During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought F4U Corsair fighter ... That was flying straight and level, of course. In a dive, the Corsair was able to reach 550 miles per hour ...

Deeply immersed in the scorching aerial dogfights of the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Kenneth Walsh and his squadron faced a ...

The Corsair ... final approach. Vought designers had sacrificed docile handling qualities for the sake of maximum speed, ceiling, and range. When the bugs were ironed out, the F4U hit its stride.

In 2005, the Connecticut legislature unanimously declared the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, the renowned World ... fewer than 20 are flying today. “Even most people who don’t know airplanes ...