AN F4U Corsair will be flying in to Boyington Field on August 13, giving community members a glimpse of one of the famous warbirds that flew during WWII. The Corsair, owned by Ray Thompson and piloted ...
STRATFORD -- The long-neglected Curtiss hangar at Sikorsky Memorial Airport, which has seen the likes of Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, may yet have its best days ahead. The reason is the ...
The U.S. Navy has a storied history of utilizing some of the most advanced and iconic aircraft in the world. From the early ...
Enclosed in its own hanger at the Bamberg County Airport is one of the U.S.'s greatest fighter planes, a 1945 Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair. One of the few to survive foreign wars, as well as the hungry ...
The Primary focus of THE LIGHTER SIDE OF RC revolves around my love of FLYING & BUILDING all types of model aircraft! It's ...
The Vought F4U Corsair plane restored by the late Gerry Beck is on display in the Fargo Air Museum on Thursday, May 18, 2023, after being in a Minnesota air museum for the last six years. FARGO — An ...
Two 600-watt motors propel the F4U, taking it up to a rather intense top speed of 30 mph (48 km/h). One charge of its 5,200-mAh lithium-ion battery is reportedly good for a range of 16 miles (26 km).
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 ...