My Dad (RIP) met Pappy Boyington at an airshow at Glenview Naval Air Station in the ‘80’s. Boyington was his hero. My Dad, a Navy pilot, was transitioning into the Corsair from the trainers in Texas, getting ready for the invasion of Japan. They told him that the odds of surviving the invasion as a pilot were not good. Then Harry dropped the bomb. My Dad told him he was his hero, and Pappy put his arm around my Dad for a pic and told my Dad ‘ You’re the hero’. What a class act. My Dad always said he wanted to get into the Corsair in bad way. What an aircraft!
When it made its initial low-level pass, for a brief instant I was taken back in time to when I was a kid and would watch Black Sheep Squadron on Saturday mornings with Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington. The theme music was in my head. It was a beautiful bird to watch then, and just as magnificent, or maybe even more so, now. There's one hanging from the ceiling in the Museum of the Marine Corp at Quantico. You don't appreciate its size until you lay eyes on it. Great, great bird.
When I was a boy my uncle piloted the F4 phantom in Vietnam, I was in awe, I'm bias but this airplane was a great design and one of our great assets. God bless the United States of America🇺🇸
The Corsair is my all-time favorite prop-driven airplane and the F-4 Phantom is my all-time favorite fighter jet. Please forward my thanks to your uncle for his service.
I remember this magnificent airplane back in 1945, when I was 14 years old. It was simply wonderful to see my favorite airplane fly again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You made me very happy.
When I was a kid, circa 1950, I would watch the Corsair's practice dive bombing a barge on the horizon on the western end of Lake Erie. Those Corsair's were out of the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station. Memories.
I’ve always loved the deep-throaty growl WWII planes made, especially the B-17 and the Corsair. Living near an airport, and when I hear that sound, I stop whatever I’m doing to run outside and look for the plane, and am always rewarded with a WWII plane. They bring a smile to my face and a prayer of thanks to all members of our military, especially for the greatest generation and my dad who served in the Navy in the pacific during that time.
Ever since I was a kid, this airplane has always been one of the coolest looking ones to me, one of my absolute favorites. Beautiful airplane, very nice, thanks for sharing.
I was hoping to see a strafing run, and hear the sounds those F-4Us are famous for. My compliments to the pilot for his piloting prowess in this war bird. Thank you to all the people who were a part of the group who put this beautiful bird back in it's original full battling condition, such a wonderful bird. Thank you to all who made this video possible, and we can't overlook the Camera operator either, such a fantastic job of filming this flight.
man, the size of these things are cool. you some times just never expect how big they are when you see old footage or something till someone is standing next to them. im currently watching an older man who made a mini one of these and he's gotten to the point of taxing down the runway. soon to be on first flight.
My personal favorite aircraft is still the P-38 Lightning, BUT, this one is truly a gorgeous warbird! Those gull wings, long nose, bubble canopy......simply beautiful!
My grandad was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm rigger on Corsairs (and others) at HMS Coimbatore during the war against the Imperial Japanese. The Corsair was his favourite.
@@Warbirds i have seen one once in flight it flew just above the tree tops right over me , it was awesome, I've seen plenty of them on the ground but that was the only one I seen in the air
geiles Viedo! Vielen Dank! Es ist so viele Jahre her, aber wer den Sound der F4U gehört und das ausfahren der Flügel mal live aus der nächsten Nähe erleben durfte kann mir meine Freude nachvollziehen ... einfach nur geil!
I know it’s simple tech (landing gear does the same thing), but it still amazes me that a 1940’s aircraft can smoothly unfold it’s wings like that and be ready for high G’s. That’s some Tomcat sh**, but decades earlier.
For a while I thought I was watching an RC plane with how it was leaving a trail of smoke, but no mistaking it for an RC with how it flew. I have a small one, 60" or so span with a 3 cylinder Radial in it, has yet to fly, but looks great. Modeled after the first generation F4U with 3 blade prop and 3 color paint scheme.
I tell you what would be neet as hell, seeing the Corsair land on one of our modern carriers. The flight deck crew would go freeking nuts. You can't beat NavAir !!!
That looked like pappy in the cockpit. Boyington signed my copy of baa baa blacksheep at an airshow in Williamsport Pennsylvania. Early 80s id say. I was maybe 12 at the time. I was star struck.
The F4U Corsair is my absolute favorite. I was friends with Red West and he would tell me stories about these birds when he was in Black Sheep squadron.
@@Warbirds Red lived in Bartlett Tn where I’m from and he would come by the lumber yard where I worked and he would tell me about the corsairs on the set and that basically when you would see the planes take a hit it was basically one of 3 or 4 stock footage of the same piece of painted scrap metal taking real hits in a nearby field. He also mentioned something about the real Pappy did not care to much for Robert Conrad. We would basically chat every now and then. This would be around the same time he was filming Road House.
Something just popped in my head that Red said. Black Sheep was a production he called SPAM CAN production. About 80% of Black Sheep was canned footage. Not just the old aerial combat footage but take offs, landings, when something on a plane blows up, the bullet hits. Ever notice that sometimes a scene shows sun up or sunset and all of the sudden it's high noon in the next frame. Yep! All canned footage. I think it was Red that got me on the habit of spotting planes in a TV show or movie and it's an entirely different aircraft. Still goes on to this day. For example, World War Z, Brad Pitt goes from flying on a C-130 to the AN-12 Cub. It switches throughout the entire movie. I keep wondering if they intend it as a joke or they really think we are that stupid not to notice.
@@johnklatt3522 Now this did not come from Red but another conversation I had who knew about the actual guns firing. These scenes were canned as well and was nothing more than propane firing from a tube on mocked up wing or in the zeroes case a mock up cockpit with the actor inside. Propane through a tube. I did wonder if there was actual feed back to the stick when firing the guns. I could understand with the Zeroes because 2 of the machine guns were actually right in front of the pilots face. The guns and/or cannons were way out on the wing. Why would the stick shake?
@@MATTNMEMPHIS As i saw this TV Series i was a kid an completely fascinated because it was kinda new for me to see those american Productions. I saw it even before i saw the A-Team oder MacGyver
Buenos días, creo conocer parte de la historia de ése Corsario en particular, ya q estuvo muchos años acá en Argentina, Buenos Aires, Partido de Tigre, en el Museo Naval de Tigre
The Phantom is a twin engine supersonic fighter/bomber made by McDonnell Douglas. The F4U Corsair was made by Vought, and it's not all that rare in the context of WWII survivor aircraft.
Was ein großartiges Flugzeug Wieder sehr gut gefilmt viel besser als meine Handy Videos 😅 War dieses Jahr auch selber wieder dabei absolut mega coole airshow
I remember when i first took off in a f4u in war thunder. I made the mistake of retraction the flaps at the same time as my landing gear like many real life first time pilots and stalled it into the end of the runway.
note that this beautiful gal DOES NOT whistle as she flies by .... the tips of the guns might be covered up or the guns might be fake and just there for show .... but the corsair whistle is a beautiful sound if you ever get to hear it !!!!!!
Whiskey Foxtrot! Flying Nightmares forever. But it's not a real Dash 5 [N] without the starboard radome. I know, I know, it causes asymmetric drag, but it would be so much more authentic.
There probably aren't many pilots left who can pilot these machines. Can you please tell me if they are passing on their skills to younger generations of pilots to keep this legacy alive?
