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Chance-Vought F4U Corsair WW2 single-seat carrier-based fighter bomber In 1938 the US Navy issued a request for a new single-seat carrier-based fighter. Chance-Vought submitted a unique, gull-winged airframe pulled by the largest engine then available, the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp. The Navy were impressed and Chance-Vought won the contract to build the F4U Corsair. The aircraft had a huge propeller that was needed to propel the plane at the desired high speeds. This meant that this navy fighter required a wing design that would make the body stand tall off the carrier deck. The first Chance-Vought F4U Corsair was first flown on the 29th May 1940. It entered operational service on the 31st July 1942 and was given the type code of F4U-1. It then received an upgraded landing gear and cockpit modifications. The new variant, the F4U-1A, was approved for carrier duty. The US Navy, US Marines, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the French Aeronavale operated the carrier-based fighter/bomber Chance-Vought F4U Corsair. Production ceased in 1952 but over two dozen Corsairs are still airworthy. The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair had a maximum speed at 20,000ft of 420 mph and a cruising Speed of 185 mph, It had a service Ceiling of 37,000 ft. For armament it had six 12.7mm (0.50 in) machine guns, wing-mounted. The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair is known by many different nicknames Horseshoe; Bend-Wing Bird; Sweetheart; Super Stuka; Bent-Wing Ensign Eliminator; Hose Nose; Bent-Wing Monster; Whistling Death; U-Bird, Hog Nose; Hog.
WW2 Aircraft There are many International Air Tattoos and air shows like the one at Fairford Air Base, Duxford, Farnborough, Biggin Hill, Cosford, Eastbourne AirShow, Abingdon UK air show, Boscombe Down UK air shows, Greenham Common, Mildenhall air fete where you can have fun with all the family looking at static aviation displays as well as the acrobatics in the air. You can see many of these planes, Supermarine spitfire, tornado, battle of Britain fighters, warbirds, vulcan,, Lancaster, lightning, mosquito, Eurofighter, VC10, DC10 Shackleton, jaguar, typhoon, sabre, super sabre, delta dart, talon, phantom, falcon, thunderbirds, eagle. Learjet, lockheed, Douglas, McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II USMC, Vought F4U-5NL Nite-Corsair, McDonnell Douglas A-4F Skyhawk USMC, Lockheed HC-130H Hercules, Lockheed P-38J Lightning, Curtiss P-40E Warhawk. North American P-51D Mustang, Republic P-47B/D Thunderbolt Razorback, Bell P-39D Airacobra , Northrop P-61B Black widow, Martin B-26B/C Marauder, North American B-25B/C Mitchell, B-24J Liberator, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Zero, Hawker Hurricane, Junkers Ju 52, Messerschmitt Me 110C, Messerschmitt Bf 109E, Focke Wulf Fw 190A, Panavia Tornado RAF, Grumman A-6A Intruder, Grumman F-14A Tomcat, Douglas F-18A Hornet USN, Lockheed S-3B Viking, Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Lockheed C-5A/B Galaxy to name but a few |
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