David R Lentz, USA Thank you for this! I find the F4U Corsair series of great interest. This F2G is an astounding marvel! Ohh, how I wish several thousand of them could have become operational in theatre by 1943.
Love the video...the heritage...stay strong. Would love to get a Goodyear aviation hat. I am a Colonel in the Commemorative Air Force here in Washington State.
6:26 ok, that leaves me wondering why we don't see any Hawker Tempest or Typhoons in these races, because they had the absolute best low altitude performance of any single engine aircraft of the second world war
Super Corsair 57 was owned by Cook Cleland and kept at at his airport in Willoughby, Ohio. LCDR, Cleland returned to active duty in 1951 and several of the Super Corsairs were at the airport until its closure in 1952.
I’m going by memory here and I could be wrong? There were only 4 of these made and 2 crashed due to unrecoverable spin due to engine inertia? Feel free to correct me.
They made 10 total if you don’t include the prototype. Five were the F2G-1 which had manual folding wings. Five were the F2G-2 that had hydraulic folding wings. Only two total are left, one is in a museum in Seattle and Racer 57 (red) is flying out of Bentonville, AR.
My Dad went down 3 times in WW2 Pacific. He was involved with all the tough engagements , from late 42 to 44, down 3 times. 2 pilots died. 2nd pilot died, fratinizing was frounded apon, but the pilot & my Dad pals. His death, when it happened, Dad was diving a bunch of times in ocean to find him, but didn't , Dad in raft for 24 hours, he never forgot that, turned down Purple Heart twice. Dad a FDNY great officer, well liked, but his humble nature, of never putting himself up for recognition kept him from being a top brass, his Morals meant more. HE never brought the job home, he never talked of the job, 50/50 chance he'd have died in famous 23rd street fire, was on vacation, like me on 9/11, way things happened, me being a fireman, losing 1/2 his guys.
The meth that the Corsair was a low altitude fighter was totally incorrect. The Corsair had a large wing and high horsepower engine “which is one of the main reasons for it’s continued success in the Korean War” and a two stage super charger which made it an excellent high altitude fighter aircraft during WWll. Simply put, the P-51 was and has been a fan favorite simply because it looks good. During WWll the Corsair and Mustang were pitted against one another and even swopped pilot’s to maintain fairness. They were basically even matched in all altitudes and in performance. Facts show that while the P-51 was a pretty aircraft, the F4U Corsair was the better machine as it continued fighting during the entire duration of the Korean War and scored two Mig-15 jet fighter kills. An incredible feet!
