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To: Seven plus One
That was just the proof-of-concept prototype. The proposed service aircraft was the Vought XF5U-1. It was cancelled and destroyed before first flight.

(What looks like intakes for twin turbine engines are in fact cooling intakes for the dual P&W R2000 radial engines.)

91 posted on 01/25/2009 6:34:14 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo
Website for more pics of the restoration (plus other restorations by the same group) can be found here.

Interesting that they refer to the Corsair as an F4U-X. This would seem to confirm that the basis for the restoration is a mix of F4U-1 and F4U-4 parts.
92 posted on 01/25/2009 10:03:45 AM PST by tanknetter
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