F4U-4E and F4U-4N: Developed late in WWII, these nightfighters featured radar radomes projecting from the right wingtip. The -4E was fitted with the APS-4 search radar, while the -4N was fitted with …

So, Vought engineers came up with the distinctive inverted gull-wing design which forever characterized the F4U Corsair. This "bent wing" design allowed the huge prop to clear the deck while providing for …

One of the best fighters of World War II, the F4U Corsair tormented the Japanese from Guadalcanal until the end of the war. Aircraft from the World War II era, more often than not, grab the imagination …

The Vought F4U Corsair was a high performance fighter aircraft, either carrier or land based. The primary mission was the destruction of enemy aircraft and was armed with bomb and rocket ordnance.

Probably the most famous fighter ever designed for any Navy, arguably, was the Vought F4U Corsair. Not only for its production went further than the Hellcat, but it outlived all for a very long active service.

Jan 3, 2026 · Flight demonstration of the Vought F4U Corsair at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.One of the most famous and iconic American World War II fig...

Navy pilots soon nicknamed the F4U the 'ensign eliminator' for its tendency to kill these inexperienced aviators. The Navy refused to clear the F4U for carrier operations until late in 1944, more than seven …

The F4U was conceived to use the most powerful engine and largest propeller a fighter plane ever had; these long propeller blades caused ground clearance problems.

Jun 11, 2022 · "The fast and powerful Vought F4U Corsair fighter was the first Allied aircraft capable of going toe-to-toe with the fabled Japanese Zero - it fought into the Korean War years and beyond."

In 1952 the last of the Corsair line, designated the F4U-7, was delivered to the French under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program making it the last piston powered fighter aircraft to be …