I swear I remember seeing one at NAS Willow Groves annual show years and years ago. It was not really a two seater but it had a hatch right behind the right wing that one of the ground crew entered the plane. I may be crazy but that memory has stuck with me all these years. Feel free to tell me I am nuts, I have been called much worse...... Lol
rick
Many warbirds have added passenger or baggage space where the original WWII radios used to be. I remember seeing Howie Keefe's Miss America P-51 land at Parks Airport years ago (Howie wasn't flying it) and three people got out. No back seats, they were just sitting on the floor (there were harnesses, though).
Phewwwwww I feel a little better....
I should add that I was there the next day when the plane departed (it had stopped there for some avionics work). For those who aren't familiar with this plane, Miss America was a clipped wing Reno racer. Since Parks was a major aviation school, the pilot brought it around for a high speed low pas. Wow...
The Corsair V-354 was a Chance-Vought's private-venture version to try entice sales of a trainer. It was a on-off.
Others were modified after the war. The Warbird Information Exchange gave some examples in the discussion ~ten years ago.
Ron Wanttaja
I believe for the P-51, that was called the Cavalier conversion developed by David Lindsay and the resultant product was called the "Cavalier Mustang." I believe Bob Hoover's famed airshow Mustang(s) was a Cavalier Mustang.Originally Posted by Dana
Cavanaugh Flight Museum has a Corsair with a seat behind the pilot and is offering rides for only $2495. It was at Oshkosh this year and is billed as the only one selling rides. http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com...-rides-on-tour
I've seen at least one other with a rear seat. Look for little windows behind the pilot seat. The other one had dark blue tinted windows so they were less noticeable.
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Greg Young
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The one that was owned by Jim Reed has the back seat added, and I believe the Kalamazoo Airzoo's Corsair has the rear seat as well.
You're not crazy. The Corsair with the airstair door on the right hand side aft of the wing was Goodyear FG-1D BuNo 92436, ex N3470G, and currently N72NW. It's since been rebuilt and had the door removed. It was one of the tv "Blacksheep Squadron" Corsairs and belonged to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario but is now is in Olympia, Washington. There was a dual control F4U in Paris, Texas in the 'seventies that was available for checkouts but it burned up in a hangar fire in about 1979. It was a also a "Blacksheep Squadron" airplane, ex Frank Tallman, but apparently the dual controls were pretty crude. It belonged to a guy named Junior Burchinal who had a warbird "school". I don't know what the F4U checkout cost but you could get dual on a B-17 from him for $500/hr back then!
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