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Sad to see any warbird crash. Nicely executed landing though. I'm see reports it has been recovered with minimal structural damage. Unfortunately it has been impounded for the investigation so it is not getting the salt water washed out immediately.
As a young kid probably 10ish the family trekked down to Harlingen Texas to see a confederate air force show. The first big rotary engine I ever heard was attached to one of those blue bent wing birds. Been my favorite plane ever since.
Yes the Corsair was a great plane and I saw a real demonstration of aerobatics by no less than the Honduras Air Force in the late 1960's. I was doing a lot of consulting for United Brands in those days and spending time in the San Pedro Sula area. Was on a weekend and the air force operated off a dirt strip just outside town. They must have had some kind of drill that weekend and they were doing acrobatics every time one of them came back to the airport. As I remember, they had six aircraft in the air at times.