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JimBob55
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Postcard art

Post by JimBob55 » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:27 pm

Just wanted to share this postcard showing a Corsair over Akron, Ohio (my birthplace) A significant amount of the -1A's and -1D's were made by Goodyear in Akron, and were designated FG-1A and FG-1D.

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Post by eddie372 » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:22 am

Thank you for sharing JimBob. It's a neat picture!

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Thanks!

Post by JimBob55 » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:21 am

Thanks for your reply!

I used to stand on the little rise above the 'AKRON' letters and watch the airplanes fly in and out of Akron Municipal Airport, which was the former post-war Akron Naval Air Station and where Goodyear made the Corsairs. Also home of the 'airdock', one of the still existing (huge) dirigible hangers from the '30s.

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