The Making of Obie O'Brien Heritage Flight

Since Obie wasn’t reunited with “his” Corsair at AirVenture, AHF vowed to fly the aircraft from Ocala to Virginia Beach, so Obie could see his old combat steed in its proper markings, complete with his name on the canopy rail. It took a couple of months but on Sunday, October 24, 2021, schedules, weather, and aircraft maintenance status came together perfectly in Virginia Beach. When Obie and his daughter Erin arrived at the museum, where Obie was, and still is known as “The Corsair Guy”, the F4U-4 had been placed in the center of the ramp next to MAM’s FG-1D (BuNo 92508), in which Obie logged over 100 hours in during his 14 years of flying at MAM.