Corsair

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It's not a perfect rendition of the F4U-1A, -1C, or -1D, but right now it is the only FSX SP2 native Corsair available.
 
FentiFlier1 said:
Yankees makes a really good sales representative for A2A!

I'm still hesitating to purchase, but I'm tempted.
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If you do, be sure to get Accufeel (in case you don'T have it) and fligers alternative flight model mentioned on page two of this thread for it!


Cheers,
Mark
 
Awesome work Jan Kees! :applause: I grabbed the AF Corsair just to use your new paint jobs!

One note: Controversial, yet today, the nickname on F4U-1A BuNo 18086 was either "Lulubelle" or "Lucybelle"
From this PR shot(it is believed that "Pappy" never actually flew 18086), I'm inclined to believe it was Lucybelle.
http://acepilots.com/images/lulubelle_b&w4.jpg

According to Bruce Gamble's book "The Black Sheep", "Those scheduled for flights piled onto a vehicle--often a sagging, overloaded jeep, perhaps a larger weapons carrier--for a ride down to the flight line. The pilots did not have preassigned Corsairs. No one, including Boyington, had a personal airplane. Instead the jeep rolled down the line past the revetments, where an enlisted plane captain waiting by each Corsair signaled either thumbs up or thumbs down...If the signal was affirmative, a pilot jumped from the jeep and climbed in, if the plane was grounded, the jeep simply rolled to the next plane in line."

Brigadier General Bruce Matheson's later take on that: "Off you'd go with no idea what the tail numbers were, whose squadron it belonged to, nothing. They were just airplanes, there to be flown."
"Looking back on it, the absence of record-keeping was unbelievable. We kept our own log books. There were no Yellow Sheets. There was no such thing as writing down anything, when you came back from a hop, which had to do with maintenance,...some young kid naked to the waist would bring you in, put chocks under it and say, 'What about it?' You'd say, 'It's okay,' or 'fix the radio,' and walk away from it."

Who is Lucibelle? :icon_lol: just pullin' yer chain
 
fxsttcb said:
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One note: Controversial, yet today, the nickname on F4U-1A BuNo 18086 was either "Lulubelle" or "Lucybelle"
From this PR shot(it is believed that "Pappy" never actually flew 18086), I'm inclined to believe it was Lucybelle.
http://acepilots.com/images/lulubelle_b&w4.jpg

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It probably was Lucybelle, after his first wife Lucy. Later he declined that name for obvious reasons and made Lulubelle out of it. At least that's how it is believed.

Photo below shows that (not GB in the cockpit). Although, the kill markings differ in appearance from above photo. Maybe they were repainted? Retouched? Why? Mystery!

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I believe I read somewhere that all the flag on #86 were put there for some propaganda shots that were to be made of Boyington, and that indeed, nobody had a personal aircraft.
I don't think I ever painted #86.
 
jankees said:
I believe I read somewhere that all the flag on #86 were put there for some propaganda shots that were to be made of Boyington, and that indeed, nobody had a personal aircraft.
I don't think I ever painted #86.
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I for one would love seeing you do #86! Any USMC paint for that matter!
 
jankees said:
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I don't think I ever painted #86.
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My Bad! duh...'twas a stock livery. Wanna fix it? :icon_lol:

Or, even better, hook me up with one of these: http://www.vmfa251.org/WW2 Photos/album/slides/whisenf4u1d.html
That shot of 2nd Lieutenant Nat Whisenhant in an F4U-1A is the only side shot of a VMF-251 Corsair I've been able to find.
This is the best I could do using the old D'Bolt F4U-1, Scroll down...http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?234059-Marine-Corps-Squadron-251&p=1587050#post1587050
I do still have the small nose art jpg that I made, if you wanna tackle it.

@Mark, Much better shot than I had found previously. Pretty much confirms Lucybelle.

Thanks, Gentlemen...Don
 
I gave in to peer pressure! Off to download Jankees' state-of-the-art repaints! :salute:

And thanks for pointing out Fliger's FM. I test flew the stock one just to check...and quickly replaced it.

Now once Mike releases the P-40N, I will be completely ready for action in the Solomons!

Owen.
 
jankees said:
I believe I read somewhere that all the flag on #86 were put there for some propaganda shots that were to be made of Boyington, and that indeed, nobody had a personal aircraft.
I don't think I ever painted #86.
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That would be correct. Pilots took whichever aircraft was ready to fly. Squadrons also pooled their aircraft to insure that there would be a sufficient number of combat ready Corsairs for every mission. This pooling is what lead to the elimination of personal aircraft and the single and double digit numbering systems. Once you had several squadrons operating the same type of aircraft, you could have multiple aircraft wearing the same number. Side numbers were changed to reflect the last three digits of the USN bureau number of each aircraft.
 
Have you done, or would you consider doing, a Fleet Air Arm Corsair to go with the static aircraft on the Flying Stations Victorious?
 
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