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1. Looks like a FG-1D Corsair, the Navy's gull wing, prop-driven fighter.

Reply to Tom Yossarian Joad (Original post)

Sat Feb 11, 2023, 10:27 PM

Feb 2023

There was a brief mention of a Mig-15 jet fighter the North Koreans had (mostly piloted by Russians). It took considerable skill for a much slower prop plane to go against much faster jet fighters. I guess the Black aviators weren't given the new F-86 Sabrejet yet (the Navy version was the FJ-4 Fury).

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Looks like a FG-1D Corsair, the Navy's gull wing, prop-driven fighter. brush Feb 2023 #1

From what I read the FJ-4 Fury first flight was in 1954 while the time of this movie Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2023 #2

The Corsair was a beautiful plane. I thought the Navy version of... brush Feb 2023 #3

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