Yeah beautiful pictures and sounds. It is making me sad how many great airshow performers/pilots/awesome people and their planes have passed in the last few years.
This is airplane porn. Two of the most beautiful airplanes ever flown. Thanks so much for posting this and thanks to everyone who made it possible. Hope you don't mind that I took screen shots of your stills.
When this masterpiece of engineering entered service, Japans fate was sealed. This airframe was so effective and dominant it remained in production thru 1952. It was the most produced piston engined fighter in the history of the United States.
The F2G only had 12 built, 10 flying prototypes and of which only 2 survived. Goodyear was the company who developed this evolution of the Corsair, however with the advent of jet powered aircraft, this plane’s fate was sealed
I actually help take care of Race 57 here in her new home in Arkansas! I can assure everyone she is dearly loved, well taken care of, and flies quite often! Here’s a vid I took of her flying with a P-51! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-30dIqzBYTAU.html
They aren’t standard F4Us, they’re F2G Super Corsairs. They never saw combat or any service whatsoever outside of flight testing, so racers are all they’ve ever been.
+ Kevin Ryan An F2G was recently sold through an aircraft broker, although I don't think the ID was in the sale. There are bits and pieces from a couple of original Bu.No's but the only substantial wreck is Race #74. Perhaps she is sold and will return in stock or race trim..
@@kdryan21 It was pretty wrecked looking at the debris field. The rebuild work today could bring it back, but it would be expensive and slow work. I think Corsair rebuilds were difficult because nobody could manufacture a new wing spar but today a few projects have made a new spar. It wouldn't bother me if Race #74 is just rebuilt for static because it would still honor Mr. Soplata's and Mr. Odegaard's legacy to put it back together.
I have a hard time calling a Super Corsair a warbird. They were delivered after WWII and never saw combat. They (10 of them) were excellent racers though. Plane went down doing what it did best, not rotting away in a museum. Sad loss, but best way to go for that airplane.
