Warbird Information Exchange

Greetings
I was wondering Will we ever see Corsair II on the Air Show Circut Or will they be doomed a simular fate as the F-14 Tomcats ? Or Have I been in a Coma and their are some being restored to flying in the Private sector.
As always thank you to every one that responds to me I always walk away knowing more than I did before .

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Always Keep Em Flying !

Glen

Lookie Capt Jim! Wham! Wham! ...............................Termights

Glen, it's unlikely but never say never.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

I'd say there's actually a fair chance of seeing one in the future on at least a limited schedule.

Thabks Guys
I have not seen one in the Air since I was in High School back in the Late Seventys in Grand Prarie Texas at the Vought Aircraft Runway taking off . We can only hope that maybe some day it may happen .

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Always Keep Em Flying !

Glen

Lookie Capt Jim! Wham! Wham! ...............................Termights

So....is the whale still in the works over there?

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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Id go for an A-7 flying around, even would tolorate a Navy bird.

Loved the D model, and left much skin on the bird. Best little ground pounder in the VN war.

Kurt

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A-7D, the Short Little Ugly "Flyer" and A-10A Warthog, weren't called an ATTACK plane for nothing. Remember for a little relief on the ground, call your local Air Force to "Go Ugly Early"!

You know they were jerked out of service with both the Navy and ANG because of widespread wing cracks that were found across the fleet. Then of course you still have the whole DoD policy issue to deal with.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Paul Allen has one or two. They're in line to fly, I believe

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"There are two types of people here; airshow whores and airshow prostitutes. The whores, like you and I, do airshow stuff for free, whereas the prostitutes are paid" - Reg Urschler

Paul Allen has the ex-Thunderbird F-8 Crusaders, not A-7s

And I believe that they are waaaayyy down the list.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Rick, not to change the subject, but I was up at Perryville last week and saw 4 A-4J's in restoration, they had just received an engine from AeroTurbine for one of them.

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If God had wanted man to fly behind a flat motor, Pratt Whitney would've built one.

DZ, that's Saberliner, right ? The engine was a J-65 ? Those aircraft would be the single seat A-4Ls that used to be part of the Malaysian drawdown stock that was out at Tucson. They are owned in a partnership of Bob Scneider and David Tallichet.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Paul Allen has the ex-Thunderbird F-8 Crusaders, not A-7s[/quote

Don't believe the Thunderchickens flew Crusaders

Malo83, you are correct about the USAF Thunderbirds, however these particular F-8s were acquired when the assets of Thunderbird Aviation in Arizona were auctioned off.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

Not the USAF Thunderbirds, but a company of the same name that did contract flying as chase aircraft, testing stuff and such.

Tell me more about the status of the F-8's Paul Allen has! I'd give someone else's eye teeth to see those in the air again.