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	F4U Corsair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was a remarkable achievement for Vought, as carrier aircraft are, compared to land-based counterparts, overbuilt to withstand the extreme stress of deck landings.
		Corsairs were flown by the famous Black Sheep Squadron VMF-214 led by Marine Fighter Ace Maj. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington in an area of the Solomon Islands called The Slot.
		However by the time the Corsairs arrived, there were virtually no Japanese aircraft left in New Zealand's allocated sectors of the Southern Pacific, and despite the RNZAF Squadrons extending their operations to more northern islands, the Corsairs were primarily used for close support of American, Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting the Japanese.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/F4U_Corsair (1527 words)

	F4U Corsair - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It was a remarkable achievement for Vought, as carrier aircraft were necessarily heavier than their land-based counterparts to withstand the rigors of deck landings.
		However, nearly as many Corsairs were lost to landing accidents as the type downed enemy aircraft; this is because its "visibility problems" actually made it a disaster waiting to happen on the ground.
		At war's end, Corsairs were ashore on Okinawa combating the Kamikazes and flying from fleet and escort carriers.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/F4U (691 words)

	Chance Vought F4U Corsair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Known to the Japanese as "Whistling Death", the Corsair was famous for it's bent gull-wings and it's high kill ratios.
		The Corsair was the first U.S. fighter to exceed 400 m.p.h., and had much better performance than the Wildcat, which was the current top-of-the-line Navy fighter when the Corsair was introduced.
		Later in the war it was proven that the Corsairs could operate safely off of carriers, and the "bent-wing birds" were used very successfully in helping to thwart the kamikaze raids in the war's final months.
	www.americanairpowermuseum.com /htm/corsair.htm (1900 words)

	Chance-Vought F4U Corsair History (page 1) - Great Planes - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Corsair had been designed as a carrier-based fighter, but initial carrier qualifications had revealed a number of problems that were severe enough that the Navy restricted the aircraft from carrier operations until they could be solved.
		As a result, the Corsair was initially assigned to land based Marine and Navy squadrons, although the British modified landing procedures enough to begin using their Corsairs on carriers right away.
		Both the F6F Hellcat and the F4U Corsair were so successful at attacking surface targets with bombs and rockets, the Navy began increasing the ratio of fighters to torpedo and dive bombers in their air wings.
	www.flightjournal.com /fj/plane_profiles/corsair/corsair_history.asp (1526 words)

	Chance Vought Corsair F4U-5NL AJBS Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis GB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Chance Vought Corsair F4U-5NL AJBS Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis GB The CORSAIR of CHANCE VOUGHT conceived by Rex Beisel, was one of the legend's airplanes of the Pacific war.
		She were equipped with a W-shape wing, in order to increase the visibility downwards, as well to reduce the length of the landing gear, (always too heavy and too cumbersome), and to reduce therefore the aerodynamic interference occurring to the wing/fuselage's liaison.
		The 1st test-flight of the XF4U-1 Corsair prototype, was in May 29,1940.
	ajbs.com /Anglais/MuseeGB/CorsairGBHtml/CorsairGB.htm (226 words)

	F4U Corsair
		The Chance Vought F4U Corsair proved to be the most capable carrier based fighter of the Second World War.
		Corsair pilots established a very satisfactory kill ratio against Japanese fighters, and helped turn the tide in the Solomons (and later battles).
		The Corsair was, without a doubt, one of the great fighters of WW II, and just about the first carrier based fighter that could hold its own with the best land based fighters.
	www.chuckhawks.com /corsair_F4U.htm (1582 words)

	F4U WWII Pacific theatre Corsair & Pappy Boyington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Whatever the Corsair was, it was c'ertainly not a natural as a carrier-based combat aircraft, and that had, in the final analysis, been the task for which designer Rex B Beisel and his team had created the aircraft.
		Oh yes, the Corsair could be landed on a deck without undue difficulty by an experienced pilot in ideal conditions, but with pilots of average capability, really pitching decks and marginal weather conditions, attrition simply had to be of serious proportions.
		The Corsair II was, of course, a heavy aircraft for escort carrier work and reports soon began to reach us at Farnborough of a disturbing accident rate and of excessive wear on arrester wires.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Vought-Corsair/cors_info/cors_info.htm (5608 words)

	Chance-Vought F4U Corsair History (page 2) - Great Planes - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Corsairs operated from Japan, and they were also deployed to bases on the Korean peninsula.
		The days when the Corsair would rack up impressive kill ratios over enemy aircraft were now only a part of history, yet its service in another role was just as significant and valuable in a different war in a different place at a later time.
		While the majority of remaining Corsairs are later aircraft that were built after World War II, aviation enthusiasts can rejoice in the knowledge that a few World War II Corsairs still exist and are being preserved for future generations.
	www.rccaraction.com /FJ/plane_profiles/corsair/corsair_history2.asp (1381 words)

	Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair
		There is some solid evidence that strongly supports the argument that the Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair was the finest all around fighter of the war.
		Vought's Corsair was a fighter that could not be treated lightly.
		Chance Vought's F4U-4 came about as a development of the F4U-4XA, which was first flown in early April 1944.
	home.att.net /~historyzone/F4U-4.html (2204 words)

	Vought
		Vought reorganized his company into the Chance Vought Corporation in May 1922, where he would produce his famous Corsair aircraft.
		Vought, a company of 6,000 employees and annual sales of more than $1 billion, is still hitting some rough spots.
		At the end of October 2001, Vought announced that it would be cutting 1,200 jobs, or 20 percent of its work force, partly as a result of a downturn at Boeing due to lessening aircraft purchases resulting from a general downturn in the economy and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Vought/Aero23.htm (1749 words)

	Chance Vought F4U Corsair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the Pacific the FAA Corsair also began to operate in April 1944, participating in an attack on Sabang, and later in the attack on oil refineries at Pelambang.
		In the RNZAF Corsair units, only the pilots and a small staff belonged to the squadron; aircraft and maintenance crew were grouped in a pool.
		The first Corsair unit to be based effectively on a carrier was the pioneer USMC squadron, VMF-124, which joined the USS Essex.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/f4u.html (5453 words)

	Vought F4U Corsair - USA
		If you’ve never seen a Corsair before, your first glance at the outsized propeller and "bent" wings might leave you with the feeling that either this warbird was assembled from parts that didn’t match or it has met with some sort of disaster.
		F4U's (Corsairs) returning from a combat mission over North Korea circle the USS Boxer as they wait for planes in the next strike to be launched from her flight deck.
		The F4U-3 was a bump in the evolution of the Corsair.
	www.aviation-history.com /vought/f4u.html (3651 words)

	FG-1D Corsair
		The famous gull-wing design of the F4U Corsair makes the plane one of the most distinctive fighters of World War II Designed and built by Chance-Vought, the Corsair prototype first flew on May 29, 1940.
		Corsairs also excelled in the ground attack role and were heavily employed as close air support aircraft during the Pacific island hopping campaign.
		Corsairs were instrumental in the Marine's famous "advance in a different direction" from the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950.
	www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com /Aircraft/Corsair/Page1.html (324 words)

	Warbird Alley: Vought F4U Corsair
		Development of the Corsair began in 1938, when the US Navy issued a request for a new single-seat carrier-based fighter.
		The wing design was necessitated by the tall landing gear which was, in turn, necessitated by the huge propeller required to propel the plane at the desired high speeds.
		The Corsair served with the US Navy, US Marines, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force (and later, the French Aeronavale), and quickly became the most capable carrier-based fighter/bomber of the war.
	www.warbirdalley.com /f4u.htm (390 words)

	Chance-Vought O2U-2 Corsair
		Chance Vought O2U-2 Corsair; "One of two O2U-2's given by the Navy to the Coast Guard in 1935.
		Chance Vought O2U-2 Corsair; No caption/date (1936?), photo number 5-8-36(1) n.
		Several of these Corsairs were stationed with the Coast Guard Air Detachment in Texas that patrolled the U.S.-Mexican border in an effort to suppress illegal immigration.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBAIRCRAFT/Vought_O2U2.html (225 words)

	Chance Vought F-4U-5 Corsair Photogallery and Information
		A French Navy Corsair.Due to visibility problems on landing caused by a combination of the pilot's position and the length of the nose, which made landing tricky for poorly trained pilots, Corsairs were largely barred from U.S. carrier service until the end of 1944.
		When the aircraft finally saw combat it was nonetheless a superb fighter compared to its contemporaries, achieving a 10 to 1 victory ratio.
		At war's eand, Corsairs were ashore on Okinawa combating the Kamikaze suicide pilots and flying from fleet and escort carriers.
	www.flightchief.com /photogallery/f4u/index.php (537 words)

	Vought F4U Corsair Airplane Merchandise
		The Corsair airplane remained in production longer than any other US fighter of the period and is credited with a kill:loss ratio of 11:1 against the Japanese.
		The Corsair was definitely the longest-lived of the Navy fighters of WWII, its last combat sortie being in 1971 with El Salvador, and the F4U-4 was considered the ultimate Corsair.
		The Corsair F4U was and still is recognized as the fastest plane of its time.
	www.jodavidsmeyer.com /combat/bookstore/corsair.html (392 words)

	Vought Corsair
		Vought Corsair test flights were highly impressive and on 1st October, 1940, it became the first American fighter to reach a speed of 400 mph (643 km).
		The Vought Corsair had a maximum speed of 425 mph (684 km) and had a range of 1,015 miles (1,635 km).
		In the Pacific War it downed 2,149 enemy aircraft while only 189 Vought Corsair were lost during 64,051 missions.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWcorsair.htm (197 words)

	Chance Vought V-166 F4U Corsair model airplane
		Acknowledged universally to be the most outstanding carrier-based fighter of World War II; when used by the US Navy in the Pacific from April 1944 this airplane was credited with no fewer than 2,140 victories against the Japanese for the loss of only 189 of its own number.
		However, the Corsair was the best airplane at catching the Japanese kamikaze pilots, so after a modification of the landing gear and raising of the cockpit to improve forward view, the F4U-1A (as it was designated with these modifications) proved a very popular airplane.
		The Corsair was a potent fighter-bomber, capable of launching bombs, missiles, and napalm.
	www.wondersnevercease.com /wac/airplanes/am235.htm (451 words)

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		The Corsair's most unique feature was the "bent" wing, the result of a marriage between the most powerful engine ever installed in a piston-engined fighter and one of the biggest propellers in the world.
		The Corsair's distinctive sound, which earned it among the Japanese the nick-name of "Whistling Death", partly because of the engine noise, was caused by the wing-root inlets for engine air.
		The Corsair achieved a victory/loss ratio of 11-3/1; it proved "definitely superior" in trials with a captured Zero and gave favorable results in competitive maneuvers with a P-51, a
	usfighter.tripod.com /f4u.htm (1455 words)

	F4U Corsair
		Utilizing a giant, 4m-diametered propeller, the Corsair received a unique W-shaped wing to guarantee the necessary space for the propellor to operate.
		Without the option of installing fuel tanks in the wings, a large tank had to be put right behind the engine, forcing a backwards movement of the cockpit, and reducing seriously the visibility over the nose.
		But, while the F6F Hellcat was very well accepted on the carriers, the Navy found several serious problems with the Corsair, for example it's tendency to bounce on landing and to spin when stalling, and overall those resulted in the assignment of the Corsair to Marine fighter squadrons flying from island bases.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/f4u_corsair.htm (515 words)

	The U.S.S. Alabama Memorial Exhibit
		The Corsair was developed for the Navy as a replacement for the obsolescent Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter.
		The Corsair with its long nose and partially recessed cockpit (compared to the Wildcat), was not well-suited for deflection shooting.
		They were in even more desperate need for good carrier fighters than the US was, and to use the Corsair they developed a different landing pattern around the carrier.
	www.auburn.edu /~benjadp/tour/planes.html (773 words)

	Chance Vought F4U Corsair
		The Corsair was fitted with the largest diameter propeller bolted on to the front of a plane.
		By mid-1944 the Corsair was ready for deck operations on the carriers.
		The Corsair was a popular fighter after the war as well with the last one of 12,571 built rolling off the production line in 1952.
	www.warbirdmuseum.com /History/F4U/f4u_corsair.htm (137 words)

	Articles - F4U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The design concept for the Corsair incorporated the largest available fighter engine â€” the 2,000 hp, 18-cylinder Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial, turning an enormous 13´4" (4.06 m) Hamilton Standard Hydromatic three blade propeller; use of a smaller propellor would have wasted much of the power of the engine.
		Due to visibility problems on landing caused by a combination of the pilot´s position and the length of the nose, which made landing tricky for poorly trained pilots, Corsairs were largely barred from U.S. carrier service until the end of 1944.
		The F4U-4 and -5 logged combat in Korea between 1950 and 1953 while all 94 of the final, "dash seven", model were sold to the French Navy, which flew the plane until the early sixties.
	www.kimia-sains.com /articles/F4U (1220 words)

	Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
		Corsair has a distinctive look, with multi-angled “bent” wings, a long snout and a massive propeller.
		Corsair was a heavy-gunned, armor-plated, powerful juggernaut that blasted Japanese aircraft at a ratio of over eleven to one.
		Corsair wears the paint scheme of the famed “Jolly Rogers Squadron” (VF-17) and Navy ace Oscar Chenowith Jr., who scored 8.5 victories.
	www.sprucegoose.org /aircraft_artifacts/Aircraft/WWII/FG-1D.htm (107 words)

	F4U-5NL Corsair Jean Salis GB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Mainly, the Honduras showed his interest in the purchase of "Corsairs", they were to replace their old fleet of P-38 Lightnings, and P-63 Kingcobras.
		In the contrary, the Corsair's engines were known for their reliability.
		Hondurians Corsairs remained in service 13 years, during this period, in 1969, we can be pretty sure the "Bu No.124724" was engaged in fights with 19 other Corsairs of the "Fuerza Aera Hondurena".
	ajbs.com /Anglais/MuseeGB/CorsairGBHtml/Corsair-History-NavyGB.htm (1136 words)

	Chance-Vought F4U Corsair
		History: The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair developed out of the need for a fast, high powered fighter with the armament and armor to simply outmuscle the elegant and maneuverable Japanese fighters it was designed to face.
		The name "Corsair" is often said in the same breath with "Mustang" and "Spitfire" when historians argue the merits of the greatest prop fighters ever.
		The Corsair was extremely fast, could outdive a P38, outmanuever a Mustang, and outroll a Hellcat.
	www.speakeasy.org /~mefletcher/f4u.html (1304 words)

	Tamiya 1/48 Scale Chance-Vought F4U-1A Corsair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair is an aviation classic that, while recognized as such, is still under-rated in my opinion.
		I do not pretend to be an authority on aviation history, but from the performance figures I have seen, I would rather be in a Corsair than anything else in a dogfight.
		I may build another Corsair at some point with the wings extended but I made a promise to myself to finish a few more of the over one hundred unbuilt kits I have before buying any more.
	www.airfieldmodels.com /gallery_of_models/display/tamiya_f4u-1a_corsair (789 words)

	Tamiya America Item #61046 \| F4U-1/2 Bird Cage Corsair - Chance Vought
		The Navy was so confident in the Corsair that rival companies Brewster and Goodyear were made alternate contractors for the initial order of 584 aircraft.
		With a top speed of 415mph and a rate of climb of 3,120 feet per minute, the Corsair was the fastest plane in the world at the time.
		Obvious changes were adding a radar dome to the outboard.50 caliber machine gun to offset the radar domes weight, plus flame dampeners installed on the six exhaust stacks.
	www.tamiyausa.com /product/item.php?product-id=61046 (250 words)

	Chance-Vought F4U Corsair WW2 single-seat carrier-based fighter bomber - Photograph wallpaper and History
		The aircraft had a huge propeller that was needed to propel the plane at the desired high speeds.
		The first Chance-Vought F4U Corsair was first flown on the 29th May 1940.
		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.
	www.moorewallpaper.com /ww2-49.htm (371 words)

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