Corsair for sale - Yours for 3.5 Million

[Wollfen]

Any pics of the Spit? One of my favorite warbirds.

 

[rexus31]

Very cool! A brief search yielded this bird made a wheels up landing. Was that pic taken the day it crashed in '45?

 

[rapidtrans]

The Corsair in that gorgeous blue and a shiny aluminum P-51 Mustang were my modeling favorites.
(fixed it)

 

[rexus31]

The Corsair in that gorgeous blue and a shiny aluminum P-52 Mustang were my modeling favorites.

I think you mean P-51.

 

[rapidtrans]

I think you mean P-51.

Fixed it. Fat fingers strike again!

 

[rexus31]

Fixed it. Fat fingers strike again!

LOL! You too?

 

[Moparwilks]

Umm, it was the primary fighter of the Marine Corps in the Pacific. It had the second most kills behind the Hellcat. They both entered service in 1942, not sure what you are on about.

We took a beating in the early pacific conflict and the navy was hesitant using them on carriers when they first came on to the scene. You couldn’t see **** & they had to change the landing gear a bit. It just would have been nice to have them at midway against Japan’s most seasoned pilots.
They probably lost almost as many on take offs & landings than combat. They were hard to handle. Like a roadrunner with a pistol grip with no power steering or power brakes.

 

[Moparwilks]

I just saw that old mike stole my thunder after typing this. Lol

 

[Zymurgy]

Seemed appropriate to post here, watching the preshow before a F1 race in Austria. A Corsair and a DC-6.

 

[Wollfen]

Very cool! A brief search yielded this bird made a wheels up landing. Was that pic taken the day it crashed in '45?

Yup, it was on a gunnery practice range in New South Wales, place called Parkes. From there the air frame was transported to Oakey airbase which was where aircraft were salvaged or repaired. I found part of this plane on a farm less than an hour from Oakey.