corsair: flying

from Sport Aviation magazine

from Wisconsin Wing News newsletter

This week I checked in with Michael Guslick after I picked up a "new" Stratasys 3D printer (more on this later). It was So good to reconnect with him. Michael is a an outstanding individual that I first met at a metals workshop that I taught at UWM. I ended up standing and talking with him and his friend Charles for hours after that first workshop and a friendship with both of them was born.

Anyway, Michael and I reconnected via email and he shared the info above about the Corsair that he was working on when I left Milwaukee. I made a few posts about this project here:

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/03/corsair-project.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/08/corsair.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/07/corsair-hinge-cap-die.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/08/aileron-hinge-covers-flow-formed.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/03/dennison-enterprises-llc-scott-dennison.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/07/scotts-projects.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/07/scotts-press.html

http://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/08/friends-of-east-troy-airport.html

https://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2015/03/cessna-flight.html

https://frankieflood.blogspot.com/2014/11/max-aero-inc.html

I was so happy to hear that the Corsair is now airworthy. What a cool thing to work on, and Michael informed me that he and Marc are now the goto shop for Corsair ailerons. How cool is that?

 

that's all brother

Michael just sent me info about "That's All Brother"; the first plane into Normandy. He has helped out with this plane and tours at EAA. What an amazing story! It would be awesome to see it in Normandy. Basler in Oshkosh did the restoration on the airframe. The NY Times did a story on it. Looks like the plane was almost lost. Such a great story!