The spectacular sound of a Vought F4U Corsair (Startup, Take-off, Fly-by)

There's nothing like hearing the spectacular sound of the Vought F4U Corsair engine up close. Here we have the Corsair starting up, taking off, and doing a low fly-by at Triple Tree Aerodrome!
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[@BritIronRebel]

My Father flew the F4U Corsair in WWII as a USMC aviator in the Pacific. I've got a couple of old black and white photos of him in the cockpit.

[@helenel4126]

Grateful for his service. Semper fi!

[@michaelboykin9881]

If he's still living, tell him thank you for me. Truly the greatest generation.

[@BritIronRebel]

@@michaelboykin9881 Unfortunately no... He would have been 100 today if he were still alive.

[@tylermorris5221]

Ah the soothing sound of a cartridge starter and a 18 cylinder Pratt and Whitney engine. I love the smell of Pratt and Whitney's in the morning.

[@crazyhorse2995]

Damn straight.

[@joshualesicka2603]

Smells like victory

[@edwardkujawa]

vry rich mixture on strt up when i watch thisi can smell the exhautcrazy

[@leelibby7348]

My dad, Edwin Libby, put the first 2 hours on them when they came out of the Goodyear factory in Akron Ohio, where I was born in 1944.

[@jameshancock7285]

There is no mistaking the sound of a radial engine. Love those old aircraft.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

The most beautiful aircraft of WWII to my eye

[@bill8985]

The F4U is poetry

[@anjinsan5576]

Poetry, art, and emotion. The best dam girl in the sky.

[@williamgreen1489]

One of the most beautiful aircraft ever!

[@Me2Lancer]

Gotta love the amazing Vought F4U Corsair fighter/bomber. I lived in Grand Prairie in 1948 when Chance Vought moved into the former North American manufacturing plant there. Enjoyed watching the Corsair take offs and landings.

[@mistervacation23]

I'm from Grand Prairie, and I always loved the Corsair

[@LJG63]

This is a great vid, TY. My Dad had the tv show Baa Baa Black Sheep on one day, & I fell in love with this plane, & the show too! I could watch Robert Conrad & the Corsair 🤣 I was 14 & female 😅

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Somewhere high up above Pappy Boyington is smiling down on all us sayin oh my gosh no sheet nuggets....

[@BushFlying41]

12-15 male, watched this also with my dad. Show was my main childhood show. Always hummed at the intro and my dad even bought me the full series on DvD. Glad to see this show recognized more! Casey was my favorite character.

[@paulmysliborski4832]

This plane in the Pacific, and the P-51 in Europe really helped us along to victory in WWII. Majestic planes both, and a tribute to American grit and ingenuity when in really counted.

[@TheSmarq17]

So beautiful. We are almost not deserving enough to witness this warbird in all it's grandeur. Watching this beauty take flight makes me wish that jet propulsion was never discovered and Corsairs still ruled the air like they did back in the 1940s. I will always envy those that flew this beautiful fighter in times of belligerence as well as, 80 years later, are able to fly it now as in this video. Thank you for this upload.

[@TacticalMustache.-hv6sp]

Man, the Corsair has got to be the sexiest plane ever made! With the P-51 Mustang right on its tail

[@tackanderson4270]

My God, what a gorgeous bird. Chokes me up!

[@Ruger44Redhawk]

Finally, after waiting since I was a kid, I finally got to see a F4U Corsair not only fly but take pictures up close. I can now die a happy man! Took my kids to the Warhawk Air Museum Air Show in Nampa, ID last weekend where we saw three P-40 Warhawk's, three different P-51 Mustangs (including the Boise Bee), a P-38 Lightning, a B-25 Mitchell, some T-6's and torpedo bombers and of course the F4U Corsair. So glad I took my kids there to hear the 1940's music and watch these warbirds fly right over us.

[@PlymouthVT]

That sounds like a blast!!

[@jameshancock7285]

You should try the, Pensacola Naval Air museum. There are planes from WW1 and WW2 as well as some modern aircraft, such as the SR71. I took my boys back in the early 90s. We also stopped off and visited the USS Alabama, in Mobil Bay.

[@zaphodsrealm1549]

My favorite Pacific Theater aircraft, what a beast!

[@py2rpjrubens450]

Brutal tork!

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I said this before including in person to Kurt Walton that somewhere high up above Pappy B is smiling down on all of Corsair lovers.

[@eckyx9019]

Fleet Air Arm also used these fantastic aircraft. They sorted out their problems and certified their carrier use.....one of the best.

[@user-oc5nw2fe5t]

Have never seen one. Most favorite . 2 - p47 T-Bolt and 3- C 47 . It would be neat to see even a wreck of a Coursair . I understand there are so many left of the corsair. Would like to see one before they are gone. Please keep G R Ford Airport in Grand Rapids , Michigan for a show this summer . Please consider. Thanks .

[@user-gb6re9eg3i]

WOW!!!THE SWEET SOUND OF HISTORY!!!

[@castnerscutthroats9297]

The startup sound of the F4U Corsair is reminiscent of a combat seasoned U.S. Marine waking at O'dark thirty before moving out to the next objective

[@TheAviatorsTV]

Chilling!!!!

[@davidmann4533]

Pretty silly

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Somewhere Greg Boyington is smiling down on all of us watching this stuff. I felt a kinship with Greg pappy when I got drafted into Iraq in 2001. I was accused of being him. I am a nonconformist sheet kicker. A man of my own style even begged to be court marshalled just like Greg did in late 1943 at the end of the war just before he was captured he had had enough. Greg I think was captured sometime early in 44 and said he just rode his days out in the prison camp because the Japanese treated him okay knowing how controversial the guy was they were not gonna abuse him that much. Upon his return from capture he told a senator I think was named Rolland to go to hell when the senator wanted to use him as campaign cow Boyington told the Senator to go sheet in his hat. In a bizarre twist Boyington insisted he had constantly been having drinks and meals with one of the Generals that ran the prison camp Yahatshi something I think was the Generals name. Boyington insisted as long as their talks began with the advancements he knew of concerning U.S. Navy war ships they then thereafter continually talked about what their endeavors would be after the war was over. Boyington said Yahatshi said it was too bad his daughter couldn't hook up with a warrior of Greg's stature. Greg wrote in his book he took it as compliment not a come on.

[@2012roscoe]

Drafted? Really?

[@andrewsquire9892]

The smell of the fuel and exhaust…

[@Thwarptide]

I experienced this at an airshow. They are frick’n loud on the ground and in the sky! The amazing thing is you can actually feel the power these engines produce. It takes a special pilot to handle the torque!!

[@yeildo1492]

1:18 that shot .... what a badass airplane!

[@francisbusa1074]

Nothing quite like the sight and sound of a Corsair. Love that bird. I once talked with a former Marine officer who flew them during the war. He called the plane a death trap. Always leaking lots of hydraulic fluid. I guess the maintenance where he was wasn't so great...

[@ozzy6852]

I think you can hear the turbo in the beginning of the video. That’s so cool!

[@jimsanders4412]

Between these and the P-51Ds, just can’t get enough!!👍👍

[@stargazeronesixseven]

😊🙏 The legendary WWII Pacific theatre Vought F4U Corsair " Whistling Death " ... Thank You So Much for making this beautifully edited & concised video for the fans & for sharing it! 🌷🌿🌍✌💜🕊

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

Always loved the Corsair especially as a kid who watched Baa Baa Black Sheep. As I got older I learned about the difficulties the Corsair had with carrier landings. Still love the plane!!

[@tayninh69]

A beautiful take off and landing using flaps. Great sound, beautiful aircraft. JOB WELL DONE.

[@jeffhussey6049]

Nice, I’ve always loved the WW2 vintage fighter planes

[@royshashibrock3990]

Excellent video of an excellent subject. Crystal clear video, and no BS. Just great shots of a beautiful warbird - the Corsair, including the three things we all want to see: takeoff, a high speed pass, and landing. Great job.

[@KerboOnYT]

I had the pleasure of seeing and hearing one of these beautiful aircraft up close at an air show one time. Amazing! Thanks for the video

[@Fredsbank78]

The low fly-by looks like what my dad said he did when he buzzed freight trains at night while getting flight hours in his Corsair in WWII…

[@ajaronis1]

That flyby is amazing.

[@gabbyhayes4561]

The sound of an a round engine starting up sends chills up and down my spine. Always have loved that sound.🇺🇸😎

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

Ohhhh the sound of FREEDOM,

[@simonboland]

Saw one of these at air show at Reading airport, PA in 2015. Spectacular!

[@turbodpv5908]

Love the sound of the R-2800 Double Wasp at idle. And the F4U is one of my favorite warbirds. I also love flying my RC model versions of them too, don't let them get too slow in the turns to approach for landing or they'll bite you, other than that they always astonish me.

[@hellbent7976]

Best sounding motor ever

[@thekingsilverado3266]

There had been a video that Diamond P sports had of an unspecified carrier at sea 1944 had a flock of Corsairs warming up on deck and taking off. It was that long ago it was on Beta tape early mid 1980s. I had worn that tape out to this day it is my favorite aircraft of all time and my shop & offices is smothered in model Corsairs and RC Corsairs. I am a marine black squadron A-10 pilot. Don't let em fool ya only the AF flies the A-10 that ain't true no more after Iraq. Marines have 2 black Squadrons of em 4 planes each. I flew way over 90 sorties over Iraq. The Navy disqualified me because I am color blind but that leads to other gifts like being able to read a bill board a little less than a half mile away which still blows my families minds and being able to see right thru a camo covered target and detect movement because I might be color blind but I am extremely far sighted. I can totally smoke a target 4 to 6 miles away & not even use electronic sighting. And I truly believe in my heart that Greg Pappy Boyington had my very same handicapped blessings from hearing reading stories about him. One tail of Boyington is the fact he just saw a glint of a little tiny reflection out of the corner of his eye in his canopy window went inverted straight down came back up like rocket ship and smoked a Zero that was after him with a single burst from his guns. Fantasy? No not if he had my eye sight gift not at all. I have high perf vision perception and I could have done such a thing as I am thee one thee only A-10 jock to ever have smoked a soviet made Mig over the Iraq Iran border ever. I saw a glint pulled my flaps and my speed brake jammed the throttle to nil went over on one wing saw the mig and smoked it with my gun not a rocket. The guy blew by me fired one rocket at me way too late. Then his butt was all mine. Boyington was god gifted not just a gifted pilot he had some other attributes other people regular people cannot comprehend. It was not all skill. Some of the skills were gods giftings.

[@spacecoyote6646]

How do you feel about the Hellcat and the thunderbolt? They used the same engine

[@mannygarcia759]

What a beautiful plane! We all talk about the P51, but this is such a great looking plane as well. So many amazing aircrafts from WWII!! The P47, P38, Bearcat and Wildcat just to name a few.

[@noncalamari]

Amazing that they were able to put that big of a prop on that airframe.

[@gmm6885]

Think the gull wing is how they got that big prop on them...😊

[@johnarnold893]

@@gmm6885 The Gull Wings was to make the landing gear shorter and stronger.

[@michaelmartin5534]

Nothing sounds as sexy as pistons and propellers. God bless Marines! 30 year Viper crew chief here, still love the sound of horsepower!

[@rags417]

My dad used to fly a PzL-104 Wilga which also had a big radial engine, although nowhere near as powerful as the Pratt and Whitney R2800 on the Corsair. Every time we took her out I got the job of pulling the prop through 8-10 blades until the oil that had pooled in the lower cylinders had worked through the exhausts and started pouring out on the ground. Even then the start up was always loud and messy and we burned a lot of oil before it finally kicked in.

[@sixxftundr]

Damn, that thing is gorgeous!

[@zhengsng6203]

Imagine a carrier deck full of Corsairs and Hellcats startup together, revving the engine and take off one by one.. what a beautiful day.

[@user-ym9yp3ci9p]

The old man fought on Okinawa. He loved the Corsair!

[@Burhanontheranch]

That was pleasant and relaxing. Always will be a cool plane.

[@timf2279]

What a fantastic aircraft.

[@TrustyZ900]

One of the HOTRODS of WW2. Love it.

[@erikroberts3545]

The F4U Corsair is one of my favorite warbirds. This is amazing! ❤

[@sum12see]

I always loved the Corsair...What an awesome fighter!! Pappy Boyington was a great aviator, with the Black Sheep squadron!

[@PabloToscano]

Simply beautiful, the video almost take my mind away of what a deadly machine it is.

[@70s80sVintage]

One of the most beautiful planes ever built.

[@spacecoyote6646]

It's the same engine as the Hellcat and the P38 thunderbolt. Nobody sheds a tear when either of those planes start their engine

[@stevp51]

There wasn’t, nor has there ever been a more beautiful airplane

[@davidlj53]

That’s a monster with wings! Love it!

[@Office_De_Receiver_Complaints]

Pure grace in aeronautics.

[@greghelms4458]

Man I love those airplanes.

[@thor3279]

i don't think any other aircraft has managed the astounding level of art and function that this airplane achieved. It looks alive, purposeful, magnificent. great video thank you for posting

[@treypeters1087]

Bf-109 emil

[@robertfindley921]

A thing of beauty. How in the world could anybody a give thumbs down to this video?!?!?

[@Melody_Raventress]

The Corsair really does have a huge snozz, I can empathize.

[@thenutstealer]

Bro🤣

[@maryeckel9682]

Hose nose!

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Yeah I resemble that remark.

[@Msflamingo-wl4qo]

The beautiful Corsair is one of my favorites! ❤

[@dallisb1047]

Beautiful!! The sounds and the vibrations of a radial engine is thrilling!! O miss working on aircraft.

[@TBNTX]

My late Dad flew Corsairs from the carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). He bombed the IJN Hyuga, at Kure harbor in late July, 1945. His wingman (Jory Jorgensen) witnessed the bombing run.

[@KennyDodge-of2sp]

Wow,man it sounds great.that looks like Arnold's field between Big Sandy,and Camden,Tn.i looked every time but never saw a Corsair. It is a Beauty

[@wfo0070925]

To me, this is the F14 of WWII. Beautifully Majestic when on the Tarmac... Sinisterly Lethal in the Air.

[@robroy9867]

They are awesome aircraft always liked them.

[@dulcelima6150]

Radial sound vought f4u consair ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PlymouthVT]

The sounds of WW2. Amazing.

[@mikewilliams4702]

Best looking’ and one of the most fierce fighters of World War II” Loooooove these aircraft!!!!!💖💖💖💖🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼👍👍👍👍

[@LeonardCooperman]

That’s so beautiful, my god to fly one in WW2, just amazing. Thank you for sharing this.

[@LedufInfraLeDufiNFrA]

What a lovely plane❤

[@justsavetheplace]

Beyond gorgeous.

[@timmoffat3182]

If that doesn't give up goosebumps nothing will

[@wizerulz]

I love how the Tail starts to lift before the plane even takes off! The Corsair used the same basic engine as the P-47 Thunderbolt only the Corsair was supercharged ( crankshaft driven between the engine and the )cockpit and the Bolt was turbocharged

[@mikebunner3498]

What a great machine!!!! I love it..............

[@andrewsquire9892]

Sheer aviation beauty

[@Jonno2summit]

Best music video ever! Even better with headphones.

[@lawrenceneuenii3564]

Soo beautiful!!!

[@user-hb4ed8ej1r]

Awesome! No other word fits.

[@Brian-hd4rf]

Makes my heart race when it goes by low and fast.

[@Gatoronronero]

Algún día tendrá yo la oportunidad de volar uno se estos 😎

[@pushing2throttles]

Great aircraft but boy oh boy was it hard landing on the carriers!

[@TheAviatorsTV]

Aren't they all!

[@Slithey7433]

“Hose Nose”

[@scrappydude1]

Only before the strut issue was corrected and the Brits figured out the proper landing approach. After that it was no harder to land than anything else.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Go Pros were not made for Corsairs landing gear.

[@mbhog8490]

love that plane!

[@portnuefflyer]

I knew a former Marine pilot who had 2000 hrs of S Pacific combat flying (plus 50 years of crop dusting and 14 years of ranch Super Cub flying after the war), he once made an off hand comment about how once they were on short final, the entire carrier disappeared!

[@sylviass8295]

absolute beauty

[@JC-lx6nq]

I can hear the black sheep squadron music playing as it starts up

[@531c]

Sounds so good. All the best from England chaps!

[@dogsbyfire]

Beautifully shot and edited video

[@johnlockhart1272]

Wow! That was so cool!

[@user-gj5nw9vn3d]

What a beautiful sound and sight !! Thanks.

[@shanehumphrey4827]

Those radial engines are unreal

[@mitchsallis7154]

P & W. R2800 what a monster. Love it.

[@teufelhunden3606]

Absolutely beautiful aircraft and the sound of a radial engine ❤

[@lindomarthomaz4873]

Maravilhoso ouvir o som do motor de um war- bird veterano ainda em perfeito estado é muito bom parabens

[@raystack6250]

One of the most.beauiful. prop planes.what a motor

[@caribman10]

F4F, F6F, Corsair, F7F...just keep adding horsepower. Finally, the FG1D....

[@davewallace8219]

Magine. Being on a carrier...with a. Flight of these....warming up!

[@HellenKillerProject]

My father flew these ... He helped in testing the little triangle that equalized the lift. Albert Hill Jones Jr

[@kevinpomerenke8115]

My favorite WWII fighter! Was 416 one of the planes used in Black Sheep Squadron tv show?

[@kevinpomerenke8115]

@@johnklatt3522 thanks John

[@Aaron-om4dw]

That is one sexy lady. Whistling Death was a fitting name especially if it was after you

[@kevinpomerenke8115]

@@johnklatt3522 thanks John

[@ChizAfterHours]

Jim's Corsair here wasn't on the show. There is another F4U-4B that was in it which is still around. That one is 97359. Flew in Korea, Black Sheep Squadron TV, and was flown as #205 in the upcoming movie "Devotion" based off Adam Makos' book (Tom Hudner's plane). It flies under a new scheme now since it was reunited with a pilot who flew it in Korea. They painted it to look like as he flew it.

[@dd-nv6sw]

Just plain cool! 😎

[@paulbailey2032]

Thank you Marine that I never heard that sound and that I’m around to hear that old Coursair crank up! Airedale Navy 4life

[@ccacrislan]

that is my dream, right there...

[@TheAviatorsTV]

Ours too!

[@bradshaeffer8122]

That is one beast of an aircraft