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pax britanica
10th Jul 2016, 18:53
Last thursday late afternoon i was walking the dog alongside the Blackwater River and my ears pricked up to an unusual sound which soon appeared above me looking a lot like a F4-U Corsair . Was I dreaming? I have not seen one before and although it was pretty low and appeared to have USN markings , Ruskie radials are common here so I wanted to make sure Iwasn't seeing things.

I hope I wasn't as it was something to see (and hear) albeit not going that fast and with the mighty radial kind of chugging along at low revs.
Any confirmations please? It was headed north west and about 1000-1500 ft subject to all the usual warnings about estimating height
PB

treadigraph
10th Jul 2016, 19:51
Could well have been The Fighter Collection's Corsair - pic below from their website.

http://fighter-collection.com/cft/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cors-eng-web1.jpg

HEATHROW DIRECTOR
10th Jul 2016, 20:06
Last Thursday afternoon the P51 Mustang G-SIJJ was holding over Finchampstead in wide circles presumably waiting to go to Farnborough.