ID this plane if you can......

"Tom Callahan" wrote in
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This makes it into a real mystery. I'll find out tomorrow morning
what the BUNO is if I can. It will have to be tomorrow 'cause I'm
leaving on a trip Wednesday morning. I doubt if there is anyone in
the hangar today, Tom




a resize and repost of the AU-1 photo , sorry.

I think it is a Panther. Joe.
On 02 Sep 2007 15:14:50 GMT, Bob Moore
wrote:

Tom Callahan wrote
I'll go into the restoration shop on Tuesday to ask what this is. Any
one care to guess what it will be when reassembled?

Well....the red bar indicates post WWII, and not too many aircraft
had the roundel painted under the cockpit. F9F comes to mind.

Bob Moore

Well Done!!!

I was doing some reading on line about the hurricanes that hit the gulf not
so long ago and one of the images was a before and after of a hangar!!!
Which is obviously where and I remembered seeing the Corsair in VMA 212
markings!

Many thanks indeed, because I have been driving myself crazy trying to
remember where!

Andrew







"John Szalay" wrote in message
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"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com
wrote in :

Even more frustrating for me is that I have a very hazy memory of a
Korean War vintage restored Corsair in the markings VMA 212. Okay
boys and girls get the electrodes out it's time for my electro shock
treatment to jump start my mental hard drive.

Damn this is very frustrating because the more I think about it this
aircraft, the more I am sure that I have seen it in one piece, but
where?

Andrew


From the corrosion showing at the lower part of the inner fuselage
I would vertune to say she sat exposed to rain for a long time.
lots of pooling water..
as well as the rust apparent on the propellor shaft splines.

Looks like a bent-wing U bird to me
Chuck
"Tom Callahan" wrote in message
...
I'll go into the restoration shop on Tuesday to ask what this is. Any one
care to guess what it will be when reassembled?

It's in line to go into the restoration phase. I hope that's a Sealy
Postur-Pedic we see; nothing but the best for our veteran aircraft!!

Tom in Pensacola

"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com
wrote in :

Well Done!!!

I was doing some reading on line about the hurricanes that hit the
gulf not so long ago and one of the images was a before and after of a
hangar!!! Which is obviously where and I remembered seeing the Corsair
in VMA 212 markings!

Many thanks indeed, because I have been driving myself crazy trying to
remember where!

Andrew



If this is the plane, she was damaged when a 10ft storm surge
tore open the walls of the display area. after the storm,
they reported 5 foot of water in the museum.
the Blackbird was also damaged extensively. some aircraft
were totally destroyed. the battleship itself was tilted 6 degrees.
Pictures were taken by the museum staff.

I got back from a trip to New England last night.
Went to the Blue Angel airshow practice this morning and then to the museum
library. They say the parts sitting outside the hangar are from Chance
Vought F4U-7 Corsair BUNO 133704 which was on loan to the Battleship Alabama
exposition. It was on display with tail number 129359 as an AU-1 for some
reason or another. The aircraft was damaged by hurricanes and won't be
restored until someone donates a whole passel of money. So sad.


"John Szalay" wrote in message
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"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com
wrote in :

Even more frustrating for me is that I have a very hazy memory of a
Korean War vintage restored Corsair in the markings VMA 212. Okay
boys and girls get the electrodes out it's time for my electro shock
treatment to jump start my mental hard drive.

Damn this is very frustrating because the more I think about it this
aircraft, the more I am sure that I have seen it in one piece, but
where?

Andrew


From the corrosion showing at the lower part of the inner fuselage
I would vertune to say she sat exposed to rain for a long time.
lots of pooling water..
as well as the rust apparent on the propellor shaft splines.