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Flightdeck Friday: Goodyear F2G Corsair

January 4th, 2008 7 Comments

Like many other aircraft during WWII, the Corsair found itself being produced by companies other than its originator, Chance-Vought.  Here, the alternate producers were the Brewster Aircraft Company, builder of the F2A Buffalo (a future Flightdeck Friday topic, BTW) and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, producer of non-rigid airships or blimps.  With production lines [...]

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