F9F-8T Cougar Walk-Around

[Unit19]

Here's some pics of the "twogar" I got when I visited the USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC. You can actually climb into the front cockpit and sit a spell (which explains why many of the switches and panels are damaged). The acft sat for years on the flightdeck so the cockpit is also badly sun damaged. It's been repainted (although the scheme is not a trainer scheme), and moved to the hangar deck. Unfortunately, the canopy is only half opened and no longer clear, so it covers the rear cockpit - thus no photos of the rear pit. I've photo-shopped the pics a bit to bring out the details within the shadows, since our interest is that and not pretty pictures. These are low resolution copies. If you need a certain shot at high resolution let me know.

Here's the link: F9F-8T Walk Around and here's a few shots.

[foxtwo]

always very interesting !

thanks for the job !

pat

[Aggressor Supporter]

Looks like some cleanup will be necessary.

[Unit19]

Looks like some cleanup will be necessary. :)

Agreed. The dust and grit was deep in places inside the cockpit. A simple vacuuming would do wonders.