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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:09 pm 
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I've read in the recent past, that 5 New "Behind the cockpit " Fuselage sections were completed ( at Odegaard Wings ?), anyone know where they went to ? One I know is for the Chuck Greenhill Corsair that is under restoration with Sanders Aeronautics, is one with Vultures Row ? Sorry in advance if I'm wrong here ! geek pop2 Thanks, Tony

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Not sure where all of them are headed, but there are a lot of "to-fly" Corsair restoration projects out there, to name some:

F3A-1 - Ezell Aviation
F4U-1 - Vulture's Row Aviation
F4U-1D - Warbird Adventures (Australia)
FG-1D - Warbird Heritage Foundation
FG-1D - Sanders Aeronautics
FG-1D - Ken McBride
FG-1D - Tri-State Warbird Museum
FG-1D - Vulture's Row Aviation
F4U-4 - Westpac (Jim Tobul #2)
F4U-4 - Odegaard
F4U-4 - Craig McBurney
F4U-4 - Yanks Air Museum (mentioned, but likely won't fly)
F4U-4 - Vulture's Row Aviation
F4U-4 - Jim Fryer (seemingly two project aiframes, including Howard Pardue's N68HP)
F4U-5 - Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis (France)
F4U-5 - Jean-Pierre Parizon (France)
FG-1A, FG-1D, and F4U-1D - projects/parts of projects noted in Australia, owned by Jerry Yagen and Kermit Weeks


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a few corsair projects were hauled out of the jungle within the last year or two from an undisclosed area and headed south to a more warbird friendly island is the rumor, maybe they went towards those??


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Thank you, John T. & camshaw. Just to put this out there, does anyone think, that as a Data Plate resurrection/Tribute Restoration, that we will ever see another Super Corsair ? I say this with ALL Respect to the Odegaard Family, but with all the technology getting more advance every year, I think it would be a great Tribute to all the contributions the Odegaard family has done for Warbirds.

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TBM Tony wrote:
Thank you, John T. & camshaw. Just to put this out there, does anyone think, that as a Data Plate resurrection/Tribute Restoration, that we will ever see another Super Corsair ? I say this with ALL Respect to the Odegaard Family, but with all the technology getting more advance every year, I think it would be a great Tribute to all the contributions the Odegaard family has done for Warbirds.


I too hope race 74 is resurrected and flown in Bob's honor one day.

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Don't think this one needs a tailcone. It is sitting on the gear with an overhauled engine in place.

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Not sure where all of them are headed, but there are a lot of "to-fly" Corsair restoration projects out there, to name some:

F4U-4 - Yanks Air Museum (mentioned, but likely won't fly)


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Probably a good number of the ones I included don't/didn't, I just figured I'd list all of the to-airworthy Corsair restorations I could think of.

There is also the RNZAF F4U-1A Corsair (NZ5503) project that was owned by Ross Jovitt in New Zealand that was sold by Courtesy Aircraft back in 2014 - last I saw, it was in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, in need of a complete ground-up rebuild.


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