Who would buy this T-shirt?

[Jerry O'Neill]

The atmosphere of the place was great, the folks made me feel like a local while I was there, calling me by my first name and such, very nice place although a bit run down, so glad to hear it's getting a bit of a re-do. The history of the joint is not to be denied, I even wonder if maybe my grandfather went in there after work at any point while he was working for Vought....he fancied a drink, I bet he did. Did find my Windsock shirt, you're right, just a Corsair on the back, no Stars and Bars (musta been some other shirt I was thinking of)....managed to find my Odegaard F2G Corsair shirt also, thought I lost that a LONG time ago....most of these shirts I can't fit into anymore (make sure you offer an XXL for those of us who like to eat) but the memories associated with them....priceless.

Mark

Mark;
During the war, the "Windsock" was not a restaurant or bar, it was the operations office for flight ops. Every pilot, test or ferry, went through this little cape style house. The ops board is still on display in the back room.
I'm even confident that Charles Lindbergh also did some of his flight test work for Vought out of this building.
Real history there.
Jerry

[Chris]

I agree with Ryan. Use Cafepress. Make mine an XL.

[Warbird Kid]

Heres what can be accomplished on a snowy/rainy night.

Suggestions?

[Brad]

Yall might want to have somebody look into updating the website! From what I can tell, nothing has been done to the plane since April. Maybe that's the case, maybe not. Either way, people loose interest quickly if it appears no movement is being made.

[Bill Greenwood]

Pogo is darn right, it has to have a chest pocket for me to buy one. When I was younger I needed it for sunglasses and as I pass middle age I need to keep reading glasses there. I always think a shirt with a collar like a polo shirt looks a little better, but that is not the deciding point.

[Warbird Kid]

Yall might want to have somebody look into updating the website! From what I can tell, nothing has been done to the plane since April. Maybe that's the case, maybe not. Either way, people loose interest quickly if it appears no movement is being made.

Couldn't agree with you more Brad. Sadly the "web-master" seems to be a little late at putting up updates. The sadder part is not too much has been done to the aircraft since the last update. Needless to say, both the museum and corsair websites are in desperate need of a revival and will happen in the future. Its just not certain exactly when.

Im also not exactly sure what the extra price would be for a chest pocket but Im going to have to look into that.

[Warbird Kid]

This is what happens when I get rolling on a project.

For the pocket minded Warbird enthusiasts.

[tom d. friedman]

i'll buy a medium of the frontal version of the shirt, my own channuka present to myself!!

[mustangdriver]

Hey Chris, I have a Zazzle acount that I have already paid for. They are a cool site for selling and making T-shirts. If you want to use my account to get them made, you will save a little. I'd be glad to help.

[Warbirdnerd]

Since you are looking for input, my first choice when buying T-shirts are ones with smaller logo on the front, ususlly left breast (or pocket)and a larger logo on the back.
The shirts the Collings Foundation sell are a great example as well as the new CAF "Warbird Series" shirts.

A merchandise success story for you. The sale of merchandise for the RedTail Project raised just shy of $94,000 from Jan 2005-Jun 2009. Most of it sold online. See the September 2009 Newsletter on redtail.org for a breakout of how much sold online vs what we sold at airshows and other events.
A BIG THANK YOU to all the Wixers that purchased items it really helped return "By Request" to the air.

[Warbird Kid]

Hey Chris, I have a Zazzle acount that I have already paid for. They are a cool site for selling and making T-shirts. If you want to use my account to get them made, you will save a little. I'd be glad to help.

Thanks Chris. That really means alot. I've found a gentleman that does very nice screen printing work out of his house that is very competitive with his prices. It seems from what I saw on Zazzle is that you almost have to pay $20 for a shirt before you even get started on a design. Is this true? Both Cafe Press and Zazzle are sites I still need to research further before I can make a decision.

(Also, if anyone out there is looking for a design for there museum for a logo, shirt, whatever...I take requests)

[Pogo]

Say, since you're blowin' and goin' ..... can we get 'er off that pylon? I can't stand birds on perches. Reminds me of deteriorating rust buckets covered in faded paint and crazed plexi.

[Warbird Kid]

Say, since you're blowin' and goin' ..... can we get 'er off that pylon? I can't stand birds on perches. Reminds me of deteriorating rust buckets covered in faded paint and crazed plexi.

I've been told that our corsair on the pole is apparently very iconic hence why I incorporated it into my design.

As far as the real one goes, its been off the pedestal for about a year or so. The website primary shows where she is now:

Wings off
Prop off
Engine off
Flaps off
Cockpit cleaned (relatively)
Instrument Panel off/ striped/repainted (In need of almost all non-airworthy instrument gauges! Help!)

It feels like its been very difficult recently to make any large headway with dismantling her further, but the plan is to break her down into smaller increments and move her into the main facility. I see other groups doing Corsair restorations and it seems like they just rip through the whole "break down" period. Were flying at a snails pace. Maybe its for the better anyways, since the current goal is to display her back on the pedestal once the work is finished. I don't think I need to tell you good folks that this kind of thinking is severely outdated and is only hoped for by a select few that aren't really involved with our museum, but lay ownership to her somehow. Either way we have a real Corsair in our museum for the time being and thats something were excited about. Much like the future of our museum, its very much up in the air. -no pun intended.

I'd like to see the museum acquire a few replica Corsairs to use in some different and exciting ways. But that kind of money isn't even in the same state right now let alone ballpark for us! Anybody have a few replicas they'd like to part with?

[Pogo]

Y 'know, it's really funny, I've never thought about any such thing before .... but I'd never wear a shirt that portrayed an airplane on a pole.

[RareBear]

I tend to prefer my T-shirts with a large design, such as the one shown, on the back, with a smaller design, perhaps a Corsair in a oblique view, on the left chest. I also prefer no pockets, and a heavier weight 100% cotton material. A shirt like that I would buy.

Walt