Vought F4U Corsair - Wikipedia
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A.
The F4U Corsair – A Brief History of America’s Legendary Gull ...
2021年7月17日 · The Corsair was designed to meet a 1938 U.S. Navy requirement for a single-seat shipboard fighter. The nature of the military’s request strongly suggested — at least to the Vought design team — that the Navy wanted the fastest fighter ever built.
Vought F4U Corsair - Aviation History
Vought F4U Corsair. The Corsair's distinctive sound, which earned it among the Japanese the nick-name of "Whistling Death", partly because of the engine sound, that was caused by the wing-root inlets for engine air. Shown above is Maj. Gregory Boyington's F4U from VMF-214. (Image used with permission from Dare to Move.)
How the Navy Tamed the “Killer Corsair” | Smithsonian
The initial carrier-landing qualifications for the Chance Vought F4U Corsair were a disaster. In fall 1942, Lieutenant Commander Sam Porter tested the feasibility of operating the Navy’s...
Vought F4U Corsair (1940) - Naval Encyclopedia
2022年1月10日 · Probably the most famous fighter ever designed for any Navy, arguably, was the Vought F4U Corsair. Not only for its production, which went further than the Hellcat, and went shy of their land rivals, the P51 Mustang and P47 Thunderbolt, but certainly outlived them all …
“Angels of Okinawa”: The F4U Corsair | The National WWII ...
Corsair squadrons operating from US flight decks would prove to be critical in combating the Japanese kamikaze threat. It was at Okinawa the Corsair was given the nickname “Angels of Okinawa” due to their success against Japanese aircraft.
Vought F4U-1D Corsair - National Air and Space Museum
Vought F4U-1D Corsair Panorama. 1940 United States of America CRAFT-Aircraft Vought Aircraft Company. R-2800 radial air-cooled engine with 1,850 horsepower, turned a three-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller with solid aluminum blades spanning 13 feet 1 inch; wing bent gull-shaped on both sides of the fuselage.
Vought F4U Corsair - Plane-Encyclopedia
The Corsair is single-seat and single engine fighter/fighter-bomber for day and night-time, featuring a characteristic inverted gull wing (Similar to that of the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka and the Loire-Nieuport 40) and a very long propeller-blade.
Chance Vought F4U Corsair - National Museum of World War II ...
Chance Vought F4U Corsair. An aircraft company better known for producing biplanes hit an aviation home run in 1938 when it unveiled the iconic design of this much-respected WWII fighter/bomber.
Vought F4U-1D Corsair - Smithsonian Institution
Charles Lindbergh flew bombing missions in a Corsair with Marine Air Group 31 against Japanese strongholds in the Pacific in 1944. This airplane is painted in the colors and markings of the Corsair "Sun Setter," a Marine close-support fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-113 in July 1944. Long Description.