Great story, Bill. that pic brings back memories of my one and only first hand viewing of 1 of 3 restored and flying F4-U Corsairs. It was in a hangar at the Allendale/Fairfax airport in South Carolina some 25 years ago. It was owned, and flown, by Joe Tobul. It was a huge fighter plane and I was awed by it's sheer presence. The four blade prop was immense. Joe crashed and died in that plane at an airshow some years later. I've been told that his son has rebuilt the airplane to it's former glory.
As Bob Hope used to say, "Thanks for the memories".
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