That has got to be the most BADASS fighter of WWII! I love those aircraft! The ones with 4 blade props are literally crazy fast!

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed! Being turned by an R-3350!!!

A true beast, the size of the prop tells you everything!

Hats off and 3 Cheers to all those who served.

Music to my ears, candy for my eyes!

@double-jeopardy

Жыл бұрын

Ditto

@mikecalhoun2645

Жыл бұрын

This is why I watch black sheep squadron

That sound is magnificent! Nothing sounds like a radial engine!

Dad was a machinist on the USS Philippine Sea during the war in Korea. One of his jobs was to start up Corsairs before they flew out on sorties!

@vaq137

Жыл бұрын

Jealous!!! I was a Navy Mech never wanted jet engines but ended up with em.

My father was an AOM aboard USS Essex and serviced these beautiful aircraft of CVG83, from March ‘45 till the end of the war.

@wwiiinterviews3949

7 ай бұрын

Steven you may be interested in the USS Essex model I have recorded. I recorded a quick walk around video of the model from the Naval Aviation Museum.

Quite a story on this Corsair. The amount of time the aircraft sat outside the United States waiting and waiting for the proper paperwork. It was 10 or more years, after Mike purchased it. The FG-1 was restored and hangered at Paine Field, Everett Washington. I believe in the mid 90's it was sold, and departed Paine Field. Impeccable restoration...

I was a fan of "Black Sheep Squadron" - the corsair was a star of that show

@davidbarr49

Жыл бұрын

I was in A&P tech school in Colorado at the time, almost EVERYONE watched that show religiously.

My dad, Edwin Libby, was a test pilot in 1944. He put the first 2 hours on the planes straight from the Goodyear factory in Akron, Ohio.

@vaq137

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍😊😊

I love the sound of the Merlin V-12s, but there's just something about the R2800 that just gets my heart pounding. Doesn't matter what bird either. Jug, Corsair, Hellcat. That massive 18 Cylinder Radial just sounds amazing.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

...torque baby!

The Ensign Eliminator. The Corsair legend is that it was too mean for the Navy so they gave it to the Marines. It was a challenging aircraft to fly. Its long nose made it almost impossible to get timely corrections to its approach on final. Corsair losses in World War II were as follows: Aerial combat: 189 Enemy ground and shipboard anti-aircraft fire: 349 Operational losses during combat missions: 230 Operational losses during non-combat flights: 692 Destroyed aboard ships or on the ground: 164 12,571 was made from 1942 - 1953 -- the longest production run of any U.S. piston-engined fighter.

BRAVO, And Thank You To ALL Who Serve to Protect Our Great Country.

A tribute to when America was producing great products, like the Corsair, and the brave men who flew them to help save the world.

@chrismair8161

25 күн бұрын

Pretty sure the carrier based F-6F Hellcat was a lot more Pounce for the Ounce being a front line fighter. In late 1945 the American Navy adopted the British version of the Corsair and the slanted flight deck evolved. British pilots would swing outside to see the landing on the deck then commit. So why not swing the flight deck? The front end of a Corsair trying to land on a ship? You see sky and that's it. Coming from a 15 degree angle and then swing into the wires? That was balls. LSO is telling Up down more less...It is the guy that just wants his plane home that does this and will always be. 3rd wire? I just want anything the kitchen has open after parking this bullet riddled work Horse.

Ah..... Music to my ears! Nothing ever beats the sound of pure power coming from a radial engine! Love it!! Of course the inline engines like the RR Merlin have a great sound too!

i hope these old prop powered planes are kept flying forever. much more interesting than jets and full of character (peter newbrook)

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

They are becoming way too valuable. Also, with recent catastrophes, I am sure owners, pilots, museums etc., will be making decisions no one will want to hear...

My dad flew Corsairs off the USS Boxer (CVA-21) in Korea, I believe as part of VF-44 Hornets (later became VA-44). My dad lived to be 93 and went to all the annual squadron reunions. They had a bond with each other that was never equaled in all his subsequent squadrons/ships. My dad also flew "Spads" -- AD-6 Skyraiders -- and deployed to crises in Suez, Cuban Missile Crisis, VN, Lebanon. Remind me to tell you what his mission was during the Cuban Crisis -- involving tac nukes. Thanks to Kennedy for resisting the advice of EVERYONE in his cabinet and the Joint Chiefs. He stood alone. The REAL hero. Read the story of the Cuban Crisis in the 40th Anniversary conference held by participants in Havana, including Castro and McNamara. The conference was part of the George Washington University's National Security Archive.

@diddlebug7241

Жыл бұрын

We would like to hear about your dad’s mission that you mentioned. It would be fascinating.

@HAL9007

Жыл бұрын

@@diddlebug7241 Sorry, no Corsair stories this time. My dad's Cuban mission (VA-176 Skyraiders based out of NAS JAX) was this -- launch from carrier, fly at wave tops to Havana and environs, locate anti-aircraft sites, pull stick back to go vertical while dropping tac nukes, stay vertical, roll out to skedaddle back to carrier. The likely survival rate would have been "50% at best." With AA out of the way, it was cleared for Air Force to destroy actual Cuban/Russian mid-range missile sites. (Tac/nukes on carriers? Who knew? Dad said it was not uncommon.) Here is the crucial part that no one talks about. The CIA said none of the Cuban missiles had warheads yet. This was dead wrong. It was revealed at the Havana conference in 2002 -- that almost a third of the missiles had warheads. Castro and the Russian military leaders told the conference that at the first indication of US invasion -- they would have launched toward main cities in Florida, Atlanta, Charleston. This conference was attended by McNamara, Sorenson, Schlesinger, Goodwin, etc. Both Krushchev and Kennedy stood up to their own military.and their Cabinet. They are the real heroes.

@dukecraig2402

Жыл бұрын

​@@HAL9007 Absolutely right about Kennedy and Kruschev, they were both being prodded by the people around them to do something stupid but luckily the both of them kept level heads and thankfully there was a back door channel that enabled them to communicate with each other directly. Catastrophe averted.

LOVE that sound!!!! What a great plane!!!

While I was stationed at M.C.A.S. Cherry Point with H&MS-14, we had an F4U-5n in our hanger for preservation. This was 1976-77 time frame. We did have a start up, but no flight. It ended up in a museum somewhere. I was a night crew supervisor and I would sometimes put my hand on it just to imagine it in the air, at night hunting enemy planes in Korea.

Note to all: The Corsair was made by both Chance-Vought and Goodyear. F4U is the C-V designation, and the FG1 designation was made by Goodyear. Same aircraft, but built by different manufacturing factories. During WWII, my Dad flew the F4U-4 Corsair, and he loved it. Brewster also made Corsairs under the F3A designation during 1943, but the company went out of business. Most of the later Corsairs were made by C-V & Goodyear.

@RodWick

Жыл бұрын

Would love to see the after the fact crew maintenance records for each build in a cascading spreadsheet.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

...let's not forget General Electric.

@joewalker2152

Жыл бұрын

The Brewster Corsairs were of such poor quality they were kept in the US for training purposes and never saw combat.

@enricomandragona163

7 ай бұрын

Must of been late 45 !! Kudos to your pop

Flight control check and everything!! Give that plane captain a gold star!!

@davidmann4533

Жыл бұрын

I fly remote control airplanes and I do control check without even thinking about it any pilot of a real plane that does not do a control check is nuts

@robertmorris8997

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmann4533 I was more talking about the ground crew guy, what I call the Plane Captain, doing his job right. But you are absolutely right. Pilots back in Grampaw Pettibones' day would take off with control surface blocks still in place.

Nothing on this planet is as beautiful as this bird. Would love to work on one before I die

Such beautiful music on takeoff. Glad most of the museum's inventory is flying. These planes were part of the war's turnaround in the Pacific in the Battle of Midway

@kiwitrainguy

10 ай бұрын

I don't think so. The Corsairs only arrived late in WW2 and then with the US Marines before being deployed by the US Navy. Battle of Midway would've involved Grumman F4F fighters, Douglas Dauntless dive bombers.

I was all ready to SLAM the plane captain for not using correct hand and arm signals. When he told the pilot to unfold/spread the wings, I actually cheered!!!! Damn spot on all the way around. Good Job. (By the way, I stopped the video to post this.) Back to the video!

Great museum to visit with a very friendly staff.

I just love the sounds of these WWII planes.

@jakerazmataz852

Жыл бұрын

It was quite the contrast hearing the modern jet engine fly over just before he cranked it.

That’s my kind of airplane: 18 cylinders of whoop-ass, and six Brownings to take care of business.

Better sound track than 99% of whats out there.

The best of the most were these ❤️🏆🥇

I’ve been to that museum-great place!

You’ll like this startup and flight of an FG-1D Corsair. The FG-1D was built by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co in Akron OH. It was built under a license agreement with Chance Vought who was the designer and initial builder of the Corsair. The Chance Vought version was known as the F4U1. Same airplane just nomenclature specific to the builder as per US Navy requirements.

I would love to take a flight in one of those planes but guess that is out of the question as I'm sure there's only room enough for the pilot ! But I love seeing them fly an love their sound they make !

..neat how that Corsair is moving forward with the propeller turning at such a slow rate...yeah, I know it's "frame rate speed", or something like that..what is amazing, is how old VHS camcorders from the 1990's would record the propellers turning at the correct speed, in the correct direction..and now these modern high-tech digital ones show the prop turning slowly, spinning backward, "fluttering", etc...drives me nuts..seems to me like a giant step backward...

@enricomandragona163

7 ай бұрын

Try watching Bah Bah BlackSheep

Those ground power carts haven't changed in 70 years! Same as those we used at QANTAS for the 707's, DC3's and DC4's we flew when I started there.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

MD-3.

That moment you realize the iconic gull wings were only implemented because the engine was so powerful, and propeller so large, that it was the only way. What an awesome plane.

@mikecalhoun2645

Жыл бұрын

I thought they got the idea from the germans because of the stuka

@Slaktrax

Жыл бұрын

@@mikecalhoun2645 Nope.

@robertwatson818

Жыл бұрын

Folding wings were so the aircraft could fit into available space on the carrier. The dihedral in the wings was to cure a design flaw---of which there were many. But--it all worked out!

@kenneth9874

Жыл бұрын

Nope, it was to reduce drag at the wing root and it allowed for a strong non telescopic landing gear that could be used as dive brakes, the f6 and p47 both had 2800's and large props as well

@robertwatson818

Жыл бұрын

@@kenneth9874 Correct. But the issue with the wing root was not noticed during design. Flight testing revealed this issue--hence the dihedral in the wing.

What an absolutely gorgeous machine! Until I saw this video, and researched the FG designation, I had no idea these were manufactured by anyone other than Vought. Thanks for the video! (P.S. I don't think I've ever seen such a clean and bright crop-duster. LOL)

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

Somewhat similar designation with the Skyraider also.

Wait … What?!? No strafing run? That’s the Corsair’s most famous feature, diving at high speed to attack ground targets. That’s when you hear the Whistling Death sound that makes seeing, and especially hearing, a Corsair all worth it.

Very well done indeed. Good steady camera work, nice ranging, good follow thru on taxi. Too bad about the turbine interference, I'm sure you were madder than we are.

@wwiiinterviews3949

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback. I do wish I could have recorded the entire taxi and take off sequence.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

...all that suckin' and blowin! Kindof reminded me of being back at Bloeing...

Just a tip WWII Interviews - when photographing prop planes , dont use such a fast shutter speed - makes prop speed mismatch engine speed. Just is standard 25frame per second , to get speed blur.

Dam good stuff.

The Sound of Freedom !!!

Besides being called fun things like the "ensign eliminator," the Corsair was a classic GE product -- over-engineered. They were a bear to maintain and it wasn't uncommon for 12 to take off and only 10 make it to a target, with others turning back for oil leaks, etc.

I have always loved the gull wing shape of the planes wings, it looks so sexy and menacing.

to me...that is still the coolest fighter the USA has ever produced

@bliglum

Жыл бұрын

It has a unique look with those gull wings. Necessitated by the massive engine and prop.. Such a BEAST!

@joshualynch6058

Жыл бұрын

@@bliglum I read it was the British that came up with the method to land these on carriers

@bliglum

Жыл бұрын

@@joshualynch6058 Hence the short/strong landing gear? Which brought about the gulls? Edit: Gotta slam them down. Air force, vs Navy landings vid.

@davidbarr49

Жыл бұрын

I would say top three; P-51, F-4U, and F-16, in my opinion.

18 cylinders… really creates some power. Much more than the P51.

@Watkinsstudio

Жыл бұрын

P-51 was designed to be a long range bomber escort. Different mission.

@thatguy8005

Жыл бұрын

@@Watkinsstudio the pP51 also has a much different British engine style than the US rotary engine style. The PT-19 has the straight six engine, the P51 went with the RR 12 cylinder. The US still preferred the rotary style because of the power to weight ratio.

@bliglum

Жыл бұрын

@@Watkinsstudio Yessir. P-51 was 'Pursuit', and escort. Thus, efficiency was a concern.. Still, the P-51 proved to be famously versatile! But the F4U was a pure fighter. Big and nasty and powerful!

@Ah01

Жыл бұрын

@@thatguy8005 Not only that, but air cooled engine could also absorb some damage without cooking. If the liquid cooled lost it's circulation, it was doomed shortly.

@Slaktrax

Жыл бұрын

@@thatguy8005 You mean radial. Rotary engines were WW1 tech. Completely different.

While watching this I opened a second KZread browser tab, found the Black Sheep Squadron show theme and played it while playing this one so the audio from both played simultaneously...........just for old times sake

the sound of a p and w gives me chill bumps.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

...and wood!👍

@vincesbardella3838

Жыл бұрын

I can identify with that, Bob. In my first two (Of 27) years of airline flying, beginning in March, 1966, with a regional in the northeast (MOH), I flew copilot in the Convair 240 and 440, both of which were equipped with two P&R 2800s, prior to progressing to turboprops and turbojets. That was great flying; VFR, when possible,(Even into BOS, JFK, EWR, and LGA) at 220 knots, up to ten segments per day, which most captains shared, with no autopilot. The amount of smoke that was produced on the first start of the day, about 50% of that of a Connie or DC-6, really caught the attention of the passengers. For 7 months, in 1972, following our merger with AAA, I flew as PIC of the Convair 580 turboprop conversion, which had about twice the HP of the original 340/440, and with good radar and AP --- a real brute of an airplane -- the best, "Fun flying" of my career.

It must have been quite a task to keep so many of these in the air back in the day. As many engine and air frame mechanics as there were planes I would think.

@SuperOldandSlow

Жыл бұрын

As 1940s aero engines went, the P&W R2800 was actually quite reliable and didn't demand as much maintenance as you might think. The Packard Merlin V12 was not as durable and got plenty of wrenching. Being liquid-cooled, it was vulnerable to battle damage, and more than a few P51 pilots had to bail out after taking a hit in the radiator, losing all of the coolant, and having the engine overheat and seize up. Germany's BF109 had the same vulnerability and usually got the short end of the stick when it tangled with a P47. A lot of aircraft maintenance and repair was required due to battle damage. The aviation mechanics on the carriers were wizards at patching up airframes that had been riddled with bullets. However, some planes came back too shot up to be repairable. If there was time, parts would be scavenged from them, before shoving them overboard.

Maps heard that whistle and would say "AWWW SH-T" We're dead!

Folding wings are very interesting

If the Corsair wasn't known by the Japanese pilots by the nickname "Ā, kuso" ("oh sh*t" in Japanese), it should've been. 😉

@TBNTX

2 жыл бұрын

It was called the 'Whistling Death" by the Japanese, according to historical notes.

@LilNuss

Жыл бұрын

@@TBNTX No it wasn't, there are no documents or anything from Japanese pilots or Military Officials referring to it as "Whistling Death". That is just a myth started by Navy Pilots.

@TBNTX

Жыл бұрын

@@LilNuss 口笛を吹く死 (Kuchibue o fuku shi) is the Japanese expression for "Whistling Death". Just saying...

@TBNTX

Жыл бұрын

@@LilNuss: Sorry to say, but you are mistaken. There are several sources online that refer to the Corsair as "口笛を吹く死". This translates to "Whistling Death", some from Japanese resources. I respectfully suggest that you research this, yourself.

@LilNuss

Жыл бұрын

@@TBNTX I would like to know what the sources are.

Bent winged bastard, the coolest of the allied fighter planes, by a long mile… 💪

@bliglum

Жыл бұрын

Bent winged only because it was too powerful! Needed such a large prop!! Such a beast!!!

America que saudade desta Grande Nacao

If I remember correctly these engines were installed on the PBY Catalina plane too.

@mouser485

Жыл бұрын

The PBY used the smaller PW1830 engines and I think, some civilian modified planes used the Wright 2600 but most of these used the PW1830. As many planes as there were that used the PW2800, it’s easy to assume the PBY had them too but they didn’t.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

R-2000's.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

@@mouser485 Wright 1820, 9 cylinder radial. Wright radials had the push rods on the back of the cylinders.

REMEMBER THE SOUND RADIAL ENGINE 👍👍 C47 DC3 🇧🇷

@vincesbardella3838

Жыл бұрын

It sounds very familiar to me. In 1966, the first year of my airline flying, (With MOH) I flew copilot in the Convair 240s and 440s, both with twin P&W 2800s; up to 10 flight segments per day, VFR when possible. In 1972, (Then with AAA) I briefly, flew the same airframe, equipped with the Allison 501-D13 turbine engines, and huge four bladed props, with double the horsepower. Some difference!

@double-jeopardy

Жыл бұрын

Nothing sounds Sexier than a Pratt n Whitney radial engine!! I could listen to them all day!

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

P & W 14 cylinder R- 1830's and Wright 9 cylinder R-1820's.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

@@double-jeopardy Yup yup! Loved the 1340 on the T-6!

It's a monster Wow

What are start up / idle RPM’s, cruise and max speed RPM’s? Nice video!

Consider getting a better mic array. Nothing sounds better than a radial engine.

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget "Stereo"!

Nevery saw a crewman remove the pitot cover.

At what altitude does the Corsair reach its maximum possible achievable True Airspeed in straight and level flight? Does anyone know? Thanks.

Whistling Death...

YEAHHHHH!!!!

Standing still, startup, no take-off.

Ohhh fire up the P-40 in the background... !!!

How bout that 502XP just rolling in like "Im working here..."

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

Dweeb...

@elner934

Жыл бұрын

@@dogdue4588 oh, comment from the peanut gallery. The other yellow aeroplane. That was a 502. I'll put it in crayon and big words for you.

Automatic folding wings in 1940s! I love it when mankind develop engineering technology to kill the opponent efficiently.

I didn't see twelve blade before the mags got hit!

@dogdue4588

Жыл бұрын

9! I counted...

@davidbarr49

Жыл бұрын

And I didn't see them hand prop it either, although they may have done that off camera.

Amazing that it could take off with the Prop barely moving, I could count the Revolutions without using my toes.

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

@davidkahler1311

Жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah!!

Hey I know all you guys are here to see the Corsair but check out my crop duster!

This is A real airplane it has A tail hook and Prop

Nice, however the R/R merlin was much nicer! 😎

@SuperOldandSlow

Жыл бұрын

Only until it got in the way of enemy bullets. There was a very good reason the US Navy demanded that its planes be radial powered. Much harder to disable an air-cooled radial with gunfire than a liquid-cooled V12.

Russ'pickin' Navy squid plane. :)

Damn turbine ruined radial music.

@bliglum

Жыл бұрын

I like having both. Turbine thunder is for sure cool in it's own right. Especially with the afterburners blasting! Massive thunder!! But there is something to the melodic radial sound, for sure. I agree... As an RC enthusiast. I'd rather a small radial to a small turbine any day.

@vincesbardella3838

Жыл бұрын

True, but they made life easier, and a bit more secure for pilots. I flew the P&W Convairs and, later, the 580s, with Allison turbos.

It would be really awesome if someone for once would use actual audio equipment - you know, a good microphone or two and a real multitrack tape recorder, to record the sound, instead of a damn camera or phone. Honestly, you can't hear anything in these videos. Popcorn popping has a better sound.

😌😌😌

Didnt see a take off. Just a POS yellow ultra light passing by with its sound. Ugh

Sounds like a rattling bucket of bolts.

@silverjohn6037

Жыл бұрын

Some how I identify with that though;).

@mikebracey8832

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like bad ass victory!

@kenneth9874

Жыл бұрын

That's what they left behind them smoldering

@joeyhunter842

Жыл бұрын

@@kenneth9874amazing what they did with those flying ‘57 Chevy Bel Aires

@kenneth9874

Жыл бұрын

@@joeyhunter842 actually the later models had perhaps the best centrifugal supercharger of the war