A rare and iconic World War II fighter plane arrived in New York City Wednesday morning. It will be restored and then displayed at the Intrepid Museum next year. The World War II FG-1D Corsair was ...

However, problems with the Corsair’s carrier landings led to the aircraft being overshadowed; the Grumman F6F Hellcat came to be regarded as America’s most dominant carrier-based fighter.

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.

The fighter-bomber being moved, a Corsair on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla., would have gone in and out easily, as aircraft did during World War II.

PORTLAND, Maine — Two World War II fighter planes at the bottom of Sebago Lake since a training accident in 1944 will remain there, a federal judge ruled Monday. Historic Aircraft Restoration Co… ...

Question: Which was a better aircraft in World War II, a P-51 Mustang or F4U Corsair? – Craig Bathurst, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Answer: They were designed for totally different purposes.

A World War II fighter plane was recovered from Lake Michigan on Monday, nearly 70 years after a Navy pilot missed a signal officer’s warning to slow down and crashed during a training exercise.

A Vought F4U Corsair will show how its sleek and curving wings — built to fold and fit inside U.S. Navy aircraft carriers — used to shoot out and soar over the Pacific Ocean.

Strike fighter aircraft mark an important step in the evolution of military aircraft since World War II. ... (This is every major fighter plane flown by the US Air ... LTV A-7 Corsair II. EGVA ...