|
|
www.YellowAirplane.com
|
Short Straw
Exhibit
Memoirs
of Korea Cover Page
|
|
Short Straw is a tremendous book written by Captain Bernard
W. Peterson about the Korean War and the F-4U Corsair.
It is a radial engine fighter known
for both its bent wings and its unique sound. The corsair was 33'
4" long, 16' 1" high and had a wingspan of 41'. It had an empty weight
of 8,982 lbs and a gross weight of 14,000 lbs. The f4u corsair used
one Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine which produced 2200 - 2300 hp.
The corsair had a cruise speed of 182 mph, a max speed of 417 mph and a
max climb rate of 2,890 ft/min. The corsairs maximum range was 1,015
miles. This airplane was mostly a carrier based airplane however
it was also used from land based runways in the pacific by now well known
pilots like Pappy Boyington of the Black Sheep Squadron. This
Warbird worked very well in WW2 as well in the Korean war
Please Note: The specs listed
on this page are for only one version of this plane, other versions have
different specs |
|
|
Y-I-BET
On the Youth of America
click here to
see what your kids are learning now
An Article
by the webmaster
Veterans,
Read This
| Why is it important to look at airplanes?
Airplanes, especially planes like the
A-7 Corsair II show the rapid growth
of technology in the world and in the United States that provided us with
the great freedom that we enjoy today. With this freedom comes responsibility.
The responsibility to learn all we can not only about airplanes or history,
but about technology. Technology is the most important product of
the United States has today. To keep our country on top of the worlds
technology requires us to have the most trained workforce anywhere.
Aviation is important because aviation and aerospace both exhibit the limits
of our technology. If our students learn about aviation they will be able
to understand any field of work. We must ensure that aviation, airplanes,
aircraft and aerospace are words on all of our children's lips. |
| Airplanes create dreams.
Dreams of leaving the restriction of a two dimensional world. Dreams
of having freedom to travel anywhere, in any direction at any time and
any distance. Aircraft give us the big advantage to do all of these things
in only a short while. When we dream of airplanes, we lift our heads
to the sky. We feel the pride of having limitless capabilities.
We don't pick up airplanes, airplanes lift us up and our minds are launched
into new horizons. We need airplanes and we need to keep airplanes
in all of our minds. Aviation gives our people an upward mobility
that no other branch of technology can ever do. As long as we feed
our dreams, we have someplace to go.
C. Jeff Dyrek
|
[ Previous
5 Sites | Skip
Previous | Previous
| Next
]
This RingSurf
Korean
War Net Ring
owned by Jeffrey C. Dyrek.
[ Skip
Next | Next
5 Sites | Random
Site | List
Sites ]
Click Here for North Pole
Adventure Travel
Click Here to go to the
YellowAirplane Online Museum
Listen to this
man to Hear the truth. or
Watch this Video and
see where we're heading. or
Watch
This TV Program to hear the latest on where our country is going.
Bible Gateway, Read
Almost any Bible, In Any Language, For Free, Great Search.
Look at these exhibits and tell me what these men really fought for.
34th Fighter Squadron
Willow Run B-24 Liberator Production Exhibit
Read the Webmasters Story, "Why God Sent Me to the North Pole." You will Be Surprised.
Click her to see how I have to live and what it looks like to be
a disabled Vet.
