Vought V-173 Flying Flapjack Rollout!!!

[Jerry O'Neill]

The restoration in Dallas of the V-173 Flying flapjack by the Vought Heritage Group is finished!
Check it out! Looks fantastic!

http://www.antiqueairfield.com/articles ... out-photos

[svengi]

Excellent!

[Cherrybomber13]

Big round of applause to the Vought Heritage guys. Fantastic Work! Shame she wont ever come home to Stratford Ct where she was designed, build, flown, crashed, and flown again!

[The Inspector]

Beautiful job!!!

[steve dickey]

Is this super cool oddity viewable to the public? (Never mind, all I have to do is read!! )

The aircraft is heading for the Frontiers of Flight museum in Dallas.

[Pat Carry]

Very nice! It seems this is the only way aircraft from the NASM are going to get restored, when someone esle undertakes the job.

[Chappie]

Interesting. I never knew it was silver underneath.



Chappie

[JohnTerrell]

They really did a wonderful job with the aircraft! The photos posted to that webpage compare very well with these originals taken back in the 40's:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3525302739/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3525302747/

[wendovertom]

This is probably a silly question but, I am assuming that the landing gear is fixed? It seems like such a huge source of drag.

Tom P.

[old iron]

Yes, landing gear is fixed. This was more a proof-of-concept vehicle and a demonstrator for low-speed manuverability than anything else. At such low speeds drag is less a factor.

Note also that access is from a door on the bottom of the aircraft.