The cat is out of the bag. We will soon be getting a flying Corsair. The aircraft was built at Goodyear in Akron, Ohio in April 1945. It was assigned to Marine Squadron VMF-115 in the southern ...

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 ...

AKRON—The Japanese called it "Whistling Death" for the sound its iconic gull wings produced in a dive. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots called it the best air-to-air fighter in the Pacific theater ...

Back in the early 1940s, factories on most of the world’s continents were busy churning out war machines to aid in the global conflict that had just started. That era was one of incredibly fast ...

On this day in aviation history-85 years ago, on May 29, 1940-the prototype Chance Vought F4U Corsair took to the skies for the first time. Designated XF4U-1 (bureau number 1443), the aircraft was ...

The legendary Vought F4U Corsair—part of the Flying Legends GmbH collection—soared into the skies at Oldtimer‑Fliegertreffen Hahnweide 2025 in a breathtaking display of power, precision, and ...