FM-2 Wildcat by Richardphotos
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Wright R-1820-56 engine 1350 hp
one of last ones delivered to Navy before the surrender of Japan.it stayed in storage until dis commissioned
belongs to Cavanaugh air museum Addison Texas
Comments (35)
Interesting shot!
Shining shot.
Excellent plane and capture!!! Happy New Year, Richard!!!
Great looking pic of this really cool plane Richard
Awesome capture of this amazing plane. The Wildcats played a huge role in the war.
Fascinating aeroplane... great shot!
Fantastic capture of this pivotal piece of machinery, and that's a pretty cool hunk of aircraft attached to it :-) Still a runner going by the drip tray, does it still fly ? I hope so... Thanks for a year of interesting and entertaining pictures, all the best for the New Year, catch you in 2012...
Way cool! Ah those men and their flying machines! ;) Have a safe and fun New Year!
Cool plane, Richard!
Cool capture
that is a superb capture.
Beautiful aircraft.
Awesome capture Richard!! Great POV!
Great looking old Engine!
Cool, nice plane, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A beautiful piece of machinery, well done!!!!!
Interesting shot! :)
Fantastic shot and plane!!
Wonderful POV and capture! :)
Don't know much about aeroplanes but this is a great capture
Nice and new looking plane, super capture!!
Nice shot. I see the tailwheel is the pneumatic tire (just like virtually every Corsair and Hellcat) not the solid "deck" tire most Wildcats today use even though they can loosen your fillings - lol. And we have the stock electric prop as required by the original model engine. If an engine from a T-28 (for instance) is installed an hydraulic prop is run. And you might just notice the insignia (star and bar) is just the white and does not include the blue disc background or surround. Oddly, it was only Grumman that applied to the Navy for this shortcut (for all their aircraft types) even though the insignia blue is virtually invisible against the overall blue finish. For instance, if you look closely at all blue Corsairs, wartime, not restored, you should be able to just make the insignia blue out. There are a LOT of Corsairs painted "wrong" today - lol.
What a beauty!! Looks fun to fly as long as there is no war. :) Peace!
Wonderful looking aircraft!
SPLENDID capture !!!
Beautiful! Almost looked like a 'transformer' in the thumb.
Very cool image Richard, precious capture!
Fantastic my friend....!!! Happy New Year....!!! #:O)
SENSACIONAL FOTO MEU AMIGO,FANTÁSTICO AVIÃO.+++++++++5
Excellent!!