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Planes of Fame flying demo, F4U-1A Corsair returns to the air on January 3, 2026

Planes of Fame Air Museum welcomes 2026 with the return to flight of its historic F4U-1A Corsair on January 3, featuring ...
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Shuttleworth Collection to Host Combat Veteran F4U-5NL Corsair at 2025 Festival of Flight

The Shuttleworth Collection has announced an exciting addition to its 2025 Festival of Flight lineup-the combat veteran Chance-Vought F4U-5NL Corsair from Flying Legends will be returning to the UK ...
Times of San Diego

WWII-Era F4U Flown by Marine Corps Arrives at USS Midway Museum

The F4U-4 as workers placed it on board the Midway this week. Photo credit: Courtesy, Midway Museum The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft ...
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Vought F4U Corsair Was Angel for Americans, Demon for the Japanese

The airplanes of the Second World War have been incredible machines. Designed and built on fast-forward to meet the ever-changing requirements of combat situations, they all, almost without exception, ...
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The World War II F4U Corsair Was The Allies' Best Weapon In The Pacific

In the European Theater of World War II, the P-51 Mustang was the top aircraft when it came to shooting down or otherwise nullifying Axis airpower. In the Pacific, planes like the P-38 Lightning ...
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Historian, pilot will discuss combat plane

The F4U Corsair combat plane will be the topic of the Oct. 10 meeting of the Scott Hosier World War II Roundtable meeting at Rochester Assembly of God Church, 4240 18th Ave. N.W. Tom Brinkman of ...
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1950 Vought Corsair Is the Last Surviving Korean War Flying Nightmare

Back in the early 1940s, factories on most of the world’s continents were busy churning out war machines to aid in the global conflict that had just started. That era was one of incredibly fast ...