Formation two F4U4 Corsairs, Duxford 2007

[peterm3964]

I could handle the slideshow if you played some real engine music .

[THEANTIPLAYER]

Wow I thought this was you tube for VIDEO'S not still frames!

[joetubealong]

Did the Corsairs see much action over Europe in the war? If so , how did they stand up against the German planes?

[panzerrat]

@joetubealong It saw very little if any air combat over Europe. The US Navy and Marines were the only American forces to use the F4U, and I'm not sure that the ones the Brits had were used in Combat in Europe. The F4U has the exact same engine as the P-47, and in the hands of a competent pilot, could hand almost any enemy aircraft his ass. Of course that could be said for almost any fighter craft. It's a nice "What would be", to see a F4U vs. a FW-190 or Me-109, however...

[scottturchin]

F4U, P51 and BF109G - top planes from WW2 in my book...

[airandaa]

B210- my favorite!!

[BreZneVpwns]

what is the song called?

[theawesomefilipino]

And these people are RICH! these planes cost about 2 million us dollars!

[suboceanna]

F4U Corsair. No plane is cooler.

[happyninslave]

If you have sex with monkeys, thumbs this down

[MurderCrowAwdio]

84 people watched this and thought it was about RAM memory and had nothing to do with warbirds.. i get 100th like! was expecting motion.. not just stills but thanksanyway :)

[bingofioul]

every time i see this plane, there's papy boyington opening music in my mind !

[millenniumf1138]

@paranoid19851 True that, but man, even in a still picture the old Corsairs look mean and lean. :) I hope they keep those machines flying from here to eternity.

[baverhojt]

SPITFIRE BOMBARDEMANG!!

[USHomeboy]

Thank u to preserve those awesome birds i love it !

[wraithgard]

Plane with yellow nose is an F4U1, the other is an F4U4.

[fozzy0266]

@wraithgard You are correct. The yellow nosed is a F4U-1D. 2 easy ways to identify...1) F4U-1D has a 3 bladed prop 2) F4U-1D has no small intake at the bottom of the cowling. Awesome vid though.

[TDvisionplus]

i have two of these in airfix XD

[HondoXP]

no video, wtf?

[GSVNotInventedHere]

The F4U has the same tailplane setup of the DH Mosquito. Just noticed that. The Corsair is one of the greats !

[parisboy92]

Trés belle patrouille !

[ATNAVIATOR]

The photos go WAY too fast!!!!!!!!!!

[rey619mysterio56]

what does it take tobe able to fly one of those

[lvgordo]

Bunch of dudes with lots of money

[jimmyxx3]

If i fought in the Pacific, the only thing I'd choose to be if i could is a F4U4 Corsair pilot.

To be honest, my favourite fighter plane is the beautful Me-262, but i still think the Corsair was also such great plane in the Pacific theatre.

[darkmossie633]

such a beautiful aircraft, but sad in a way, that man makes his most beautiful creations, in the name and need of war

[curbshoppin]

i think all planes from this era are very cool.......nice pics

[57250tr]

What is the name of that tune?

[nganir]

@57250tr Symphony No. 9 by Antonin Dvorak

[vaigit777]

@welcometotheshow713 You are VERY misinformed. The japs had some of the best trained and most experienced pilots in WWII, and the zero was pretty bad too. @emersonreid5 The f4u IS the most awesome aircraft of WWII.

[ryandpahl]

Such a beautiful aircraft!

You should have slowed down the images so we could bask in its glory a little longer...

[LOWLON]

Its crazy to think my Grandfather at age 22 was flying this bad boy off an aircraft carrier, and killing fascists....

such beautiful machines....

[Fritztoons]

@LOWLON

If your grandpa took off an aircraft carrier he had been killing Japs.

If he took of UK airfields, he killed facist Germans. If he did this, he took of in a Thunderbold, a Mustang or a Lightning.

Lets thank God that this is all over............

[emersonreid5]

This plane kicks the P-51's ass.

[welcometotheshow713]

@emersonreid5 In a dogfight with the f4u, the 51 would win within 30 seconds. it could turn in a much smaller radius. The corsair had easier pray. They fought unskilled jap pilots. The P-51 fought much more equal opponents. It took on and beat the me-262 for gods sake. The corsair is still a great plane but had to dogfight with much lees experienced pilots.

[TheOriginalEAGLE]

@welcometotheshow713

That would be why the F4U was never sent to Europe. It's a Boom-'n'-Zoomer, not a turn fighter. What better theater to zoom in than over water instead of varying terrain.

[saintrobbie375]

@TheOriginalEAGLE The Corsair didn't serve in Europe because it was being used originally by the Marines, who also did not serve in Europe. The P-47 Thunderbolt was another "boom and zoom" fighter that was a match for the FW190 and ME109 over 20,000 feet.

[drod103164]

@welcometotheshow713 at first the jap pilots where the ones with all the skill. the main problem with the zero was that it would catch fire easy. the plane could not take any hits. i do agree that the german pilots where very skilled. they did not rotate home after so many missions like the american pilots did. at the end of the war they had very little skilled pilots left.

[Haloplaya2332]

Corsair is one of my favorite planes of WW2 including the P51, Spitfire, B17, and others

[cavalrytm]

Those were the better days of air combat, when you didn't have one plane that could take out an entire city with one missile from hundreds of miles away. You had to duel eachother 1 on 1, and the aircraft were real hotrods.

P38, P41, P47, P51, Hellcat, Corsair... my god the Americans made some killer airplanes.

[Haloplaya2332]

@cavalrytm amen to that

[6V92TA]

One of those Corsairs is an early model while the other is an F4-u4. The difference lies in the props. One's a 3 swinger, the other's a 4 swinger. Good photos never the less. Very beautiful aircraft. The Whistling Death!

[GOASTRC]

Youtube is about videos etc... NOT STILLS PICTURES

[mystinger72]

You can hardly call a Corsair beautiful :) She's a long nosed mean nasty beast that oozes the vibe of "I will kill you in an instant, whether your my enemy or my inattentive pilot". My dad flew them in Korea, and she is one of my favorite warbirds, how's that for critical distance lol. Spits and Ponies are beautiful, Corsair are just plain awesome!!!

[TheCottonTop]

I think this is the coolest airplane ever. Due to its combination of power and beauty.

[colin5577]

Awesome 'plane. My favourite warbird as well. Oh - and congrats to sewallm60, who wrote the dumbest thing I've ever read on YT - and that's saying something. Big ups, moron.

[Batcot]

Bonjour, est-ce que je peux avoir les titres des deux musiques svp ?

[THEKNIGHTRIDERKING]

One particularly interesting kill was scored by a Marine Lieutenant R. R. Klingman of VMF-312 Checkerboards, over Okinawa. Klingman was in pursuit of a Kawasaki Ki-45 when his guns jammed due to the gun lubrication thickening from the extreme cold. He simply flew up and chopped off the Ki-45's tail with the big propeller of the Corsair. Despite missing five inches (127 mm) off the end of his propeller blades, he managed to land safely after this ramming attack. He was awarded the Navy Cross.

[captredwing]

@THEKNIGHTRIDERKING Lt. Klingman EARNED that DFC the hard way.

[aqinthe]

@THEKNIGHTRIDERKING Wow he had some guts! I would had just said next time I'll shoot him down.

[jordyboy321]

song at 0:14?

[CP1985]

This symphony was composed by Antonin Dvorak. It's his ninth (9) symphony, the fourth (4th) and last movement. The symphony is nicknamed: "From The New World". A good version by Herbert von Karajan is on Youtube.

[aquatodabone]

I used to dream about being gifted enough to fly one these glorious warbirds.

[jamiepilot77]

People have posted here that the music in this clip is from the composer Antonin Dvorak in Z Noveho Sveta. But when I listen to this track I don't hear the music from the first 18 seconds of this video, what gives?

[FSimviator]

How does one even go about flying one of these vintage fighters?

[MagillJohnM]

one way is join the confederate airfirce.They even still have the only Flying B-29 in the world.

[snakestomper]

there will be another airworthy B-29 soon another CAF chapter has one in nebraska,and I saw FiFi just about a year ago she was undergoing some heavy duty maintance

[BVargas78]

I'd rather be in a hellcat

[LordInksworth]

De rien.

[jaywalker512]

what is the name of the first song that plays?

[hamm336]

to all who think that the Corsair was make for the US is wrong. It was made for the British first as a navy fighter. Then the british rejected the plane for the sea-version of the Spitfire. Then the US Navy pick it up as a heavy fighter but after many training problems it was handed down to the Marines Corp who figured out how to fly them,and the rest is history. VMF-214 Black Sheep. Simper Fi. Hamm336

[BogrollBroadthighs]

Sorry hamm the Corsair was made for the US Navy. Initially they rejected it due to the long nose causing visibility problems when landing on carriers. It then went to the US Marines who operated it from land bases, and to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, who figured out how to land it on carriers. In the light of its success with the US Marines, the US Navy then adopted British practice and operated it from carriers.

[scottN1980]

bogroll is right. It was in service a while before it was carrier certified. Besides, the corsair is a purpose built plane designed for boom and zoom tactics against slow but highly maneuverable planes. German planes weren't slow so there is no way the brittish would have seen the corsair as a viable option. They took some because they were cheap and in quick supply due to the us navy rejection.

[bobby1st]

The one with the B on the tail was off the USS Princeton CV37

[simpiou]

jolies avions et photos superbe bravo eric

[blkdragon12]

dad of the f 4 phantom

[Gemini2war]

this plane will be remember everytime

[mbandarra3]

The Corsair was /is a great aircraft. It was designed as an carrier based aircraft. for the US. However, it was given to the Marines as a land bassed fighter because the tall & springy undercariage made the accident rate quite high with the Navy.

[scottN1980]

The corsair had a huge nose (for the huge motor) and a high angle of attack on landing. The drawback was it had very poor visibility on landing. So bad, it was given to the marines as a landbased plane until they could solve the issues of landing it on a carrier. I could be wrong, I think it was the british that realised if you circled the carrier for the approach (as appose to coming in straight and blinded by the nose) it could be landed safely. From then on, it was carrier based.

[mbandarra3]

Sounds good scott. I had read it was due tp the undercarriage ..but poor visibility would on landing certainly makes a great deal of sense as well.

[sewallm60]

some more fucking idiots the corsairs were designed to fly off of carriers the wings folded to allow more parking on an carrier the fucking limeys had nothing to do with nothing

[r1wantone]

We have a saying for people like you, it goes like this:

It is better to keep you mouth shut and let everyone think you are stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[sewallm60]

yeah you are still a fucking idiot

[r1wantone]

coming from you that insult doesn't mean jack shit

[Imaffia2]

@r1wantone Uhh ... what?

[osgood54]

What I am asking is did the British Air Force ever use Corsairs during WW2?

[Darthbelal]

If you're thinking Battle of Britain, the answer is no. Otherwise, yes the British did use the Corsair, in fact it was the Brits who taught us Americans how to land the Hose Nose onto an aircraft carrier, before then the Corsair was used as land based aircraft by the Marines.

[BradNC11175]

I attended Camden Military Academy in Camden S.C. There is an air field right behind the campus. During the early years of WWII the Camden Military Academy was used by the British RAF as a flight school. After the war it became Carlisle Military and then Camden Military Academy. It was just neat going to a school with that kind of a history to it.

[AeroSpaceBoy130]

British Navy i think.

[wimpie8888]

yes they did actually the british fleet in the pacific used them and they british were the first to let this baby take off from a carier after that they learned the americans how to do it the british had an other name for it just google it and you will find more info

[mrrmancunian]

No, the Fleet Air Arm did though.

[Cipher100]

The Royal Navy and the Aussies did.

[Sporkmater]

I do not think so, I believe that they use a sea version of the Spitfire, but this version did not see as much action as the normal version did.

[osgood54]

Were Corsairs ever used by British pilots?

[petrwarry]

nice 5*****

[seau2007]

Good still shots. Although, you know as a pilot we love the sound and the real action.

[groggodailguender]

The most beautiful plane ever!!!

[ericgoujon]

Thank's.....

[rps13sr]

@groggodailguender someone always say that about almost all warbirds

[Ggabor93]

@groggodailguender bf109 is more beautiful

[panlemans]

@groggodailguender I totally agree

[180160150]

Songs:

The first one: Antonin Dvorak - Z noveho sveta (From the new world)

Second: Antonio Vivaldi - Summer

[jakesnake71]

The one plane was an F4U-4 (it had 4 blades on the prop) The other one was most likely an F4U-1D (it had 3 blades). Still I love the F4u's

[centurey8901]

A beautiful aircraft.

[zucoy21z89]

Great carrier plane!

[bendoafart]

whats the name of that song

[Obisavec]

Antonin Dvorak - Z noveho sveta (From the new world)

[a10warthog61]

can we please have our corsairs back now? yours truley, usa

[bigbob6556]

lol

[paulodumorvan]

tes vidéos sont vraiment sympa.. j'en réalise aussi.. même theme l'aviation.. à l'aero club d'Autun..avec nos bon vieux robin.. encore bravo. paulo

[jman197731]

What is the peice of music from this clip?

[Skyboysaber]

If you don't mine I ask, do you own the plane or someone else? ^^

[longtailedgar]

I think he just took pictures at the air show lol

[misieusi]

super video de Vought F4U-4 Corsair bravo elle est vraiment super sa nous rapelle cette superbe avions.

[packirouge]

Longue vie à l'aviation historique ! et un grand Merde à la législation Française en matière de sécurité aéronautique !

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