Babys first A&P job

[O.P.]

Hi All!

Last week Chuck Wahl invited me to go to Danville Il to help pick up his new project. It is Corsair BuNo 92304. We left Cameron Park Ca in the 310 sunday morning, went to Scotts Bluff Ne, got gas and lunch, then headed out to Danville. We arrived around 6. Monday morning we started work, sunday afternoon we were back in the plane heading home. I got to do a lot of firsts. First time in a twin, first long cross country, first high altitude, first IFR, and, first time taking apart a Corsair and putting it on a truck.

The plane is going to go through a six year restoration to airworthy. If you have seen Chucks planes, you can probably guess that this one is going to be a very nice airplane. Updates can be followed here. http://www.fg1d.com

You can see Chucks planes here, http://www.cwahl.com/

It was a great week! Flying, Wrench turning, I'd write more, but you've probably moved on to the pictures already.

Les Chapman was in western Wyoming last night, maybe some Wixer can get a shot of it going through Utah or Nevada on it's way out.

Thanks again Chuck! And thanks Gary and Mike and everyone at Midwest Aero. I had a great week! One of these decades I'll be doing this full time!

Orvis

Last edited by O.P. on Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Jesse C.]

Very Cool! Thanks for the pics and update.

BTW, what are the bent up pieces from and what is the story on them?

[Django]

Very cool. Look forward to the updates on the restoration. It's neat to see one that hasn't been touched or isn't a pile of rubble in this day and age. Love the pencil marks everywhere.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Conratulations Chuck!
I knew you'd find one someday soon!
Or are you planning to restore it as a wind machine!

Great project, please keep us posted!
Jerry

[The Inspector]

Background details please!
Bu #, what caused the tailcone to be so badly crushed? It appears that it spent a long time as either a memorial, gate guardian, or playground jungle gym given the several brush coat paint jobs and general trashing of the airframe.
Its great to see another forgotten airframe come out of a dark corner and back into the light of day. Any ideas on squadron use?
Details man! give us the details!!

[Second Air Force]

Background details please!
Bu #, what caused the tailcone to be so badly crushed? It appears that it spent a long time as either a memorial, gate guardian, or playground jungle gym given the several brush coat paint jobs and general trashing of the airframe.
Its great to see another forgotten airframe come out of a dark corner and back into the light of day. Any ideas on squadron use?
Details man! give us the details!!

OP thoughtfully included this link that answers some of your questions: http://www.fg1d.com/home.htm

I assume the damaged sections are intended to replace the sections that were tossed when the wind machine conversion was done all those years ago.

Thanks for posting all the detail photos, Orvis.

Scott

[Jerry O'Neill]

Check out this link:
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 92304.html

It was a wind machine at a plate glass window company. the tail and wings were thrown away and I'm guessing the damaged componets, besides the centersection, are from other airframes.

Jerry

[Matt Gunsch]

there is a great feature on this site called the warbirds registry, alot of the questions can be answered there, and there is even a link right under where it says log out. And for the BU #, it is posted on the first thread, 92304.

Interesting history of that airframe.

[The Inspector]

Gentlemen,
Thanks for the leads, I was plowing through Baughers site. Once with NAS Seattle huh? I might have watched it as a kid then ya never know -can't wait to see it back in the air and reserve markings would be appropriate in saluting all those folks who have given up a million weekends to stay ready-

[F3A-1]

Chuck,

Congratulations! I wish you the best on this new project. You have a lot of great original parts in the cockpit and on the airframe. I hope to work with you over the years to come on our common parts needs, no doubt you will get in the air many years ahead of me!

I have started seperating the mid section and cockpit to rebuild the mid section and tailcone first.

Pirate Lex
http://www.BrewsterCorsair.com

[Obergrafeter]

Who did you use to transport it?

[Hal B]

Boy, do those shots bring back some 20 year old memories. Those things are fun to fit on a trailer, with that wide center section to contend with.

[t28pilot]

Thanks Lex, Will be in touch
I used Les Chapman to move my T-28C, SNJ-5C and now the Corsair. GREAT GUY !!

[mike furline]

I sent the link for this thread to Dave Morris of the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
He had a few questions,

VERY INTERESTING INDEED!!

I had no idea that there was a Corsair being used commercially at a plant in the US. Great series of pictures. Do you know which bits arwe which, what the origin of the colour scheme (s) are. Particularly interested in the cartoon character and the ‘LuV Burds’ moto. Looks convincingly period, would like to know more about that or get a better image of it (also which part is it drawn on).

Stay in touch,
Dave M.


I was interested in the story behind the crushed tail section???

Regards,
Mike

[Jack Cook]

I thought everybody knew about this
Glad you got her home Chuck now get to work!!