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High-Speed Low Level Ground Attack Display
Between 1944 and 1947 the RNZAF had over 420 Corsair fighters which equipped thirteen squadrons in the Pacific Theatre. As there were few Japanese aircraft in the area by the time the Corsairs came on line, the RNZAF used these awesome fighters primarily as low-level aircraft to support troops on the ground. This Corsair is often displayed making simulated low-level high speed attack runs...
This Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair owned and operated by New Zealand's Old Stick And Rudder Company is one of only two remaining airworthy examples of a Corsair operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1944 onwards. Photo: Alex Mitchell, Historical Aviation Film Unit
World renown warbird pilot Keith Skilling puts the Kiwi Corsair through its paces at the Classic Fighters Airshow in Blenheim, New Zealand.
This aircraft (NZ5648) was saved from the (in)famous Rukuhia scrapyard in the late 1950's, and by 1966 had been restored to a taxiable condition. In this state it was displayed at the opening of the Hamilton Airport in 1966 (New Zealand). Over the next 16 years it spent time at MOTAT in Auckland, and then was sold to the USA, where it was restored to an airworthy condition and flew once more in 1982.
After spending some twelve years based in the UK with the Old Flying Machine Company, the aircraft returned to New Zealand in 2004, and for many years was based at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton with the Old Stick And Rudder Company.Share This Story :
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