VOUGHT-SIKORSKY V-166 Corsair (N713JT)

Nice Photo! Jim Tobul honors his father well!

I flew the A7 Corsair for a brief period of time. Loved it.

Robin & Dave....appreciate the comments.

Dave, thank you for your service. The Corsair 2 was an awesome attack aircraft. I spent countless hours at Hardwood Range in WI watching the A-7's from Des Moines IA, Sioux Falls SD & even Toledo OH in the late 80's & early 90's put on a great show strafing and dropping practice bombs at the range targets. Civilian viewing was at the range tower complete with baseball field type bleachers for your comfort.

this of course is the F2G from Goodyear with the big 4360 power plant.

the A7 Corsair 2 is quite different; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II

F4U-4 Corsair, Bureau #: 97143, Construction #: 9297.
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 81415, 19??.
Registered as N96042 by ??, 1977.
Charles T. Unkle, Homestead, FL, 1984.
Joseph & James Tobul, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 13 1985-2006.
- Restored to airworthy, Wexford, PA, 1985-1991 - Registered as N713JT.
- First flight December 8, 1991.
- Damaged in wheels up landing after aborted take-off, Allendale, SC, April 1993.
- Repaired, first flight December 1997.
- Flew as USN/97143/JT/416.
- Flew as Korean War Hero, 2002.
- Crashed and destroyed in fatal accident during airshow, Columbia, SC, November 10, 2002.
-- Joe Tobul was fatally injured in the crash.
- See NTSB report below.
James Tobul, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2006-2014.
- Rebuilt to Airworthy.
- Flown as Korean War Hero.