Corsair

[ardypilot]

Theres a Hudon getting restored around the back of the MOTAT hanger in Auckland...

[A185F]

to fly ? what one is it if you know, out of interest....

[jastheace]

would be a shame to see the corsair leave in, i am tied to that and the kitty hawks indirectly, my grandfather was responsible for keeping those birds in the air during the war, he was a flight Sargent in the rnzaf and was a lead mechanic. his friends from the war would tell me stories as a young kid of how my granddad would listen to that big ol radial idle away and he would be able to tell them if it was running rough, lean or slightly out of time, never did get his mechanical skills!!