O n 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 ...

Top Vought F4U Corsair Milestones The prototype XF4U-1 became the first single-engine U.S. fighter to fly faster than 400 mph by flying at an average speed of 405 mph from Stratford to Hartford on ...

STRATFORD -- The blue Chance Vought F4U Corsair that graced the entrance to Sikorsky Memorial Airport should never return to its pedestal, according to those restoring the vintage aircraft ...

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair is one of the products of that time. In the skies over the Pacific since 1942, the warbird was designed primarily as a carrier-based aircraft, and during its ...

The F4U Corsair prototype made its maiden flight on May 29, 1940, with Lyman A. Bullard Jr. at the controls at what was then Bridgeport Airport. Deliveries to the Navy began in July 1942.

In 2005, the Connecticut legislature unanimously declared the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, the renowned World War II fighter with an inverted gull wing, its Official State Aircraft. “It was a no ...

In production longer than any other U.S. fighter to see service in World War II, Vought, Goodyear, and Brewster built a total of 12,582 F4Us. The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National ...

Introducing the F4U Corsair. In 1938, the U.S. Navy issued a request for proposal (RFP) for a single-engined fighter capable of hitting high speeds, a minimum stalling speed below 70 miles per ...

In production longer than any other U.S. fighter to see service in World War II, Vought, Goodyear, and Brewster built a total of 12,582 F4Us. The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National ...