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Not sure how you posted originally, but for future reference, you need to click the little filmstrip in the editor, then paste the URL of the youtube video into that field. You also need to delete the "s" from the https: in the url or it won't work. If you try to post the Youtube video any other way it probably won't work.
Just watched it's first flight, the aircraft preformed well, but the camera man needs a bit more training, couldn't even keep the aircraft in the frame, kept loosing it. So much for cheap help! :single_eye: PJ
Back in the 50s, I worked on those Corsairs in Norman Oklahoma, that's where I fell in love with them. One tough aircraft!
A lot of depth in this Paul guy for sure! I hope you write or video your story, Paul.That's cool that you had the opportunity to work on such an amazing aircraft, Paul!
Same as a P-51, you never fire-walled them below a certain airspeed, only wing tips if your lucky, if not, on your back. The F4U 1-A's with, (testing memory again) 1200 HP weren't bad, but the F4U-4's with over 2000 HP would torque-over in a flash.They were built in CT during the war. They still fly a few each year at Bridgeport Airport- BDR. I understand if you don't use extreme right rudder on takeoff they will flip upside down due to propellor torque.
Paul - that was the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome up in Red Hook, NY. Still exists. Cole Palen started that with WW1 aircraft he got when Roosevelt Field was closed in 1951 - SPAD XIII, Avro 504K, Curtiss Jenny, Standard J1, Aeromarine 39B, and Sopwith Snipe.
https://oldrhinebeck.org/
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Want to take a ride?