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- This is a compilation of clips of the Planes of Fame Museum's Corsair (Chino, California) and includes some clips of the Palm Springs Air Museum's own Corsair. Man, this thing just scoots, BIG TIME! Wow, just awesome!
Listen to the 2,000 horsepower generated by the 2,800 cubic inches of the supercharged, 18 cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800! You'll see during the flybys why the Japanese called this fighter the "Whistling Death."
This aircraft just leaps off the runway in just a few seconds, and remember, the manifold pressure used today for takeoff with 100-octane low-lead fuel is not anywhere near what could be used with the wartime, 130-octane+ fuel. Very impressive!
Gave me chills. My dad, who passed away this past March, flew Corsairs in the South Pacific during WWII. He loved them. Happy Veteran's Day, Dad; I miss you.
I kinda know how you feel. My dad was a Ajax missile soldier, we lost him years ago but not forgotten. 🌹🌹
Your dad was a hero! Literally
Such a miniscule percentage of those warbirds survive.
How old are you cuz do you realize WWII was like 80 years ago.
The corsair f4u was a beautiful fighter.
Bless your Dad's soul. A hero.
The F4U Corsair is my favorite radial piston engine. The engine sounds of power while the whistling sound let's you know your screwed. The design of the wings to accommodate the largest prop at that time is gorgeous.
Assino em baixo.
The F4U Corsair and the P-38 are my favorite WW II planes. I liked the P-51 but the two that I mentioned, are my favorites.
This to me was always the most beautiful fighter plane of WWII. Others may have been faster or had a higher performance envelope but that big radial, bent wings and long graceful body just set this apart from every other fighter.
The F4U was, quite simply, the best overall fighter of the war. Period. I read a great article about this once where the author describes it this way. “The Corsair was a 9.5 out of 10 in everything. The few things where it wasn’t 1st place, it was second but by very little. It was as good at anything as any other type, and better in some areas. It had some degree of superiority over everything, and was equal in everything else. All the Corsair pilot had to do to in was refuse to fight where his opponent was slightly better “.
In spring of 1944 the Navy did a series of fly offs between the F4U-1 and the P-51B. All flying was done by experienced combat pilots, and done along side each other so atmospheric conditions were always identical. I’ll let the results from the report speak for themselves.
“The report states:
It is concluded that, in general:
There is little to choose between the P-51B and F4U-1 airplane in speed between sea level and 25,000 feet, and that above 25,000 feet, the P-51B is superior.
That the F4U-1 is everywhere considerably superior in climb, at any comparable loading and superior in all other performance elements except diving speed.
The F4U-1 is everywhere superior in maneuverability and response.
With equal endurance, the F4U carries about 86% more armament and that it is a better gun flatform.
In summary, the F4U-1 airplane appears to be the superior fighter for Naval or Marine employment, either land for ship-based except in the case where substantially all the fighting occurs above 25,000.”
Yes.
The F4U Corsair and the P-51D Mustang have always been my two favorite fighters from WWII. I can only imagine how cool it would be to have piloted one of them.
Get a VR headset, decent joystick and throttle and DCS and you can virtually fly the P-51, and the F4U is in development.
SBD-3 Dauntles or P36-A Are Dream fighter Aircraft
Add the P-47
P38 and p40 for myself. But I loved them all. Even the British German and Japanese stuff. Soviet Union had some nice yaks and migs.
@@jummyranYep, loved the P-38 as well.
Amazing clip. My dad was a Corsair pilot in the Royal Navy during WW11.Although he was KIWI served in the North Atlantic on U boat patrols.
Great to see it flying.
My father was Marine pilot who flew a Corsair in the 1940s. He loved it.
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+Alejandro Parrello I think, you are idiot...
+Brenda McDonald Much Thanks To Your Father Ms. McDonald For His Service To Our Republic.____ A USAF Aircraft Mechanic Vet.
I salute your father!
My dad served in the Korean War and also loved the Corsair. The Corsair is the only prop plane that actually shot down Russian Migs during the Korean War.
Actually, the seafury also shot down migs.
I love the sound of reciprocating engines. especially in WW II warbirds!
I would love to get to see one of these up close and personal some day. This is hands down my favorite plane. I know, weird for a 25 year old female to be into WWII planes, but it is fascinating and they're gorgeous. The sound of this and the Mustang is enough to bring goosebumps up and tears to my eyes
hey guys look a plane nerd lmao
As a kid during WW ll , my uncle flew Corsairs and it was awesome when he brought the squadron over the house on the west side of Indy to let us know he was here and to come to Stout Field and pick him up.
My Dad flew this plane! U.S.S. Saratoga. He loved it. We always had a picture of it in our kitchen.
@ZDProletariat sorry,but that was the FW190D,the German hellbird...
While the FW190 variants including the D version, was definitely one of the work horses of the Germans along with the BF109. I would hardly label it as the best fighter of WW2. Operationally, obviously, the Corsair was in an entirely different theatre of war, and was launched from carriers (something the FW190 couldn't do, obviously). The Corsair's specs were also better in most respects using planes of the same time frame at the end of the war. Corsair had another couple of versions after this with more powerful engine and other improvements, but that would be unfair for comparison, so:
Max Speed : F4U-4 718 km/h vs. FW190 D-9 685 km/h
Service Ceiling: 12,600m vs. 12,000m
Range: 1,617 km vs. 835 km
Rate of Climb 22.1 m/s vs. 17 m/s
Bomb load 1,800kg vs. 500kg
Guns: 4x20mm or 6x12.7mm vs. 2x13mm + 2x20mm
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CV-3? Hey my gret grandpa was an AA gunner on her.
But youre probably thinking of the sbu corsair
@@JLBeaugh why the argument the Spitfire topped tem both
Most people think the inverted gull wing was an aerodynamic feature for performance or maneuvering. It wasn't. The Corsair had such a powerful engine, the plane needed a very large prop to make use of the power. So they had to mount the landing gear on lowered wing sections to make sure the prop cleared the ground during takeoffs and landings.
Hollywood needs to make a decent movie about Greg Pappy Boyington. Forget about the 70s tv show. Maybe if Clint Eastwood directed it.
Good idea. I remember the cheesy show. It was basically a hour of waiting to see stock footage and old vintage shots of Corsairs flying and fighting. Wasn't the 70's show based off a movie?
There was a tv documentary about ten or fifteen years ago on Boyington s life.
Pappy's documentary is on here on TH-cam. He was an incredible dude. It was actually my mentor growing up my Uncle knew him. talked about how Greg acted and you did not give that man bullshit. He said when Greg was sober he was miserable. he said Greg used to drink pint bottles of JD and other shit he could get hands on before a flight and during he drank. My uncle said the man was fearless in the air. I only know what I was told. I never found out what happened to the box of photos after Uncle Harry's death. My Uncle he disappeared from the late 80's until he died ended up in Indiana. I have one picture of Greg it's hung here in my office. I snuck it out of my uncles stuff copied it put the original back and the copy it stayed with me all these years finally got hung on my wall about 8 years ago. The stories my uncle told me of Boyington filled my head. He said Greg had a beach belly landing after he got shot up on a mission and he went down hill after that happened.
I agree. The man was more than worthy of mention of he was a Marine corps icon. This was you just did not talk down to.
@@thekingsilverado9004 I actually met at a C.A.F. Airshow down in Harlingen, Texas; in either 1988 or 89, the Japanese pilot that shot down Mr. Boyington.
Wonderful! Sorry to say, but to rate thumbs down is a plain insult to the brave men who flew and maintained them. Know your history! Thanks for sharing.
The Corsair and the Mustang are the two most beautiful looking fighter planes from WWII
**'Murica Intensifies**
You never seen a Spitfire then ?
@@davewilson2277...YES, THE SPITFIRE WASN'T HALF BAD EITHER...(!)
@@tardarsauce1842 ...AW, DRY UP-!!!
This is one of my all time favorite aircraft ever built. My Dad fought in the South Pacific in WWII and one of the nicknames for the Corsair was the "Ensign eliminator". If you got behind the aircraft as a pilot, you inevitably paid a high price by crashing it or worse....
It sends chills down my spine every time I hear the F4U taking off.
Great to hear those classic engines start up!
All 2000hp of them.
nothing beats the sound of an old warbird!
Holy WOW. Watching Hose Nose spread its wings just before taking off is one of the most awesome things I've ever seen. Thank you for posting this!
I was privileged to shake Gen Davis' hand in 1970. At that time, I did not know about the 5 days after Thanksgiving in December, 1950. I now know about what transpired on those days. I would like to shake the hand of every man, including F4U pilots, who participated in that action.
My dad, Joe V. Schellack, flew the F4U Corsair #62 as a fighter pilot officer in VMF 113. He shot down aircraft in March, 1944, near the island, Ponape, in the Marshall (or Caroline) Islands. Charles Lindbergh checked him out on his plane as he learned to fly it.
My respects, Ma'am, and gratitude for your father's service. Semper Fi!
The F4U incorporated the largest engine available at the time: the 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial. To extract as much power as possible a relatively large Hamilton Standard Hydromatic three-blade propeller of 13 feet 4 inches (4.06 m) was used, thus the gull-wing needed to keep prop from smacking the ground!
No, this is a common misconception. The inverted gull wing was for aerodynamic purposes. The plane was designed to be as fast as possible. To do this you have to eliminate drag. The fuselage was cylindrical in cross section, and obviously the wing is mounted low on the fuselage, right,? Tests showed that a great deal of parasitic drag is created where a wing exits a cylinder at any point above or below the vertical centerline of the fuselage. If the wing were to exit at the centerline, with the vertical centerline of the wing in direct line with the vertical centerline of the fuselage, drag us greatly minimized. So what Vought did was bend the inner wing section upwards, aiming it at the fuselage centerline. This way the wing exited perpendicular to the fuselage.
The side benefit was a shorter, stiffer, landing gear, that still allowed for clearance of the 13’4” prop. But remember, the F6F had the same engine/prop. There Grumman moved the wing up some, accepted some additional drag (the F6F wasn’t intended to match the Corsair in speed) and simply went with a longer gear.
My great uncle flew these with the RNZAF in the pacific during WW2, He was showing me his logbook and some photos of his corsair parked on the beach with his squadron. He is one of the only of his squadron still above ground. I enjoy talking to him, he always has an interesting story. He was 20 when he flew them, Im 23 and to think that he was 3 years younger and in a 2000hp warbird is pretty scary!
At 1:40 , you can hear why the Japanese called it "whistling death" -- it actually does whistle. What beautiful airplanes.
My God, what a beautiful airplane she is, while serving in the pacific fleet aboard CV-63 Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. KITTYHAWK I was able to observe one of these magnificant fighters at a air show. Obviously the gull wing airframe is amazing but what really made a impact on me was the size of the prop. On these birds, as I recall they were something like 13 feet in radius.
My left ear loved this!
My right one loved it too! unfortunately, my left didn't get anything ;-(
+Atomicsteamengine headset on wrong way bro
Atomicsteamengine no citrix
My grandfather also flew Corsairs in the South Pacific! Nothing quite compares to the sight and sound of these magnificent machines!
The Corsair was the best sounding plane at Reno when I was there in my opinion. :) What a beauty! ;)
My dad was in the AAF as a mechanic. He loved to taxi these planes and told me many stories. A model of one sits on my desk right now. Thanks for the video.
As a child I read the memoirs of a chap Who Flew One of These in WWII. He Claimed the flight manual said that the characteristics were SO poor, that if the engine stopped, you should bail-out (if high enough) ... OR 'Whistle A Tune and Kiss Yer Ass Goodbye '! ... Because a 'dead-stick "landing Was very iffy.
Nope.
aMEILE rECONCULA: Yes indeed Brown describes it as a dud
Agree totally with the absence of any music or other distractions. The sounds of a round engine still make my hair stand on end!! Great job!
I really love the audio on this film. The sputtering start, and then the full throated engine at take off. It's a different sound than with modern, lighter prop planes. Thanks!
The Corsair and the Tomcat are the two coolest planes the US ever built...just gives you chills seeing in action what the brave men in WWII flew
This is by far my favorite aircraft ever, love the sound of that huge pratt and whitney double wasp, and everything about it. Except for the cockpit being so far back.
My Grandfather worked side by side with these monsters as a Captain of the USS CV Randolph in WWII, and pushed back Japanese fleets. His Brother was a Mechanic working on these phantoms.
God Bless all the veterans that fought in these terrible wars. Both enemy and ally alike.
My favorite fighter plane, beautiful
Never realized how huge these "little" hotrods were until I walked up and boarded one. For the 2000 HP output and phenomenal speed (for the time), it has never ceased to amaze me how, on one hand, when these radials were starting up, they sounded like they wanted to quit, just scary by today's standards but, conversely, were tantamount to the Lamborghinis of the skies.
Fyi, most of the issues with the Corsairs is that they were not aircraft carrier "friendly" (and the "1's" had difficulty on spin recoveries).
Outstanding, beautiful footage .. the shortest 2 minute video on TH-cam (unfortunately, as a result, I've gotta' keep replaying!)!
DRailroad: What phenomenal Speed the F4U -1 417 MPH @ 19000FT 2890ft/min 320 mph @sealevel is hardly great
One of my favorite WWII aircraft. Just beautiful to see one flying. Such incredible power!
Is there anything cooler than seeing the wings fold down while the plane is taxiing? It's such an awesome aircraft!!!
Awesome back then and still awesome today! Wish I could afford to own and fly one because this is one 'Bad-To-The-Bone' aircraft.
James Kroeger
I hope you have a big bank account the full alone will costs you about Two thousand dollars an hour to fly that grand old war bird ..
Used to be a docent and volunteer at POF in the early 2000s.
LOVED rolling her out of the carrier hanger to stage on the tarmac for her flights💘
Such a sexy aircraft.
Yes, there were different models of the Corsair used in the filming of the TV series. The Planes of Fame Corsair shown in my video (also flown in the series by Steve Hinton) is an F4U-1 and there were F4U-4, -7 and Goodyear-built FG1-D models flown as well.
Thanks!
What a magnificent sound that engine makes. There nothing like the giant redial engines. Thanks for the upload.
@mgwilliams1000 Correct on all counts. The R-2800 also powered the F6F Hellcat, which enjoyed a 19:1 Kill ratio against the Japanese. The Mustang was a sleeker design and had the excellent RR Merlin engine, but the R2800 was powerful enough to make the Corsair and Thunderbolt a few MPH faster than the Mustang. The air-cooled radial R-2800 also could take a hit better than the liquid cooled Merlin. which required vulnerable coolant radiators. The P-51 did have longer legs than these 2 gas hogs.
Splendid. Just on with the 1/48 Tamiya version at the mo. Lovely, laid-back cockpit - and those wings. Beautiful plane.
That sound @ 1:42 raises the hairs on my neck .
Awesome .
The Japanese would concur
right ear is lonely
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Just been reading about the stripping back to its original paintwork of KD431 at Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm museum , UK. But you can't beat hearing and seeing these WWII planes flying. You've got to love theF4U Corsair with its huge prop and characteristic gull wings. Thanks good vid.
How many pairs of pants were soiled just when they saw this beauty coming...always my favorite!
That's how my '79 Chevy Chevette would sound on cold mornings. Kidding obviously, but we used to call my Chevette the Corsair because it just wouldn't quit! Love the Video! Best one yet for both quality of shots and sound! Thanks
Back in the 70s i lived in the Maryland wash dc area and skipped school to go out on silver hill road to a Smithsonian annex hanger where they were debuting a restored Canadian corsair soon to be on display while i was there i got to do two things unexpected one i got to meet colonel Greg boyington who was on hand for the corsair dedication the other was i got to enter an unlocked and ungaurded hanger where sat before me in5 or six sections on the hanger floor the one and only enola gay b29 which at that time for reasons of political sensibilities was not on public display i had the opportunity for extremely close inspection of one of the most historic flying machines of all time who says skipping school is a waste of time it was my version of ferris buellers day off what a day peace and long life RB
You were one lucky sod! I envy you!
Awesome story!!!
Kudos to your dad and I thank him for his service to our country. I was 21 when I signed up for the war and I was very proud . The night before I shipped off to Dix, my dad and I spent 4-5 hrs together talking about his time on Iwo and a lot of other stuff. He died of cancer on Dec 25, 1986. I miss him a lot. I wanted to be a chopper pilot but I wore eyeglasses and had a family and was disqualified. I was put in Microwave Maintanence & Repair.
The Navy loved this aircraft and so did the pilots who flew it. The aircraft wasn't as fast as the Japanese Zero, but with pilot knowledge they moved it up high and dived down at the Zeros. This aircraft was a big influence in the air victory in the Pacific.
+Sidney Mathious It was faster{400mph+}
navy didn't like it that much to hard to see while taxing with the cockpit sitting so far back
+Sidney Mathious I have been told that the trade off was that it took a lot of rounds from the enemy to get that lucky kill shot , but the guns on Corsairs and Hellcats would down a Zero in seconds.
Yes, it was able to take plenty of damage and still fly. The Zero was built to be light and didn't have the ability to take much damage as the protection of the pilots in the Zero was low in priority when it was built.
+Sidney Mathious the F4U was way faster then the Zero
nice to know that there are old planes still flight worthy
That's the bird that made me join the Air Force ; Went in to be a Fighter Pilot and they made me a 42430 Aircraft Fuel System Mech ; However talked with a WWII Pilot Name William Sellers ; He shot down the last Zero of WWII ; He told me Pilots were not Importain anyone could fly them , But Not Just Anyone Could Fix Them , The Fuel System Guys were the pilots best friends ; I know his point now , Wink
My father fought in the S.Pacific has well, but didnt fly Corsairs.He has past away some years ago. I remember him tell us story's about the Corsairs.....My hats off to your dad for serving our country has well.....
Watching this take off gave me goosebumps! The Corsair was one of the most powerful aircraft ever made.
One of the most beautiful and nostalgic planes of all time. Thanks for posting.
My left ear indeed enjoyed this video...
Love the sound of that 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial.
Corsairs,,,simply amazing!!
I love those old radial engines.
That is just the prettiest damn thing ever!!
My God, what a beautiful plane. Just went to local airshow couple weeks ago and examined a nearly showroom example up close. When I think of a WWII fighter....these are IT !!
F4U's where the Marines' best friend during the Korean War, providing aggressive ground support. Many a Marine Corsair pilot was treated to free drinks at the bar by grateful grunts.
Ironically, VMF-214, the Black Sheep, were the first Marine squadron assigned to fly close air support missions over Korea.
Love the sound of the start up. Should be a ring tone.
Beautiful plane but it was called the ensign eliminator for very good reason!!!
Whistling Death, that's what the Japanese called them. 11-1 kill ratio.
A guy where I grew up had one of these, would fly it every now and then. Absolutely terrifying and awesome at the same time to hear it flying overhead.
Also called the "Bent Wing Devil" by the enemy. The Allies could not build a plane that could out maneuver the light and fragile Zero and still have safety features like pilot protection and self sealing fuel tanks. The air force offered a contract to someone who could build one with the desired features but could simply outrun and out climb the Zero. This was Chance-Vaught's answer. The wings were bent down to allow the clearance for that massive 13 foot propeller and still leave the landing gear short enough to handle carrier landings. In my opinion still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built. One of the biggest attrocities (or however you spell that) in history was seeing the European countries pushing them off of their carriers at the end of the war because they had them on a lease / purchase program. "lost at sea" meant they didn't have to pay for them...Bastards!
Whistling death!!!
lee the Germans had that waaay earlier... the STUKAs were the first!
Those wings and whole plane was quite a beauty. One of Americas best.
0:53 Very interesting, the wings come down automatically.
the corsair and p51 mustang are the tow prettiest planes every made....just beautiful, thanks
My right ear feels lonely
Every time I see and hear one I get goosebumps. One of my all time favorite WWII aircraft
Love these WWII vintage planes. I wonder how do they do the wings like that so they are not weaker and do not fail?
Also ... from 1:54 and on looks like a simulation/video game? Definitely not the same plane.
justgivemethetruth Because the propeller it used was so damn big that it would strike the deck of the carrier. That gave it extra clearance.
kenworthNH That is in fact not correct. The reason the wings are shaped the way they are is to allow easy folding of the wings, which saves space on a carrier, where every saved inch could mean another plane or another batch of spare parts. There is also the small fact that upward bent wings causes the plane to always return from rolls to a neutral position, making it extremely stable.
That, in fact, IS correct. It's not the only reason. It allowed the landing gear to be shorter and stronger and also lighter.
The part about making the plane more stable? The Corsair uses an INVERTED gull wing. It was not more stable. It had a nasty tendency to stall at low speed. Maybe a normal gull wing would help with what you said. As far as folding up more tightly, I don't know. They made due with regular designs just fine. The Navy didn't even accept the plane for years, and it ended up being a Marine plane mostly.
kenworthNH Yea you're right. The Corsair had a very nasty stall speed... almost too high of a stall speed for landing on a carrier deck. Many Corsairs landed into the stern of carriers, fell into the water short or the deck, rolled off the end of the landing deck. They just fell out the air at carrier landing speeds. The navy ended up using the F6F and the Marines used the F4U. I was very stable in a dive, faster than any of the Zeros at the time and could turn faster at high speeds than the Zero. It was heavy though and lost speed fast. A slow Corsair was a dead one.
+justgivemethetruth That's most definitely not a game or simulation. If it is, I'd absolutely love to see it because the graphics are x10 better than most stuff right now.
Good Good. Listening to that beautiful machine start up made my heart skip a beat. Truly stunning aircraft
what i would give to be the pilot of that plane
I saw a Corsair a few years ago at an air show and I was stunned by how big they are. You don't get that feeling from a TV show or video. It's one of my favorite WWII fighters.
A message to all our enemies. Take out the 4 in F4U.
I see what you did there.
Uhhh, the 1928 Vought FU was obsolete almost as soon as it was in service, having been developed from the 1926 UO-1. Gotta love aircraft development history.
I am so fascinated by WWII era aircraft. Much more interesting than the planes today.
It does whistle when it passes by...
It whistles and ROARS at the same time!
That's why the F4U Corsair's nickname is "Whistling Death".
Back in the 80s there was a gentleman that kept one out at the Antioch Airport in East Contra Costa County, CA... This one afternoon while showing friends the sights atop Mt. Diablo... He brought that big beautiful bird up the north slope of that mountain and across the top... Oh what a sight and thunderous sound it was... still gives me goosebumps.
Don't you mean that we'll see AND hear why they called the corsair "Whistling Death"???
the Corsair is my personal favorite of the WW2 fighters/planes ... i remember how coool i thought those 'bent wings' were seeing one for the first time as a kid (the long nose i liked too but soon read that it was one of the less-than-desirable aspects of this very successful plane) ... and then reading about how they could just be riddled with bullet holes and would just keep going ... and looking at the number produced not to mention literally decades of war-time service, it is a legend
Was it lower or higher octane during wartime? I'd LOVE to see a fuel injected, modified version of this engine!
Higher. Up to 130 octain.. one note on this is col. Jimmy Doolittle. He was a graduate of MIT and played a large role in the development of high test aviation fuel in the thirties. Besides being a champion pilot and great leader.
Many of these engines don't perform to their former potential nowadays. Pilots are forced to run lower manifold pressure due to cheaper made fuel. I believe they are slightly detuned also. You can sure hear em running out the exhaust. I think the cost of maintenance and rebuilding every so many hours per faa rules factors in as well. These are very expensive machines to operate. I'm sure the owners want them to last as long as possible between rebuilds. You can't just throw a blown engine overboard and install a new one like they did in the war.
0:08 I love the sound of big radial engines starting up, with all that spitting and burbling.
I uploaded a movie from a Corsair model!!
My dad owed his survival to this plane. He was in the Pacific for WWII.
I have microsoft flight simulator, this is my favorite plane off all.
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Nice fighter plane
william munar the engin was a PRATT AND WHITNEY PW he 's speed 667 km /h.
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Much respect to your dad for his service, I'm from New Zealand specifically Nelson we had a squadron of F4U's Called the "Ghost squadron" mostly because you can't see the pilots in the cockpit because they sit so low.
My favorite air craft.
The most bad ass prop fighter ever built. The P51 is sleek and beautiful but the F4U is raw, menacing and just looking at makes one's heart rate rise. It radiates power, performance and rugged elegance. It's just as beautiful in it's own right.
The thing that made the Corsair great was the fact that it could take on the best of WWII fighters even though it was a carrier based plane. The arresting gear, folding wings, extra heavy landing gear, and heavier bracing added weight that a pure land based fighter did not have. Imagine what the performance would have been if it had been a land based fighter!
Love how enormous those things are.
Oh what a sweet sweet sound of that engine starting and warming up...oh the thrill waiting just ahead!!!
What a fantastic combination of sound from the engine and the whistling prop!
I think this is one of the most beautiful 2ww plains!!!
They made 5 Corsairs with the Wasp Major engine. Up until September last year there were three left, one in a museum and two flying. One of the flying ones was destroyed in a crash last year. Such a tragic loss...
Stunning aircraft. My alltime fave. Remember the show Blacksheep Squadron or somesuch? A flying tank. Beautiful.
This is a beautiful airplane, especially in full Navy dress, and an incredible performer. The video was very clear and smooth, and I'm grateful that the sounds of the airplane, and growl of that huge engine, were allowed to come through.
Nice vid...glad we got to hear the real whistle during the fly-past.
Prop design continually advanced during WWII in the USA. The later Corsairs had 4 blade props, Korean War era. Early Mustangs had three blades then later went to four. The P-47 had a new "paddle" prop about 1944 that greatly increased speed of climb and overall performance. Corsair and P-47 used the same motor around which the rest of the planes were designed - Corsair had supercharger, P-47 had a huge Turbocharger for better high altitude performance. Turbos were difficult to make at first.
he F4U corsair,, built by vought, was a lightweight lighter paired with a very powerful engine. the prototype was the first us combat aircraft toexceed 400 mph . the airplane went into production in 1942. A modernized version of the original F4U was used in the U.S. Military in Korea between the year 1950 to 1953 together with F4U-5 . Corsairs flew their final combat mission during the 1969 football War between Honduras and el salvador
And won! Against P-51 Mustangs, as my father the F4U pilot used to remind me.