Aussie Corsair nearly airborne

[Liberator]

Soon to fly in northern Australia is a WW2 era Corsair in South American markings

[Jerry O'Neill]

Awesome! I've been waiting to see this one get airborne. Love the different scheme too!

[OZFURYFAN]

Nice one Phil, you didn't even give me 24 hrs to get some pix and a post together!!!!! As Phil has posted at mach 1 the Corsair was moved onto the airport grounds early sunday morn, I had the absolute honour & privelige of doing some engine runs and the initial taxi, took me about 4 hours for the smile to fade We still have final certs and fuel cal & compass swing to go so will be a little while yet, hopefully Phil will let me break the news on that one, cheers, Pete

[Lightning]

Found this
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=65 ... =2&theater

Lightning

[fahnach]

Holy dooley! It certainly feels great to know this beautiful F4U-5NL, 124493, former Honduran Air Force FAH-608, will be back in the air again. Congrats to those involved in the project!

[zorro9]

fahnach:

Good day!

(FYI):
The Aussie/ Darwin F4U is an F4U-5N Model not an F4U-5NL. It's also Reg in Australia under its true C/n 353...as found on the aircraft itself. Buno 124493 is alive & kicking back in the US. Plz read the research history on WiX sometime ago for further details of its real Buno 123168.

p.s As you can see in the recent FB video still shows the absence of full FAH scheme markings.

[famvburg]

Were any -5s WWII era? I didn't think they came out until '46. I like the scheme tho.

[ErrolC]

Were any -5s WWII era? I didn't think they came out until '46. I like the scheme tho.

To me, "WWII era" covers a period longer than September 39 to August 1945. In fact, using the term in this context implies that the airframe in question likely wasn't produced during WWII - if it was, you would just say "WWII".
I realise that others may understand the term differently, but it makes perfect sense to me.

In any case, nice work!

The P-40 it was swapped for recently went on display at the RNZAF Museum.

[fahnach]

Photo: Graham Hoskin / FMAH Facebook

[jack973]

the schema the plane uses now is when it was in the Honduran Air Force. it is a veteran in the 100-war conflict between Honduras and El Salvador. It participated in bombing and strafing troops and ports.
here you see the video of the star up of the engine
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=653711294667846

[zorro9]

Aussie F4U Folks:

NIce pic of a fine flying machine! Will you plz post a close up of the letters/#s at the R/S tail ?

Tks in advance!

[OZFURYFAN]

Hi all, the writing under the tailplane is the rego VH-III and the letters F4U-5N, I sent Graham this pic as it was me in the cockpit and my son behind the lens. All the rest of the markings will go on after the test flights which will happen soon, cheers, Pete

[zorro9]

Pete:

Good Day & Greetings fm across the pond!

Congratulations to all of you for the 'Darwin Dream' F4U project! Tks for the info & data. I know you have a busy agenda until the 1st flight! Be assure that all of us F4U buffs will be at that runway in spirit cheering you up !

It has been a long way & lots of history fm the FAH boneyard c. 1977, to Darwin, Australia. In answer to your previous fuselage questions, your sample has the center & aft section of the original Buno 123168 X FAH 603 as the included pic indicates! We found further pic evidence that indicates this detail. Buno 123168 is the center fuselage still showing its old radome installed. Photo T.R via C/w.com.

p.s Blues skies!!

[ErrolC]

A couple of photos of it in the Darwin sun for Ex Pitch Black Open Day

pic.twitter.com/QSwjd4krnW

pic.twitter.com/e3JC3W7wNk

For general coverage of the exercise, check https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExPB14?src=hash

[Snake45]

Were any -5s WWII era? I didn't think they came out until '46. I like the scheme tho.

To me, "WWII era" covers a period longer than September 39 to August 1945. In fact, using the term in this context implies that the airframe in question likely wasn't produced during WWII - if it was, you would just say "WWII".
I realise that others may understand the term differently, but it makes perfect sense to me.

In any case, nice work!

The P-40 it was swapped for recently went on display at the RNZAF Museum.

The first -5 Corsair wasn't built until 1947. Definitely not a WWII variant, and quite different in a number of ways from the WWII Corsairs.