Photo of a FG-1D Owned by Ray Dieckman of California
Photo taken by Ron Kaplan.
Photo of FG-1D owned by Jeff Clyman of New York,
with GOODYEAR Blimp in the background.
Photo of FG-1D owned by Howard Pardue of Breckenridge, Texas.
Photo by Larry Smigla
Photo of F2G Super Corsair Owned by Bob Odegaard of Kindred, North Dakota.
Photo by Mint Moore III
THIS IS THE ONLY FLYING SUPER CORSAIR IN THE WORLDThe above photos were graciously provided by:
Corsairboss (Mint Moore III)
http://www.indyairshow.com/
The Evergreen Aviation Museum Goodyear Corsair in flight
The above Corsair image was donated by:
Evergreen Aviation Museum
3685 N.E. Three Mile Lane
McMinnville, OR 97128To view a .PDF (Adobe) page of information
on Corsairs: Click HereImage remains the property of:
The Captain Michael King Smith
Evergreen Aviation Educational Institute.
Corsair Links:
[Please note: not all Corsairs were built by Goodyear in Akron.]
Ken Butterfield's World War II photo collection and narrative
(including Majuro, in the Marshall Islands)
http://www3.uakron.edu/majuro/Butterfield/
Indianapolis Airshow
Gathering of Corsairs & Legends
September 6-7-8, 2002
http://www.indyairshow.com/
MAPS Air Museum (near Akron)
http://www.mapsairmuseum.org/Akron Beacon Journal article on Corsairs
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/8013242.htm
Aviation Enthusiast Corner (CUNY)
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/goodyear/fg-1d.htm
Society of Air Racing Historians
http://www.airrace.com/Corsair92.htm
AirVenture 2001, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
http://www.aafo.com/news/events/oshkosh-2001/index3.htm
Corsair Aviation Art, (artist Bob Roskuski)
http://www.aviatorart.com/rosk/r-rosk.htm
F4U Corsair images and history
http://www.f4ucorsair.com/
Vought Aircraft Historic Navy and Marine images of Corsairs
http://www.vought.com/heritage/
(Several pages of historic photos. Vought was another Corsair producer.)
Historic Goodyear Corsair postcard from RWC Collection
http://www3.uakron.edu/majuro/Butterfield/navycorsair.htm
Public Domain Images from AMERICAN MEMORY:
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
(click here to see the whole collection)