Chance Vought F4U Corsair
Carrier Fighter Extraordinaire
While Vought's first Corsair was the O2U biplane, introduced in the mid-1920s, the version that is best known is the mono-wing with the easily distinguishable inverted gull-wing. The F4U Corsair has become a favorite of many warbird enthusiasts, not only for its beautiful design but also for its fierceness. Designed to carry bombs, rockets and guns, and to be flown off of aircraft carriers, with folding wings and good short field capabilities, the Corsair exhibited terrific versatility and was employed extensively in World War II and the Korean war. More than 12,500 F4U Corsairs were delivered by the American company until the end of production in 1953.