Post by chrisr on Nov 2, 2023 16:49:18 GMT 12
Found this while searching through papers past.
Press 23 July 1952
SCRAPPED U.S. PLANES
POSSIBLE SALE OF ENGINES ‘
DOMINION MAY GAIN DOLLARS "Th* Pr*s»" fecial Service
HAMILTON. July 21. Dollars may come to New Zealand from the resale of engines and spare parts for Corsair fighter aircraft. An American business man who recently passed through the Waikato said his company was prepared to buy between 15 and 20 Corsair engines a month. Corsair fighters form part of the group of 500 service aircraft dumped at the Rukuhia aerodrome after the war. They were sold to dealers and already three-quarters of them have been broken up for spare parts and for the metal they contain. The Korean war unexpectedly proved that the Corsair is still a useful fighter. Newsreels screened in New Zealand this month showed some of the planes on the deck of a United States aircraft-carrier.
The engines and spare parts from New Zealand are not likely to find their way to the Korean war. They will be used as replacement parts for Corsairs bought at a knock-down price by some of the smaller countries in Europe and South America. The American dealers who sold these blanes undertook to nrovide spare narts for 10 years from the date of nurchase. The manufacturers of the Corsair aircraft have since turned to new models and spares have become difficult to obtain.
In the last year the American dealers have been searching aircraft dumps all over the world.
Press 23 July 1952
SCRAPPED U.S. PLANES
POSSIBLE SALE OF ENGINES ‘
DOMINION MAY GAIN DOLLARS "Th* Pr*s»" fecial Service
HAMILTON. July 21. Dollars may come to New Zealand from the resale of engines and spare parts for Corsair fighter aircraft. An American business man who recently passed through the Waikato said his company was prepared to buy between 15 and 20 Corsair engines a month. Corsair fighters form part of the group of 500 service aircraft dumped at the Rukuhia aerodrome after the war. They were sold to dealers and already three-quarters of them have been broken up for spare parts and for the metal they contain. The Korean war unexpectedly proved that the Corsair is still a useful fighter. Newsreels screened in New Zealand this month showed some of the planes on the deck of a United States aircraft-carrier.
The engines and spare parts from New Zealand are not likely to find their way to the Korean war. They will be used as replacement parts for Corsairs bought at a knock-down price by some of the smaller countries in Europe and South America. The American dealers who sold these blanes undertook to nrovide spare narts for 10 years from the date of nurchase. The manufacturers of the Corsair aircraft have since turned to new models and spares have become difficult to obtain.
In the last year the American dealers have been searching aircraft dumps all over the world.
