Click to open image viewer. The F8U Crusader was the first carrier-based jet fighter to exceed 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) per hour. Its variable-incidence wing, which could elevate up to seven ...

An F4U-4 Corsair collided with a stationary Grumman Bearcat on runway 18 during takeoff roll at Wittman Regional Airport, destroying the Corsair and seriously injuring its pilot. A second F4U-5 ...

In August 2020, researcher and mechanical engineer Roy Lindberg published a detailed study titled Chance Vought F4U Carrier Qualifications, aimed at clarifying one of the most persistent controversies ...

This collection consists of the following: five oversized rolled panoramic unit group photographs from Brooks Field, 1929; reports from the engineering department of Chance Vought Aircraft; pilot log ...