FM-2 Wildcat by Richardphotos

Photography • Aviation • posted on Dec 31, 2011

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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)

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VDH

6:22AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Interesting shot!

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farmerC

7:08AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Shining shot.

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carlx

7:13AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Excellent plane and capture!!! Happy New Year, Richard!!!

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magnus073

7:29AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Great looking pic of this really cool plane Richard

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greyone

7:34AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Awesome capture of this amazing plane. The Wildcats played a huge role in the war.

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wotan

8:37AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Fascinating aeroplane... great shot!

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neiwil

8:57AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

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...

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Debwhosmiles

9:30AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Way cool! Ah those men and their flying machines! ;) Have a safe and fun New Year!

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drifterlee

10:08AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Cool plane, Richard!

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Faemike55

10:32AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Cool capture

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eekdog

10:34AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

that is a superb capture.

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jayfar

10:38AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Beautiful aircraft.

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bobrgallegos

10:56AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Awesome capture Richard!! Great POV!

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UteBigSmile

11:51AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Great looking old Engine!

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ontar1

11:57AM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Cool, nice plane, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bampster

12:06PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

A beautiful piece of machinery, well done!!!!!

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emmecielle

12:22PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Interesting shot! :)

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brycek

12:22PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Fantastic shot and plane!!

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kbrog

12:30PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Wonderful POV and capture! :)

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BIPOLARTWO

2:13PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Don't know much about aeroplanes but this is a great capture

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bazza

2:33PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

Nice and new looking plane, super capture!!

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chuter

3:08PM | Sat, 31 December 2011

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.

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