Corsair Spar at Airpower Unlimited (Flypast Mar 2005 Issue)

[paulmcmillan]

There is an article about Airpower Unlimited in the March 2005 issue of Flypast.

In it a large PV-2 Harpoon under restoration for an individual from Indiana features, I wonder why this has not been featuerd so much in other magazines especially 'over the pond'

Anyway, the article was written by Scott Thompson and in it there are photos of 2 Corsairs: FG-ID (92106) and FG-ID (92436). These have spars fitted to either complete or partial fuselages and wing stubs attached, (the spar on 92106 is painted restoration 'green/yellow')

However, there is a third spar in a jig all on its own.. It is painted 'green/yellow', now I have heard that the Spar is the main problem on Corsairs. Is this one from a third article, or a spares recovery or even new?

Most of the photos were taken by Scott Thompson (except 1 by John Lane) so I asume all were taken at the same time...

Paul

[John Lane]

I have not seen the artical yet as it is on the way! Not all of the photos were taken at the same time. Scott ask for some photos from the past also. The spar in the photo is from 92106, now flying! We are also restoring 92489 for Frank Arrufat of El Paso, Texas and Corsair 92436 belongs to Brian Reynolds' collection from Olympia, Washington. The Harpoon 37107 belongs to Tim Savage (Warbirds Digest). We are presently doing the Mustang (Photoed) 44-84390 for Doug Driscoll and another Mustang in storage waiting restoration along with a T-28B.

[paulmcmillan]

Thanks John....


So the photo was taken at a different time

I spent ages trying to work out where it was in the hanger in relation to everything else going on in the background!

Paul