MAPS Air Museum Visit

[Steve Nelson]

She is a Tallichet bird. One of the first warbird projects I ever got to volunteer on when we had it at Beaver Falls, PA at Air Heritage. We had a complete aircraft inside, and then two partial fuselage parts donors outside. One of the parts planes was used in a guy named joe and still had the Japanese markings on it.

That aft fuselage section is now at Pima, along with a set of wings from Million Dollar Valley. I'm not sure if that's where their forward fuselage came from.

SN

[Chris Brame]

She is a Tallichet bird. One of the first warbird projects I ever got to volunteer on when we had it at Beaver Falls, PA at Air Heritage. We had a complete aircraft inside, and then two partial fuselage parts donors outside. One of the parts planes was used in a guy named joe and still had the Japanese markings on it.

That aft fuselage section is now at Pima, along with a set of wings from Million Dollar Valley. I'm not sure if that's where their forward fuselage came from.

SN

I photographed those fuselage parts at Chino in 1983:

Not so sure about their use in A Guy Named Joe, however - there were (IIRC) only A2A shots of B-26s playing Bettys in that film, which were filmed in Florida.

[Jim MacDonald]

Anyone know the story on the Corsair fuselage?

Mac

[Steve Nelson]

I believe it was on display at Goodyear's corporate headquarters in Akron for many years before being donated to the museum (sometime in the 90s if I recall correctly.)


SN

[kennsmithf2g]

Anyone know the story on the Corsair fuselage?

It was on display in Goodyear's Museum "World of Rubber" in Akron. I remember sitting in it as a "big" kid...well in my 30's..........years ago

[Jim MacDonald]

Thanks for the info.

Mac

[Steve Nelson]

Thanks, Ken. I remember an old magazine article mentioning that the Corsair was owned by Goodyear, but didn't recall the specifics.