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JimH
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yeah! fun stuff...here are some more

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I was recently sent some photos by a friend who occupied the back seat in the P-40 during a formation training flight last September, before the VWoC airshow. I hadn't really done much formation in 2013, and neither had the Corsair pilot, Francis B, so we had the gloriously good fun of a mutual form training trip.

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Forming up...

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Taking Lead...

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Line Astern...

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Great photos from FoF. I had no idea JOE was still around. I would love to see it and the P-38 fly again. Awesome stuff.

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What's the story behind a Corsair named Joe...?

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Pogo wrote:
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In short, it was the lone FG-1D to compete in the 1946 Bendix Trophy as Race 90. JOE finished 15th. In 1947, as Race 99 JOE took sixth in the Bendix flew from SoCal to Cleveland in 6 hrs 24 minutes 4 seconds.

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cool shots Dave! thanks for posting, Did Cook race Lucky Gallon? it was in FG1-D I believe.

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Does anyone know the history of Joe "90" before c.1947??

Just found a neat scheme pic of a F4U-1A c.1954 Reg N63382 with a logo of "Chance Vought Aircraft" on the side. (R/S). c. 1954. According to the caption was used by the Co as en executive transport. It looks like a dark Navy blue with white band on the side. The canopy sure looks like the F4U-1 models with the upper bands on top.

Are we talking about the same "Joe" 90/99 or perhaps diff canopies? Has anyone seen other pics/angles of the Chance Vought Civ Corsair?

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zorro9 wrote:
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Good day!

Does anyone know the history of Joe "90" before c.1947??

Just found a neat scheme pic of a F4U-1A c.1954 Reg N63382 with a logo of "Chance Vought Aircraft" on the side. (R/S). c. 1954. According to the caption was used by the Co as en executive transport. It looks like a dark Navy blue with white band on the side. The canopy sure looks like the F4U-1 models with the upper bands on top.

Are we talking about the same "Joe" 90/99 or perhaps diff canopies? Has anyone seen other pics/angles of the Chance Vought Civ Corsair?

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What's the story behind a Corsair named Joe...?

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Does anyone know the history of Joe "90" before c.1947??

I was asking a short while ago.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=51886

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Mark:

Good Day!

Tks for the info/link & data. Do you know the Buno/C/n of that FG-1D center section? Where is this section at??

Tks in advance
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Good Day!

Tks for the info/link & data. Do you know the Buno/C/n of that FG-1D center section? Where is this section at??

Tks in advance

This is all I know, and the current photo of 'Joe' at FOF someone posted a few posts ago. Is this what you are asking about?
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BTW Jim, thanks for sharing that photo with the tires on the shelves at FOF. I've thought for a while that it would be cool to see the oval-tread tires and/or block-tread tires remanufactured for use on Mustangs today. The block-tread tires I believe were the strongest and were, for instance, the type used on the P-51D-5 which the Navy modified and used for carrier trials in November '44.
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Jim - any more photos of Kermits B-24? Also, isn' it named "Joe" as well??

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my memory card was full and I was being selective about photos. So, no I didn't take many of the exterior. The story goes that it was named "Joe" after it did the Kennedy movie. The Corsair center section is at Maps in Akron-Canton.

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Jim H:

Good day!

Did you happen to know the Buno of that "Center" section of F4U?
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