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.

In May and June 1944, Charles A. Lindbergh flew Corsair missions with Marine pilots at Green Island and Emirau. On September 3, 1944, Lindbergh demonstrated the F4U's bomb hauling capacity by flying a ...

The Corsair legend is that it was too mean for the Navy so they gave it to the Marines. Here's the real story. The initial carrier-landing qualifications for the Chance Vought F4U Corsair were a ...

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 ...

The F4U was designed for operations from an aircraft carrier without the need of very long range. The P-51, especially after being fitted with the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, was the long-range ...

The Corsair was a veritable hotrod of a fighter plane, and with a top speed of 446 miles per hour, it was briefly the fastest plane in the U.S. arsenal.

After successfully serving in the Second World War, the Corsair was dispatched over Korea. The one we have here, made in 1950, is of the F4U-5NL variety, and served with the Marine Attack Squadron ...

Chance Vought F4U Corsair Type: Single-seat carrier-based fighter-bomber Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 18-cylinder Double Wasp. 2,250 to 2,800 hp, depending on configuration Wingspan: 40 ft., 11 ...

Above is an F4U-5N. The first fighter to fly with the 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine, the Vought F4U Corsair was also, not coincidentally, the first U.S. fighter to exceed 400 mph in ...

The F4U Corsair is one of the most iconic and powerful aircraft ever built, renowned for its role in World War II and its ...

In 1980, NASM craftsmen restored the F4U-1D in the colors and markings of a Corsair named "Sun Setter," a fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-113 in July 1944, when that squadrion was ...