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Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:48 pm
mustangdriver wrote: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
Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:19 pm
Steve Nelson wrote:mustangdriver wrote: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.
Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:20 am
Anyone know the story on the Corsair fuselage?
Mac
Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:56 pm
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
Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:12 pm
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
Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:23 am
Thanks for the info.
Mac
Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:08 pm
Thanks, Ken. I remember an old magazine article mentioning that the Corsair was owned by Goodyear, but didn't recall the specifics.
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