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Guillows Series 1000 - F4U Corsair by David Duckett. Viewed 3137 times.
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David Duckett15-Nov-10 05:47
With Duggy at Fargo
RTD8915-Nov-10 09:02
Are they still flying it?
David Duckett15-Nov-10 09:12
I don't know but it's hot and your model is great. Enter the N# into your search engine, N5588N for info.
BillParker15-Nov-10 09:56
The Goodyear F2G "Super" Corsair was a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the FG-1/F4U-1 Corsair design as a special low-altitude version of a fighter equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 twenty-eight cylinder, four row radial air-cooled engine. Although often cited that the origin of the aircraft was as an interceptor of low-flying Japanese suicide airplanes, its actual beginnings came about in 1939 when the Pratt and Whitney company first proposed its enormous new engine. Thus the F2G lineage was tied to its engine design rather than tactical requirements. Only three of the "Super Corsairs" are still in existence: F2G-1 BuNo 88454, the first production aircraft, was acquired from the Marine Corps by the Champlin Fighter Museum, and later came to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, with the rest of the Champlin collection. The fifth F2G-1, BuNo 88458, was purchased by Cook Cleland, who went on to finish first in the 1947 Thompson Trophy Race and first in the 1949 Tinnerman Trophy Race. Over time, the plane, registered as NX5588N, went from owner to owner and slowly deteriorated. Finally, in 1996, NX5588N was purchased by Bob Odegaard of North Dakota, and was returned to airworthy condition in 1999. The aircraft is currently on loan to the Fargo Air Museum. Odegaard raced the plane in the Unlimited class at the Reno Air Races from 2006 to 2008 and it was featured in the movie Thunder Over Reno. Odegaard is currently restoring F2G-2 BuNo 88463, also of air racing fame, for a static display.
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