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Title: "Barn Find" XF5U-1
Post by: Bob Heywood on April 07, 2013, 06:58:47 PM

Frank Scott's original XF5U-1 41 years later...

Title: Re: "Barn Find" XF5U-1
Post by: Joe Just on April 07, 2013, 07:08:28 PM

Bob, tell us "the rest of the tory"  how, where etc.
Joe

Title: Re: "Barn Find" XF5U-1
Post by: Mike Starrett on April 07, 2013, 08:15:00 PM

Wow!  That brings back some memories.  Do you still have the one you flew?  Man that was early 70's. 

Title: Re: "Barn Find" XF5U-1
Post by: Wayne J. Buran on April 07, 2013, 08:20:29 PM

Bob, Inquiring Minds want to know.
Thanks
Wayne

Title: Re: "Barn Find" XF5U-1
Post by: Bob Heywood on April 08, 2013, 06:13:07 AM

Frank still has the plane. It actually has been stored in a barn, of sorts. Frank has a building on his property, formerly a barn, that has been converted as a toy building. He has his model stuff, a two place Hyper Lite airplane, and other assorted junk stashed away in there. I was out there yesterday and asked to take a photo or two of the model. I guess I will become its caretaker. I couldn't bring it home because it wouldn't fit in my Harley sidecar. Frank said he would get it to me.

As for my original, it's long gone. Many years ago I was flying it at one of Sam Wright's contests at Columbus and managed to do a genuine stall - spin - crash maneuver. There wasn't anything left worth salvaging.

The magazine article was published in 1972.

P.S. Frank has enough land for a 60 x 1000 ft main runway and an intersecting 600 ft runway so he can fly the real planes just by walking out his back door.

I love this stuff.

Title: Re: "Barn Find" XF5U-1
Post by: Wayne J. Buran on April 08, 2013, 08:02:12 AM

Thanks Bob, love this stuff.
Wayne