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The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought , the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear , whose Corsairs were designated FG , and Brewster , designated F3A .
The Vought V-100 Corsair Junior was an attempt to produce a cheaper, multi-purpose, export version of the Vought O2U/O3U observation aircraft it had produced for the United States Navy. It was intended for sale to South American nations. First flown between late 1934 and early 1935, it did not sell and only the prototype was built.
This Vought F4U Corsair with registration FAH-609 Air Force of Honduras, shot down three aircraft: a Cavalier F-51D Mustang and two Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs of the Salvadoran Air Force 17 July 1969, commanding by Captain Fernando Soto Henriquez. This was the last combat between piston engined aircraft. [citation needed]
The Historical F4U Corsair is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by the Historical Aircraft Corporation of Nucla, Colorado. The aircraft is a 60% scale replica of the original Chance-Vought F4U Corsair and when it was available was supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1]
Vought Corsair is the name of several former aircraft of the US Navy: Vought O2U Corsair, a biplane scout and observation aircraft; Vought O4U Corsair, a biplane scout and observation aircraft prototype; Vought SBU Corsair, a biplane dive bomber aircraft; Vought F4U Corsair, a monoplane shipborne fighter/dive bomber aircraft
Vought aircraft — a brand of aircraft manufactured in the United States since 1917. The manufacturers' names have included: Lewis and Vought Corporation , Chance Vought , Vought-Sikorsky , Ling-Temco-Vought , LTV Aerospace, Vought Aircraft Companies, and the current Vought Aircraft Industries .
The Vought-Sikorsky company then built the Vought-Sikorsky VS-44, Vought-Sikorsky OS2U Kingfisher, Vought-Sikorsky F4U Corsair and Vought-Sikorsky V-173 in the facility. [ 2 ] After the combined company was broken into Vought Aircraft and Sikorsky Aircraft in January 1943, [ 7 ] Vought built the Vought TBY Sea Wolf , Vought XF5U , Vought F6U ...
The Goodyear F2G Corsair, often referred to as the "Super Corsair", is a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft. The F2G was intended as a low-altitude interceptor and was equipped with a 28-cylinder, four-row Pratt & Whitney R-4360 air-cooled radial engine.