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Old 01-16-10 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bikedued
Looks like a Corsair with a P-51 canopy. Cool!,,,,,BD


EDIT: It IS a Corsair, hehe. What canopy is that, though? Not the usual body I connect with an F4-U....

http://www3.uakron.edu/majuro/Butter...MINT_F2G_9.jpg
The sole surviving Goodyear F2G Super Corsair. Goodyear helped produce the Corsair (FG-1) during WW2 and was asked to develop a low altitude version as a kamikaze interceptor. (Although some say that is not correct) They stuffed a 28 cylinder R-4360 Pratt & Whitney radial in the front and cut down the rear fuselage for better visiblity. War ended before production could start. Another view below, taken at Oshkosh in 2004.

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