TV show Ba Ba black sheep aircraft and pilots

[West Coast]

A bit of history behind the aircraft and pilots from the TV show.

POOR LITTLE LAMBS - The Corsairs of Baa Baa Blacksheep (http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/poor-lambs-corsairs-baa-baa-blacksheep.html)

[Airbubba]

Thanks for sharing this! :ok:

Great article and wonderful nostalgia in the comments as well.

[Lonewolf_50]

Great find, WC, loved it!

(I had the privilege of serving under Pappy's grand nephew, Ed, when he was a rear admiral).

[Octane]

Great article,thank you! I loved that show as a kid. I must do a search and watch them again..

A New Zealand Corsair squadron operated in the Solomons in WW2. I believe one is still airworthy but is a "birdcage" model?

[flyinkiwi]

A New Zealand Corsair squadron operated in the Solomons in WW2. I believe one is still airworthy but is a "birdcage" model?

The one I saw certainly wasn't a birdcage model. Google NZ5648.

[treadigraph]

Tim Wallis had a birdcage Corsair flying at Wanaka in the 1990s, though not an ex RNZAF example; it's now with a museum in Brazil. There are a couple of ex RNZAF F4U-1 hulks, last heard of with Ross Jowitt at Ardmore, possibly now in the US.

[noflynomore]

What is a birdcage model???

[sandiego89]

What is a birdcage model???


Nofly, "birdcage" refers to the early Corsair canopy, that had numerous cross braces, thus looked like a birdcage- later versions had blown canopies.


2012 BentProp Progress Report # 14 (http://bentprop.org/pm14/pr_docs/14-Apr01.htm)

[treadigraph]

The hood had a fair bit of framework on early Corsairs, later aircraft had a blown hood.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/F4U-1_Corsair_in_flight_c1942.jpg


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/30/b7/31/30b731a70705a0c2bc6c7d0590c218c4.jpg

[cyclic35]

Thank you "West Coast" for this interesting and detailed information. It was an effective machine and had its place along with the P51D.