| Author | Message | ||
     Birdy |
200 foot over my head. THAT'S what got me out of bed, Yankee Lady a flying B17 ! A sound I'll NEVER forget. She came in on 9/11 and that's rather fitting I think. The sound that brought freedom for millions in WW-II proudly overhead on the day of remembrance when a few tried to steal it away. A fly-in is in town for the weekend at the local airfield, along with about 400 other airplane. Everything from the B-17 down to the smallest home built I ever seen (I don't think I could get IN it! I went over to hobble around a look a bit but after a half hour or so my foot hurt so bad I ended up leaving. | ||
| 5liter |
Nothing like the sound of a BIG radial. If you ever get a chance to see the Super Corsair, go see it. Talk about a BIG radial! | ||
| Hex |
My grandpa C John Ryan, had a hand in that Airframe design, B29 and Vulcan Gatling gun as well as many other historic aircraft/spacecraft(Atlas, HST). He designed many parts including armaments, turret nacelles, primary structures, etc land Tanks too. I've got tones of hand drafting of his work from his civilian service. I should put it all together into a book of his life engineering work. But I've got my own challenges to peruse. | ||
| Boogiman1981 |
big radials that my friends is what has us in love with twins!! | ||
| 5liter |
Big Radial. http://www.orizzle.com/htm/s/corsair1.htm | ||
| Paw |
AAAHHH the Corsair one of the most beautiful fighters of WWII. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Funnily enough, I'm just re-reading a book by a fellow who flew Corsairs during the war for the British Navy. Apparently the Fleet Air Arm were the first operational users of the Corsair, they got them under the Lend/Lease arrangement. It's a great read if you can find the book. it's called Carrier Pilot by Norman Hanson. Anybody interested pm me for the isbn. I grew up a stone's throw from Duxford one of the UKs most historic bases, & now home to the Imperial War Museum, aircraft collection. (Well worth the visit if you get the chance) They filmed "The Battle of Britain" there when I was a lad & I remember seeing Messerschmidts & Dorniers flying over my house in formation & watching the Hurricanes & Spitfires diving to attack. All being filmed from an old "Mitchell" bomber. | ||
| Hmartin |
N24927 "Ol 927", a Consolidated B-24A Liberator (one of only 3 still flying) is stationed near my house and it always hauls me off my butt and into the driveway every time I hear it fly over (which is maybe once a year). The sound of those 4 Twin Wasps all beating in sync is simply breathtaking. | ||
| 46champ |
That is sorta true Innes the Fleet Air arm were the first to operate the Corsair off of carrier decks. The first use in combat was by the Marine squadron VMF-124. The fleet air arm did operate their Corsairs months before the US Navy did. What is remarkable is they were for the most part given the Brewster F3A-1 version almost universally regarded as the worst built version. |
