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Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

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

Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

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:
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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.

Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:20 am

Anyone know the story on the Corsair fuselage?

Mac

Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

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

Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

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

Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:23 am

Thanks for the info.

Mac

Re: MAPS Air Museum Visit

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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