And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
@ Retired Cop: In those days it was commonplace to take the best parts from all the wrecks in the junk yard off the runway and build as many flyable aircraft as they could. Early in the war it was possible for 50% or more of any mission to be made up of salvage aircraft.--Ray
That is actually duct tape. Many "salvage" F4U's has so many ill fitting parts that they would cover the gaps with tape in order to cut down on the drag. The super sticky cloth tape was first used to fix bullet holes on fabric wings (60% of the F4U was fabric covered. All the control surfaces were made of Plywood. All the control surfaces on the F4F and all the dive bombers were fabric. They used up a lot of tape).---Ray
I always get a grin when seeing people wearing hats on the flight line or when piloting an aircraft.
ReplyDeleteCan't be "out of uniform"!
What's the wear on the cowling near the numerals "252" ? Melted metal?
ReplyDelete@ Retired Cop: In those days it was commonplace to take the best parts from all the wrecks in the junk yard off the runway and build as many flyable aircraft as they could. Early in the war it was possible for 50% or more of any mission to be made up of salvage aircraft.--Ray
ReplyDeleteThe greatest generation. I'm 60, what have we done?
ReplyDeleteI think that "wear on the cowling" may be a stainless steel plate to accept exhaust blast.
ReplyDeleteLook at all the lost paint on the machine gun ports. Those are some well worn Corsairs.
ReplyDeleteThat is actually duct tape. Many "salvage" F4U's has so many ill fitting parts that they would cover the gaps with tape in order to cut down on the drag. The super sticky cloth tape was first used to fix bullet holes on fabric wings (60% of the F4U was fabric covered. All the control surfaces were made of Plywood. All the control surfaces on the F4F and all the dive bombers were fabric. They used up a lot of tape).---Ray
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