Awesome history of this aircraft and super proud its been fully restored to keep the history of this aircraft for everyone to see and remember the greatest generation in American history of World War 2 hands down!!! ❤
I saw this bird at Oshkosh and it had a major oil spill there. What a mess. Also the rudder was flapping back and forth in the wind. No control lock. Then I heard it crashed a year or two later. Anybody know the current status of this aircraft?
Nice .....! But why don't keep it in F4U7 version? This is a special model for French Navy fitted with the F4U4 engine and a mix with the AU1 version ! French wanted an interceptor and a ground attack in the same plane !!!
This story and video is beyond cool. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. So respectful and gracious to so many different military people, our Marines, Chance Vought employees, the French, and this long produced aircraft. That late model Corsair with the 20 millimeter guns has been one of my favorite World War 2 type aircraft since the early 1980's when I was obsessed with Black Sheep Squadron show and especially considering that it was also used in Korea. It is amazing that particular aircraft was still being manufactured in 1952 a full seven years after the World War 2 ended. Thank God there were people and the U.S. Marines to at some point to care for that aircraft throughout the decades and of course the French too for selling it back to us. Sorry for the ramble people, this video just helped me to screw my head back on correctly after a very rough Monday. Happy Holidays to all.
I have to agree with the comments made by Wayne Flanigan...The site and sound of any WW2 piston powered fighter or bomber aircraft in flight almost always tears me up.I think of all the young lads who flew up on every mission saying...let's try not to get killed today ...what a job... Salute.
my father was an F-AU1 and F4U-7 pilot in the French naval air force. He is a veteran of the events in Algeria and took part in the Battle of Bizerte, Tunisia. it is possible that he flew on this plane. I will have to consult his flight logs. I find it honorable to honor a pilot, but concerning this plane, it would be totally brilliant to restore it in its original colors and markings, in the colors of the French naval aeronautics. there is none and its F4U-7 specificity deserves it!
The French navy was an important user of American carrier base aircraft like Corsairs, Hellcats, Helldivers, Avengers, Dauntless, HSS and HUP-2 Choppers, SNJ land based trainers, Privateer, PBY, P2V...French air force had P 47, AT-6, T-28, C47, C119, Bearcat, Skyraider... and many more, almost all the invetory of piston engine aircraft available after the WW2, the French navy was also the very last user of the last gunfighter the F8-E ( FN) Crusader, with a special version of the F8-E like the F 4U-7 few years ago...
+Ethan Gadis Banged-up but hardly totaled. It can be fixed but they are going to need a new aft spar. The pilot reported losing power on takeoff at mid-runway, not an ideal time. He cut the throttle and applied the brakes and went into the dirt.
@@skiptalbot I can't find any updates. I had read that the spar was ripped, and the Corsair spar is a very complex structure in the aircraft. New restorations have been able to manufacture a new spar but it will probably take a while unless a spare wing is sourced.
It bothers me that the US government was given these aircraft by the US taxpayers then destroyed at will because the government didn’t think they were necessary anymore.
