The F4U Corsair’s revolutionary inverted gull wing was an engineering masterpiece for speed, but it created a lethal problem ...

To Japanese ground troops, it was known as "whistling death." Such was the fear inspired by the F4U Corsair, the Stratford-built American fighter plane, as it swooped in to bomb and strafe Japanese ...

The F4U-4 as workers placed it on board the Midway this week. Photo credit: Courtesy, Midway Museum The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft ...

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 ...

★ Vought FG-1D Corsair ★ Another fighter powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800, the Corsair was intended for the Navy, but the initial designs provided pilot visibility too poor for carrier landings.

A quirky aircraft company that helped to win World War II and guide the U.S. into the jet age with its unconventional designs will have its colorful history preserved by the San Diego Air & Space ...

(Columbia) Nov. 12, 2002 - A F4U Corsair World War II-era fighter plane participating in the Celebrate Freedom Festival crashed in a Midlands subdivision early Sunday afternoon. The FAA and National ...