Top Vought F4U Corsair Milestones. The prototype XF4U-1 became the first single-engine U.S. fighter to fly faster than 400 mph by flying at an average speed of 405 mph from Stratford to Hartford ...

During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft as the most capable aircraft in the conflict. This belief was based on more than a feeling; ...

The aircraft was widely used by the Marines in the 1940s and '50s ... A vintage F4U Corsair fighter-bomber — the type that helped the U.S. win World War II — has been added to the exhibits ...

Aviation enthusiasts have been hearing about it all week. Now they’ll get a chance to see it. Selfridge Military Air Museum will host a public unveiling for their newly restored FG-1D Corsair ...

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.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A famous piece of history is now on display at the USS Midway Museum. An F4U-4 Corsair, a fighter-bomber which mainly flew in World War II and the Korean War, is in San ...

Featured aircraft will include the Corsair, P-51 Mustang, B-29 Superfortress, F-86 Sabre, MiG 15 and MiG 17. The event takes place July 21-27, with a focus on Korean War aviation July 23-25.

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.