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pax britanica 10th Jul 2016 18:53
Corsair over Sandhurst
 
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...s-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.


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