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Old 07-05-2006, 10:18 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Corsair
Thank you for the nice welcome all,

Don't know exactly why I like the Corsair so much except the gull wing was so cool. and, then I found out the gull wing attribute was to keep the large diameter propeller from hitting the ground with that big 2000 HP Pratt and Whitney engine turning it.
I have a piston from one of those sitting on my desk at work; it hails from the days I used to work at P&W in Montreal and was a souvenir of my days of servitude to the aviation industry!
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