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unique mystery pic that needs aircraft buffs help

bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
edited August 2007 in General Discussion
well yes i know what it is, but what AIRCRAFT would it go on????
i had the honor of meeting a fellow at my hometown gun club who use to work at this plant and he gave me this as a gift. he said it was what theyd put on a/c made between 1939 and 1943. i guessed right off the bat, the F-4U, because i knew the history of the local air field.
but then he threw me a curve ball and asked me what other aircraft were made by sikorsky and vought in the same time period!
i need help folks! educate me![:I]
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  • dbaraledbarale Member Posts: 328 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some kind of chopper?
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    There were quite a few different models made, here are a few links:

    http://ctairandspace.org/vought.html

    http://www.voughtaircraft.com/heritage/years/html/30-40.html


    Notable Vought Systems

    [edit] Aircraft
    O2U Corsair
    F4U Corsair
    A-7 Corsair II
    F6U Pirate
    F7U Cutlass
    F-8 Crusader (formerly F8U Crusader)
    F8U-3 Crusader III
    OS2U Kingfisher
    SB2U Vindicator
    TBY Sea Wolf (Vought designed; Production was by Consolidated)
    XF5U Flying Flapjack
    LTV XC-142

    [edit] Missiles
    SSM-N-8 Regulus
    ASM-135 ASAT
    M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

    [edit] Workshare projects
    Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (ailerons, elevators, and rudders)
    Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey (empennage, ramp/ramp door)
    Boeing 747 (fuselage panels, tail section)
    Boeing 767 (center wingbox, horizontal stabilizer)
    Boeing 777 (spoilers, *)
    Boeing 787 (fuselage barrels-Sections 47 and 48)
    Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy (flight control surfaces)
    Lockheed C-130 Hercules (empennage)
    Lockheed/Boeing F-22 Raptor (stabilator)
    Northrop B-2 Spirit
    Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk/SH-60 Seahawk
    Airbus A319 A320 (upper wing panel assemblies)
    Airbus A330 A340 (mid- and outer-leading edge assemblies, mid-rear spars, center spar assembly, *, fairings and upper panel assemblies )
    Airbus A340/500-600 (mid- and outer-leading edge assemblies, mid-rear spars, center spar assembly, upper panels and stringers)
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    choppers didnt exist in 39 thru 43. it wasnt until the korean war that choppers came into play.
    thats the mystery!
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OS2U-1,2,3 "KINGFISHER"
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    some of that list is invalid. it must be ww2 and before.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    kingfisher the only one?
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SB2U was built 1937-41

    OS2U 1938-42
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    The SB2U Vindicator was also during that time period.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i was emailed that the VS300 was also in experimental stage in 1939. igors FIRST HELO!
    can you imagine? what a piece of history!
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    39-43.
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Real curve-ball. See below. Mk19's list appears to be all inclusive for Vought. During the war, the airfield (on L.I. Sound) made fixed-wing.

    Up the river ol' Igor was making flying boats. And launched them directly into the Quinnipiac. First helo wasn't adopted by USAAF 'til mid WWII.

    Almost certain your plaque is a United Technologies plaque. Well after WWII. I remember seeing them on SK76's, UH60's, and that large seven bladed monster (can't remember the designation-looked like "Jolly Green"). Joe

    PS..I was a controller at Sikorsky Mem. Airport. Flight testing was conducted adj. to our parking lot.

    EDIT TO CORRECT INNACURATE DATA: United Aircraft did exist during WWII. (See select-fire's post below).
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had to be Corsair. Vindicator was Vultee and choppers weren't made
    then. Corsairs were also made by other companies.
    I wonder if those carried the Vought Sikorsky nameplates.
    Vought died a beggar in the streets.
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by v35
    Had to be Corsair. Vindicator was Vultee and choppers weren't made
    then. Corsairs were also made by other companies.
    I wonder if those carried the Vought Sikorsky nameplates.
    Vought died a beggar in the streets.


    I was under the impression that his aviation firm was quite successful and that he died of blood posioning.
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  • dbaraledbarale Member Posts: 328 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    choppers didnt exist in 39 thru 43. it wasnt until the korean war that choppers came into play.
    thats the mystery!


    Duuuh! I guess I missed the date part... LOL
    Good catch Bobski!
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Post WWII Corsairs were mf'd. by GOODYEAR!! Go figure. Joe

    Tidbit: A Navy pilot achieved ace status in a Goodyear Corsair. It was the last ace achievement in a piston engined aircraft. (Korea).

    ....It was also the only ace achievement by the US Navy during the Korean conflict.

    Joe
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    You know some good stuff !!

    Doug
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  • Warpig883Warpig883 Member Posts: 6,459
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    choppers didnt exist in 39 thru 43. it wasnt until the korean war that choppers came into play.
    thats the mystery!


    There are a couple helicopters that qualify.

    Igor Sikorski is most famous for rotory wing flight-kind of the father of the modern helicopter. His first helicopters were built in 1909 in Russia. The VS300 flew in 1939.

    Sikorski's VS300 was retired in 1942 and the R5 was in production in 1942 and used by the US in WW2

    The Sikorski R4
    r4.jpg

    In 1943 the Vought-Sikorski company was in production of the R6 helicopter. The navy and coast guard were also flying these.

    The 1943 R6
    r6.jpg
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  • gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://avia.russian.ee/helicopters_eng/fw-61.php
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,524 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will take the list right out of Ships and Aircraft War edition I have in front of me that was issued to my Father.

    1.F4U-1 First order 1941 First Delivery 1942 FIGHTING VF
    2.SB2U-2 " " 1938 1939 SCOUT BOMBING VSB
    3.SB2U-3 1940 1941
    4.XS02U-1 1938 1940 SCOUT OBSERVATION VSO-VOS
    5.0S2U-1 1939 1941

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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my buddy gave me a hint to look in the flying boat section. which ones would that be? 39 - 43.[?]
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