Eighty-five years ago today, a warbird legend was born. On May 29, 1940, the prototype Chance Vought F4U Corsair roared to life over Bridgeport, Connecticut, marking the first flight of what would ...

The F4U-4 Corsair was produced for longer than any other American piston-engine fighter. Its design started ... the last one created by the Chance-Vought Company that designed this plane originally.

Planes used for training included the Stearman N2S-2 and Waco UPF-7 training biplanes, the Vought F4U Corsair fighter plane and the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane. “They already had some ...

Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum has announced the upcoming arrival of a Marine Corps icon: an AV-8B Harrier II+ ...

The Vought F4U Corsair was a multi-role aircraft: fighter, ground attacker, and ice cream maker. By late September 1944, the men of U.S. Marine fighter squadron VMF-122 were stuck on Peleliu and ...

who designed the first Navy-specific fighter aircraft (the Curtiss/Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1 in 1922) as well as the Vought F4U Corsair. High-pressure hydraulically actuated elevons (Vought dubbed ...

Corsair dream… come true: the wickedly powerful naval night ... The fuselage panels are spot-welded, this being an entirely original Chance-Vought F4U-5NL model. The skin is surpassingly smooth and ...

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair, partially manufactured in Stratford during World War II, occupies a place of honor. With its distinctive inverted gull wings and powerful engine, the Corsair was one of ...

Hidden away in Stratford, Connecticut sits a blue-sided building that doesn’t scream “world-class aviation collection” from ...

WASHINGTON — Tense exchanges were expected between Maryland lawmakers and Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, at Wednesday’s congressional hearing.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought on Sunday pushed back against the idea that a sizable package of Republican priorities that recently made it through the House is ...

The clouds did not damper the spirit of Selfridge Air Military Museum’s Salute to Veterans and 80th Anniversary of the Allied Victory in World War II. The two-day event had guests celebrating ...