My Dad (RIP) met Pappy Boyington at an airshow at Glenview Naval Air Station in the ‘80’s. Boyington was his hero. My Dad, a Navy pilot, was transitioning into the Corsair from the trainers in Texas, getting ready for the invasion of Japan. They told him that the odds of surviving the invasion as a pilot were not good. Then Harry dropped the bomb. My Dad told him he was his hero, and Pappy put his arm around my Dad for a pic and told my Dad ‘ You’re the hero’. What a class act. My Dad always said he wanted to get into the Corsair in bad way. What an aircraft!

@Warbirds

24 күн бұрын

Thanks for your story

This has been and will always be my favorite aircraft. Jets are cool, but this is history and simply beautiful.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

I prefer the Bf109

@crossfirehurricane2285

Ай бұрын

@@Warbirds Well, I prefer the 190, so there! Enjoyed the vid.

@montarakid1943

22 күн бұрын

I'm a P-38 guy. Love those two engines. If I was a pilot I'd have to think that two was better than one!

@mikebuckley46

21 күн бұрын

Ditto

@BobbyTucker

16 күн бұрын

I agree, this F-4U is my favorite WWII Fighter, there is no 2nd choice, MHO.

When it made its initial low-level pass, for a brief instant I was taken back in time to when I was a kid and would watch Black Sheep Squadron on Saturday mornings with Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington. The theme music was in my head. It was a beautiful bird to watch then, and just as magnificent, or maybe even more so, now. There's one hanging from the ceiling in the Museum of the Marine Corp at Quantico. You don't appreciate its size until you lay eyes on it. Great, great bird.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Same here mate

@alleswasspassmacht600

20 күн бұрын

I love that engine sound

@BobbyTucker

16 күн бұрын

@@alleswasspassmacht600 , It's nickname by the Japanese was "Whistling Death".

Wow, that pilot really put her through her paces!!! Just awesome!!!!

@Warbirds

23 күн бұрын

Thank you

The F-4U & the P-38 were my favorite war birds....Beautiful plane...!

@michaelangelo7511

Ай бұрын

Plus the heavy weight champ P 47.👍🏻🇺🇸

@catlady8324

16 күн бұрын

⁠@@michaelangelo7511Umm, He said “Beautiful”! 😹

I just love the looks of that plane.

I remember this magnificent airplane back in 1945, when I was 14 years old. It was simply wonderful to see my favorite airplane fly again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You made me very happy.

@Warbirds

27 күн бұрын

Im glad I made you happy

I was hoping to see a strafing run, and hear the sounds those F-4Us are famous for. My compliments to the pilot for his piloting prowess in this war bird. Thank you to all the people who were a part of the group who put this beautiful bird back in it's original full battling condition, such a wonderful bird. Thank you to all who made this video possible, and we can't overlook the Camera operator either, such a fantastic job of filming this flight.

I made a model of a F4U-5 years ago. Then I got the chance to sit in one at Oshkosh. Unforgettable. Those things were superprops

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

I didn’t sit in but would be awesome or course

When I was a boy my uncle piloted the F4 phantom in Vietnam, I was in awe, I'm bias but this airplane was a great design and one of our great assets. God bless the United States of America🇺🇸

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

I watched this tv series with when I was a child

@robertmantell1700

Ай бұрын

You playing DCS yet? F-4E came out a month ago and it is wonderful.

@jaredneaves7007

Ай бұрын

Was going to mention the dcs sim. If your uncle is still with us you should definitely at least show him some of the f4 content on KZread

@alanwright7819

Ай бұрын

The Corsair is my all-time favorite prop-driven airplane and the F-4 Phantom is my all-time favorite fighter jet. Please forward my thanks to your uncle for his service.

@BobbyTucker

16 күн бұрын

@@Warbirds , "Black Sheep Squadron", I never missed an episode.

Amazing work to get her back in the air. Thank you for saving a beautiful aircraft...

One of the prettiest flying machines ever made! What a smooth landing too!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Thank you ! Hope you subscribed

When I was a kid, circa 1950, I would watch the Corsair's practice dive bombing a barge on the horizon on the western end of Lake Erie. Those Corsair's were out of the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station. Memories.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the Story. Enjoyed

Ever since I was a kid, this airplane has always been one of the coolest looking ones to me, one of my absolute favorites. Beautiful airplane, very nice, thanks for sharing.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Thanks liking this warbird was also my first model which I built from revell

@BruceMusto

Ай бұрын

@@Warbirds I built one also. Model, that is. Way back when.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

@@BruceMusto yes when i watched this TV Series Black Sheep Squadron

What a beauty and beast. Great pilot.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

He will like your comment

I love old crates like this. So much character.

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

oh me too !

The best Navy fighter flown by Marines too. It is simply beautiful to watch in flight.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Ty

Now that is a fighter. Absolutely love the color. She is a beaut. Thanks for the video

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Thanks liking

Absolutely gorgeous. My all time favorite.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

I’ve always loved the deep-throaty growl WWII planes made, especially the B-17 and the Corsair. Living near an airport, and when I hear that sound, I stop whatever I’m doing to run outside and look for the plane, and am always rewarded with a WWII plane. They bring a smile to my face and a prayer of thanks to all members of our military, especially for the greatest generation and my dad who served in the Navy in the pacific during that time.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Wow lucky guy. Here at my house you won’t hear and see many warbirds passing . But I visit them

@BobbyTucker

16 күн бұрын

Please tell your Father thank you for his service to this great country and thank him for all our freedoms. God Bless.

Best Show Act on Sunday was the Corsair F4U & Mustang P51 - Great 👌🤠 thanx for the Team 🍻 Top 🤩💪and many thanks !!! for this Video ☝️🌞

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

Amazing bird👍🏻🙂

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Yes i like it

@heaven-is-real

Ай бұрын

Flies like a dream.

WONDERFUL video, with soundtrack provided by the Subject. Kudos to you!!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Enjoyed

First class, well done!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thank you so much from Amsterdam. What a beast!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Greetings and ty from Germany

❤ BEAUTIFUL

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Ty

man, the size of these things are cool. you some times just never expect how big they are when you see old footage or something till someone is standing next to them. im currently watching an older man who made a mini one of these and he's gotten to the point of taxing down the runway. soon to be on first flight.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Yes this bird is so huge

@ryandavison4129

24 күн бұрын

Dyno don...I follow him too...beautiful little bird he has built for sure

My personal favorite aircraft is still the P-38 Lightning, BUT, this one is truly a gorgeous warbird! Those gull wings, long nose, bubble canopy......simply beautiful!

Awesome restoration, thank you to everyone who made this happen for a true warrior of the skies. Lovely flight maneuvers.

Magnificence.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Ty❤

Wow! What a plain. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome work, well done.

Awesome flight demo with one of my most favorite airplanes 😊

Nothing tops that! That old girl can really sing.

@Warbirds

27 күн бұрын

Oh yes

Straight into a Loop after takeoff… Love It! Liked and Subbed… Cheers! From Southeast Texas!

@Warbirds

22 күн бұрын

Thanks and greeting from Southwestern Germany

Einfach nur beeindruckend, das dicke Ding 😎👍

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

ja, Sie ist riesig

The dance to fly such an amazing plane. Bucket List

Best prop fighter ever made!

It's one of the most beautiful warbirds ever. Maybe number one.

@Warbirds

23 күн бұрын

I love the bf 109

Hands down, my favorite war bird of all time.

@Warbirds

27 күн бұрын

Glad you liked

More than any other WW2 fighter the F4U Corsair looks like it wants to kill somebody.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

So mean yes

@n.v.1258

Ай бұрын

Didn't want too it had too.

@richardmccluskey4588

Ай бұрын

It was definitely built to kill the enemy!

@garyhooper1820

15 күн бұрын

Yes , Very menacing looking. And scary sounding in a fast dive . An eerie howling noise.

@07blackdog

13 күн бұрын

Whistling Death​@@garyhooper1820

What a beautiful sounding bird! So happy y’all put her back in line to be useful

@Warbirds

26 күн бұрын

Glad you like it

Man, cannon equipped. Pretty rare even something so rare already.

My two most favorite planes from WW2 are the F4 U Corsair and the B 25 Mitchell

@Warbirds

20 күн бұрын

Never saw a B25 in Reallife yet

@user-em2nh2hh8m

20 күн бұрын

@@Warbirds i have seen one once in flight it flew just above the tree tops right over me , it was awesome, I've seen plenty of them on the ground but that was the only one I seen in the air

Work of art

@Warbirds

27 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

For a while I thought I was watching an RC plane with how it was leaving a trail of smoke, but no mistaking it for an RC with how it flew. I have a small one, 60" or so span with a 3 cylinder Radial in it, has yet to fly, but looks great. Modeled after the first generation F4U with 3 blade prop and 3 color paint scheme.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

It’s the real deal thanks liking

I tell you what would be neet as hell, seeing the Corsair land on one of our modern carriers. The flight deck crew would go freeking nuts. You can't beat NavAir !!!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

wow thats would be project

geiles Viedo! Vielen Dank! Es ist so viele Jahre her, aber wer den Sound der F4U gehört und das ausfahren der Flügel mal live aus der nächsten Nähe erleben durfte kann mir meine Freude nachvollziehen ... einfach nur geil!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Warst du auch vor Ort ?

@aileron5655

Ай бұрын

@@Warbirds nein leider nicht

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

@@aileron5655 Ich poste die nächste Zeit noch mehr Videos vom Event. Hab auch die P-51 und die Catalina

What an absolutely beautiful, graceful, amazing piece of history. Thanks for the video. 😎

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

glad you enjoyed

Sweet display, no music, just plane goodness

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it.

Fantastic.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Ty

Wonderful engineering and design.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Ty

I love the Corsair! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I know it’s simple tech (landing gear does the same thing), but it still amazes me that a 1940’s aircraft can smoothly unfold it’s wings like that and be ready for high G’s. That’s some Tomcat sh**, but decades earlier.

Wonderful🥰♥superb plane

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Thanks watching

Awesome.

@Warbirds

23 күн бұрын

Ty

That looked like pappy in the cockpit. Boyington signed my copy of baa baa blacksheep at an airshow in Williamsport Pennsylvania. Early 80s id say. I was maybe 12 at the time. I was star struck.

@Warbirds

23 күн бұрын

And it still lead you on this corsair video 😎

What a beast!!!

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

True Beast !

The F4U Corsair is my absolute favorite. I was friends with Red West and he would tell me stories about these birds when he was in Black Sheep squadron.

@Warbirds

24 күн бұрын

Maybe you can share here

@MATTNMEMPHIS

24 күн бұрын

@@Warbirds Red lived in Bartlett Tn where I’m from and he would come by the lumber yard where I worked and he would tell me about the corsairs on the set and that basically when you would see the planes take a hit it was basically one of 3 or 4 stock footage of the same piece of painted scrap metal taking real hits in a nearby field. He also mentioned something about the real Pappy did not care to much for Robert Conrad. We would basically chat every now and then. This would be around the same time he was filming Road House.

@MATTNMEMPHIS

24 күн бұрын

Something just popped in my head that Red said. Black Sheep was a production he called SPAM CAN production. About 80% of Black Sheep was canned footage. Not just the old aerial combat footage but take offs, landings, when something on a plane blows up, the bullet hits. Ever notice that sometimes a scene shows sun up or sunset and all of the sudden it's high noon in the next frame. Yep! All canned footage. I think it was Red that got me on the habit of spotting planes in a TV show or movie and it's an entirely different aircraft. Still goes on to this day. For example, World War Z, Brad Pitt goes from flying on a C-130 to the AN-12 Cub. It switches throughout the entire movie. I keep wondering if they intend it as a joke or they really think we are that stupid not to notice.

@MATTNMEMPHIS

24 күн бұрын

@@johnklatt3522 Now this did not come from Red but another conversation I had who knew about the actual guns firing. These scenes were canned as well and was nothing more than propane firing from a tube on mocked up wing or in the zeroes case a mock up cockpit with the actor inside. Propane through a tube. I did wonder if there was actual feed back to the stick when firing the guns. I could understand with the Zeroes because 2 of the machine guns were actually right in front of the pilots face. The guns and/or cannons were way out on the wing. Why would the stick shake?

@Warbirds

24 күн бұрын

@@MATTNMEMPHIS As i saw this TV Series i was a kid an completely fascinated because it was kinda new for me to see those american Productions. I saw it even before i saw the A-Team oder MacGyver

The F4U Phantom is the most valuable of all remaining WW2 aircraft.

@Milkmans_Son

23 күн бұрын

The Phantom is a twin engine supersonic fighter/bomber made by McDonnell Douglas. The F4U Corsair was made by Vought, and it's not all that rare in the context of WWII survivor aircraft.

It got the job done

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

which job ?

Fantastic bird - great to see her flying again 😋 On a side note, is that a FWP149 @7:54 ?

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Yes this Fw149 made me very nervous when filming the approach. Decided to be safe than sorry but messed up the landing

I love the Corsair, I have the RC and other war birds, the Corsair is the hardest one too fly, but an amazing plane.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

That’s the real deal . Toys for the rich

Beautiful bird

@Warbirds

25 күн бұрын

Ty

Puuurfection

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked

Yes, a weapon of a terrible war, but a beautiful flying machine

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Awesome 😎

Awesome ! The sound of those engines was panic button to the enemy troops.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Of course.

👍🏻

Was ein großartiges Flugzeug Wieder sehr gut gefilmt viel besser als meine Handy Videos 😅 War dieses Jahr auch selber wieder dabei absolut mega coole airshow

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Danke. Ja mit dem Handy geht sowas nicht . Ich war leider nur einen Tag dabei

My dad was one of hydraulics engineers of this plane for ww2 they started in the summer of 1941.

@Warbirds

23 күн бұрын

Of this special one ?

One of the very best American war birds of WW2 without a doubt.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

True

1:30 Dude finds out pitot tubes are heated 😂. Anyway, amazing beautiful bird, piece of art!!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

😜

Whistling Death never looked better!

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

oh yes

With that wing dip makes it the sexiest plane you’ll ever see 😎

@Warbirds

18 күн бұрын

So true

The sheer size of the prop!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Right in front of it it’s even bigger

Buenos días, creo conocer parte de la historia de ése Corsario en particular, ya q estuvo muchos años acá en Argentina, Buenos Aires, Partido de Tigre, en el Museo Naval de Tigre

Very best, as fastest, of the Corsair’s. 470mph at altitude.

Correct me if im wrong. The ww2 corsairs had the huge 3 bladed propellers, and the Korean war corsairs had the 4 bladed props.

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

You also know the difference in guns. On this Aircraft i count 4. On TV Movies i counted 6

Awesome war bird scene shattered by wandering Cessna...

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

true

Nothing sounds as pleasing as a purring R-2800

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Double Wasp

When I see that corsair coming straight at you I think to myself that's the last thing a lot of Japanese pilots ever saw in this world

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

of course yes

Devotion is a good book

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

And good movie

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

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

I remember when i first took off in a f4u in war thunder. I made the mistake of retraction the flaps at the same time as my landing gear like many real life first time pilots and stalled it into the end of the runway.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Never played it yet . Is it any good ?

Whiskey Foxtrot! Flying Nightmares forever. But it's not a real Dash 5 [N] without the starboard radome. I know, I know, it causes asymmetric drag, but it would be so much more authentic.

note that this beautiful gal DOES NOT whistle as she flies by .... the tips of the guns might be covered up or the guns might be fake and just there for show .... but the corsair whistle is a beautiful sound if you ever get to hear it !!!!!!

@Warbirds

24 күн бұрын

The owner also got a P-51 with open gun ports. I think he will fix that issue 😎

@bigcountry5045

24 күн бұрын

@@Warbirds we neeeeeed to hear the whistle man !!!!!!

They made many of these in my home town Akron Ohio.. wonder where this one was originally made

@Warbirds

23 күн бұрын

Serial is #124541 but google doesnt help

"If it looks right, it is right.”

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Oh yes

👍

@Warbirds

27 күн бұрын

👉

What an amazing work of art. It's like a vintage race car with a 10ft long hood. Sexy Beast!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Oh yes ! Ty liking

They should make a modern Corsair with modern technology. Maybe 550mph plus?

@Warbirds

21 күн бұрын

Why ?

Gelnhausen Kerb ❤

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

ja warst Du da ?

@florianpusch

Ай бұрын

@@Warbirds Eine tolle Veranstaltung...kommen noch Videos von der Mustang und den Thunder Yaks?

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

@@florianpusch ja

It was the only propeller driven aircraft to shoot down a a jet MiG in Korea

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Yes I saw the movie

There probably aren't many pilots left who can pilot these machines. Can you please tell me if they are passing on their skills to younger generations of pilots to keep this legacy alive?

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

I only know few young pilots that are learning to fly those machines .

@Wanderer_new

Ай бұрын

@@Warbirds Well, that's good too. Thanks to channels like yours, I hope there will be more of them. ❤🛩

Bellissimo aereo, fascino d'altri tempi!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Gracie

@seldomseensavage3459

Ай бұрын

DAYUM!!! that’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout!!!! Thanks!!!

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

@@seldomseensavage3459 youre welcome

Flying Leathernecks. Double wasp. American muscle.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

American muscle

@jimgoff1170

23 күн бұрын

Double wasp😊

@georgegeyer3431

23 күн бұрын

@jimgoff1170 My mistake .

I think I heard the whistle.

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

Which minute ?

When in good hands, he was Zero's executioner

@Warbirds

Ай бұрын

This one was a war survivor

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. 👍