Top Vought F4U Corsair Milestones. The prototype XF4U-1 became the first single-engine U.S. fighter to fly faster than 400 mph by flying at an average speed of 405 mph from Stratford to Hartford ...

In production longer than any other U.S. fighter to see service in World War II, Vought, Goodyear, and Brewster built a total of 12,582 F4Us. The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National ...

The Corsair we have in the gallery above, built in 1951, may not have been part of the war, but the hero genes are still there. It is of the F4U-5N variety, specifically designed to handle night ...

Air show announcer and producer Lunar Sawyer is ready to see her husband take to the sky in “Wild Blue,” the “little RV-8A ...

STRATFORD -- The blue Chance Vought F4U Corsair that graced the entrance to Sikorsky Memorial Airport should never return to its pedestal, according to those restoring the vintage aircraft, ...

The F4U Corsair prototype made its maiden flight on May 29, 1940, with Lyman A. Bullard Jr. at the controls at what was then Bridgeport Airport. Deliveries to the Navy began in July 1942.

During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft as the most capable aircraft in the conflict. This belief was based on more than a feeling; ...

The Vought F4U Corsair plane restored by the late Gerry Beck is on display in the Fargo Air Museum on Thursday, May 18, 2023, after being in a Minnesota air museum for the last six years.

The Corsair was a veritable hotrod of a fighter plane, and with a top speed of 446 miles per hour, ... But the real king of the skies over the Pacific Ocean was the Vought F4U Corsair.

FARGO — A historic plane with local ties has made its way back to the Fargo Air Museum after more than five years away. The Vought F4U Corsair 310 was restored by the late Gerry Beck of Wahpeton ...

In production longer than any other U.S. fighter to see service in World War II, Vought, Goodyear, and Brewster built a total of 12,582 F4Us. The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National ...