Planes of Fame Air Museum welcomes 2026 with the return to flight of its historic F4U-1A Corsair on January 3, featuring talks, exhibits, and a possible flyover by the freshly restored WWII veteran.

The F4U Corsair, with its innovative inverted gullwing design and the powerful Pratt & Whitney R2800 engine, became a pivotal ...

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 ...

In the European Theater of World War II, the P-51 Mustang was the top aircraft when it came to shooting down or otherwise nullifying Axis airpower. In the Pacific, planes like the P-38 Lightning ...

SAN CLEMENTE – It had been years since Ed Iglesias, 88, had seen a Corsair fly. On Saturday, he and hundreds of others craned their necks skyward as two vintage World War II fighter planes, an F4U-1A ...

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, ...

The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio of over 11:1. During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, ...