About the tv show and movie starring Robert Conrad called Black Sheep Squadron. Were the stars of the show really flying the aircraft on the scenes where they take off and land? Also, what happened to those corsairs, were they scrapped? Or are they on display somewhere in museums?

No none of them flew the planes. they were all privately owned and rented out for the flying scenes and flown by the owners. I have a book on the TV series that tells all and has a lot of pictures. the scenes were filmed over the Santa Cruz islands in so. Calif.

Oh, the show was kind of hokie though. The shots are clearly edited in from real war footage, and in the episode where the Squadron had to land on the carrier, the shot was switched from the Corsair, to a Wildcat that hits the tower.

Yes, the show was hokey, but it is always great to see a plane such as the corsair on any program. Real plane fanatics can put up with a lot of hokeyness, if it has some neat planes in it.

Vince

Most, if not all, of the Corsairs used in the TV series are still with us and flying. For some good Corsair info and pictures of most of the surviving examples visit www.f4ucorsair.com. If you really want to know the history and current status of those particular Corsairs then post your question here: http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org...ix1msgboard.mv

I'm sure resident Corsair expert Rob Mears can answer all your questions. Regards, Chad.

Ever night I injoy that show even thought is the war with holly wood in it.
Seth

My great uncle was the flight Doc. for the 214. When they made the TV show, Pappy would invite a couple of Ex squadron members to be the shows technical advisers for each episode, so they would get a free trip to Hawii for their "technical advice". My Uncle is in an episode where he and Pappy serve Robert Conrad a drink at a bar. As a kid at the time I was in awe.

Tom

Funny thing is only real pilots whether scale or R/C notice these things. I was a helicopter pilot in the Army. I remember back in the late 70's, I was watching the "6 Million Dollar Man." Well there was one show where a Jet Ranger Pilot started up the helicopter. I immediately started laughing to a point of tears. Nobody else in the room "got it." I was listening to the sounds of pistons thudding away instead of the whine of the N1 & turbine.

Since I havn't ever seen him on any programs I asume Pappy Boyington is dead.Does anyone know how he died or even if he's dead? Thanks

I believe that Pappy died in the late 1980's of cancer if I recall correctly.

I cut out the news artical and tried to save it. But lost it in a fire along with everything else.

I had a picture of him at an airshow, and a signed copy of his book Baa Baa Black Sheep from shortly before he died.