More than 12,500 examples of this aircraft were manufactured by Vought beginning in 1940, with final delivery of 1953, in what is known as the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U ...

The Vought F4U-4 Corsair is one of the most iconic aircraft in history. It remained in production for 11 years, longer than ...

On June 12, 1943, the F4U-1 Corsair fighter crashed into the lake near Waukegan during practice landings and takeoffs from the USS Wolverine. The pilot, Carl Harold Johnson, survived the crash but was ...

The airplanes of the Second World War have been incredible machines. Designed and built on fast-forward to meet the ever-changing requirements of combat situations, they all, almost without exception, ...

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Pilot's handbook for Navy model F4U-1, F4U-1C, F4U-1D, F3A-1, FG-1, FG-1D airplanes. Pub. under joint authority of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, and the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.

Chuck Wahl's Vultures Row Aviation serves as a sanctuary for aviation history, where the iconic Vought F4U Corsair is meticulously restored to its former glory. In a recent revealing interview, Chuck ...

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 ...

It was up to supervising sound editors Will Files and Matt Yocum and dialogue and ADR supervisor Eliza Zebert to build the soundscape for Korean War-set “Devotion,” a story that centers on the ...