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  • A story about Mr Yancy. The first year he came down with the Yak it was bare metal. I was there with Dan Martin and we went over to see him. He needed to put rescue with an arrow next to the canopy, so we found a little brush and some red model paint and I did my impression of an artist and put it on there. He was a very nice man.

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    • Man, i was up way too late last night getting to the end of this thread….
      TJ

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      • Originally posted by RAD2LTR View Post

        What happened to Old Blue after Bob plundered everything from the firewall forward for what became Czechmate?

        I have to say, a spinner on a Corsair just makes the plane look so much better. Without one they look very, well, unfinished. That said, as a military fighter, they look fine, but when it comes to going fast, they look like they are missing something without the spinner.

        Will​
        When the Yak got close to done Ol Blue was sold, in England I think. She lived over there for a while, and then came back to the States. She ended up with Cavanaugh in Texas, I think, and was mostly destroyed in a tragic takeoff accident a few years later...


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        • There once was a time... when these things seemed to be all over the place.


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          • Originally posted by wingman View Post
            There once was a time... when these things seemed to be all over the place.


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            ...like that's a BAD thing? (asking for a friend)
            Eddie's Airplane Patch-Birthplace of the "Sonic Boom".......and I'm reminded every friggin' day!

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            • Well... It could be worse. They could all be P-47s. Now there is a case of surplus bulk....


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              • Originally posted by TWD View Post
                Man, i was up way too late last night getting to the end of this thread….
                TJ
                Howdy TJ! Hope you and the family are well. Chime in if you have something you'd like to contribute to the thread. Cheers, JT.
                Jan

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                • Originally posted by wingman View Post

                  Well... It could be worse. They could all be P-47s. Now there is a case of surplus bulk....


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                  Lol! This shot is a mark of your true professionalism Neal and your dedication to the ..... ahem... "twin peaks" of Corsair and Thunderbolt!
                  Jan

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                  • Hmmm....jugs on a Jug! That's different
                    Eddie's Airplane Patch-Birthplace of the "Sonic Boom".......and I'm reminded every friggin' day!

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                    • Your minds are all in the gutter! She's only there to give a sense of scale. She shows just how oversize and deep breasted the Jug really is.

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                      • I hate to interrupt the eye-catching images Neal is posting but perhaps here are a few that will provide another kind of "tit"illation...

                        This is Bob Mitchem in 1967 arriving... yes arriving... at Reno. He'd flown Big Hummer in from Broomfield, Colorado and made it to Stead... or nearby when a couple connecting rods let go. He did a nice job, landing fast with oil and smoke streaming. But he never even got to qualify for the race. Enjoy this sequence from the Walt Olrich collection...​
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                              • "A Corsair is a many splendored thing...."
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