Warbird Information Exchange

FG-1D Folks:

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We believe in this Jul 2015 to be deep inside the perimeter of things! Pic below is the original scheme & markings of the long time missing FAS 201 c.1957. El Paso, TX c. May '57. Photo via AEC. ..2 B cont..

FG-1D Folks:


....so, where did FAS 201 go/move fm its outdoor parking place at El Paso, Municipal Apt c. May '57?? It all depends who you ask. Originally, when we first began to inquire about its time line of events c. 2002,.. we were told by a poc S.of the Border that the sample in question was at Bridgeport, CT on static display. It turned out to be the right country aircraft but the wrong scheme & Buno being displayed. 2 B cont..Photo B. Baker c. 1958.

No, it's in the correct American scheme as this plane was build for the u.s first

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As an interested researcher on this topic for a number of years, I am not aware of any fact, that may suggest the FG-1D badly damaged at El Paso,TX in 1957, is the same as the one displayed at Bridgeport, CT.
So, with all due respect to all, may I ask where is the evidence, documental or not?

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W:

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Understood! Included in pic below is the same a/c with a previous arrival scheme at Bridgeport, CT c.1969-1970. FAS 217 in dark blue scheme, Buno 92460. Photo via AEC.

FAH 503:

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Neither do we! I think is a case of mistaken id/hangar talk. The next version fm S. of the Border & this Border is that FAS 201 never made it to Ilopango. We're about to prove 'em wrong. Hang tight. Photo via AEC c. 2005.

Actually, the corsair has always resided in Stratford,ct when it was displayed. Sikorsky memorial airport is located in Stratford but I believe it is owned by the city of Bridgeport. Bridgeport is the next town over. So the chance-vought plant and the corsair are in the town of Stratford. Hope this helps

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FG-1D Folks:

Good Day!

..so, what does the time-line of our suspected "Skull & Bones" Northern Calif sample Buno 67087 indicates in this July 2015???

As you are about to read, docs & photo evidence fm S. of the Border tend to indicate that this particular sample did not just go "puff' fm the tarmac at El Paso, TX c. '57-58,.. but that indeed through some logistic paperwork between FAS & its Washington Embassy in the US, fund$ were authorized to get it across the Rio Grand & back to Ilopango Airport for repairs,... to include also the purchase of 4-5 more samples as spare aircraft for the aging FAS fleet. Photo via AEC. c. 2014.

FAS FG-1D Folks:

..originally. during c. May '57 FAS intended to buy via MAP 15 FG-1Ds & 5 more samples for spares. Things changed a bit once they arrived at Ilopango & all 20 samples were placed on the tarmac on the ready line. All this, against the advice of the USMILGP to keep a smaller number on hand. By c. 1960s, accidents & maint problems kept reducing the FG-1D inventory bit by bit. By May, 1960 10 FG-1D samples were placed in long term "temporary outdoor storage" at Ilopango & the few surviving samples were sent for IRAN services to SALAS of Costa Rica for overhaul.

4-5 more samples were later ordered for spares only. These samples, kept their US Navy markings during storage time at Ilopango. It's also during this time frame, that a re-shuffle of FAS FG-1ds Reg numbers is observed. By Oct '66 a mixture of 'gull grey' & dark blue samples can still be observed at FAS boneyard #1 (no -longer a temp storage area). Among the FAS FG-1Ds indicating Reg change were FAS 208, FAS 209, FAS 211 & FAS 213 for now. 2 B Cont. Photo via DPH 'c. Oct 1966.