The Museum of Flight FG-1D Corsair Blueprint Tee

The Museum of Flight FG-1D Corsair Blueprint Tee

The Museum's Corsair is an FG-1D model built under license by Goodyear. It was delivered to the U.S. Navy in April 1945 and served aboard the USS Intrepid. After the war, it was transferred to the Naval Reserve and eventually stationed at Naval Air Station Sand Point in 1950. That July, Commander Ralph Milleson made a water landing on Lake Washington following a non-fatal midair collision with another Corsair. After 30 years under 190 feet of water, the aircraft was recovered from the lake in 1983 and eventually restored.