Working in the 1930's with the Chance Vought Division of ... then moved to Texas and restored by the Vought Heritage Foundation in Grand Prairie. The V-173 was beautifully restored by volunteers ...

Vought V-173 prototype’s 427 square feet of wing area gave it the capability of taking off nearly vertically with typical wind over a ship’s deck.

Last week Ling wanted something else: Chance Vought Corp., the oldtime aircraft company turned missile and electronic producer. Ling, willing to spend more than $6,500,000 to get a company that ...