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Any photos of the damage once the Corsair was recovered?

I have seen some more detailed pictures of the aircraft than what is online at the moment .
Without getting into a lot of details , the damage is quite extensive and there appears to be a rather large split in the airframe just aft of the cockpit on the stb side . Along with all the other damage to the wings tail etc this aircraft while salvageable, will require a major rebuild. This is a major setback for any collection and very unfortunate timing as there were rumblings that is was going to be put up for sale once the bugs were all sorted out.

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...it was a plane adrift beneath the moon moving serenely thru beams like an angel of the night .....fair as a song ........aloof from mortal dreams

I have seen some more detailed pictures of the aircraft than what is online at the moment .
Without getting into a lot of details , the damage is quite extensive and there appears to be a rather large split in the airframe just aft of the cockpit on the stb side . Along with all the other damage to the wings tail etc this aircraft while salvageable, will require a major rebuild. This is a major setback for any collection and very unfortunate timing as there were rumblings that is was going to be put up for sale once the bugs were all sorted out.

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...it was a plane adrift beneath the moon moving serenely thru beams like an angel of the night .....fair as a song ........aloof from mortal dreams

Airports don't care about airplanes!

Chino did a drainage improvement project some years back and placed a significant ditch next to the runway. Bob Pond ran his Hellcat off the side and flipped over shortly thereafter. Luckily he wasn't hurt and the aircraft wasn't damaged too terribly.

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I was there with the B-17 Sentimental Journey, not only did it end up on it's back, it happened to hit a piece of farm equipment that tore open the vertical fin from the tip to the fuselage just forward of the rudder hinge line. I remember the chino bunch saying that had that happened to the Zero there would not be much left to salvage, they were very much against that ditch.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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Andy, Any word on what's next for the poor bird ?, Restore ? Sell ? Sure needs John Lane's or Ezell's Magic touch !!

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Any word on the condition of the pilot and his prognosis for recovery?

Ken

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