Vought F4U Corsair documentary 1997

[@rknhrse]

I just loved this video. I never served in the military. As a kid growing up, I suppose thanks to Black Sheep Squadron, I loved the Corsair. Built a model as a teen. I grew up in the Inland Empire close to Norton AFB where the first Corsair in this video landed. My first job was actually at the Norton AFB commisary. I remember one day while working at the commisary a F-4 Phantom came in to land, the commisary was next to the runway, so I had a great view. I also loved the Phantom. I will never forget seeing that plane come in and the parachute deploy with a large Marine Corps insignia on it. Awesome! I finally got to go up on warbird flight out of Palm Springs in a T-26 Trojan. Loved it, they are amazing out there.

[@markiefufu]

I loved the Corsair as a kid too, thanks to the Black Sheep Squadron. My dad flew an F-4 Phantom during the Vietnam War, so it is my second favorite fighter of all time!

[@richarddecker1380]

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[@brothermaynardsbrother]

Another “Ba Ba Black Sheep” kid here. The show introduced me to the Corsair and my love for the plane has never waned over the decades. It’s just so damn cool. As everyone else has noted, this is a killer video. Pappy Boyington would be proud.

[@jimmyjamz5055]

My grandfather was a corsair mechanic in WW2. Stationed in midway.

[@karlmoles6530]

My Great Uncle was an Aviation Metalsmith in WW2, he served on the Yorktown and Monterey

[@CaesarInVa]

My Dad loved the Corsair. He flew from 42 to 64 and of all the types, he loved the F4U the most. When he was with the Lexington (44 and 45) he said that when he was on CAP, once he trimmed "Ol' Hose Nose" up, he could fly lazy-8s by leaning from one side of the cockpit to the other. But she was a terribly unforgiving aircraft. The officer with whom he shared a berth came in a little too low and slow on day. The LSO gave him the power call and the pilot fire-walled the throttle. Unfortunately, the Corsair's engine torque (I think its called the P-Factor) got away from him and the bird rolled inverted and plunged into the Pacific. Neither the pilot nor the aircraft were ever seen again. Dad said that from that day onwards, he always came in high and fast and to hell with the LSO's complaints.

[@cjt554]

My Dad said the same thing when he flew off Carriers to start, then small Destroyers where they catapulted him off the side of the ship using a long rail (that was a sea plane version with a pontoon). He said they would light off two bags of powder (that was normally used for the 4 inch guns) and he said it felt like your back teeth were going down your throat. He saw said if the catapult didn't kill you that roll over right as it stalls would. Still, it was his favorite plane.... go figure.

[@w.allencaddell6421]

Great story, I hold these WW2 Veterans in much higher regard than myself, though I'm a fellow vet. I've often heard on the Military Channel that we all stand because of these great men, and women because they built the planes and weapons that brought our grandfathers home. There's not a day that goes by that I remember these, so that my father was born, and then myself. It has been said that of all Americans, these are the greatest. I'll drink to that,,,

[@mclarenscca]

I remember watching Baa Baa Black Sheep as a kid! While I love the P51, the F4U is my favorite WW2 airplane!

[@brian-te4xs]

I think we are around the same age. I still watch it every Saturday night on the H&I channel which I guess is History and Icons channel. They also play Combat, 12 “O” Clock High and Combat on Saturday nights.

[@stephenroberts4895]

Corsair and Thunderbolt together in the sky?! Very awesome and sweet! Even if from 1997, you definitely don't see two legends like that together very often.

[@pacificdragon1]

I would have to say the Corsair is my favorite fighter of WW2. Really great looking aircraft when the pilot did a wing over!!!

[@johnrohlfs5241]

Awesome go America,from John Robert Bruffett Junior USA USA USA USA

[@markiefufu]

It's always been my favorite fighter too!

[@blacksheep6888]

Black sheep squadron kicked arse in them. My favourite aeroplane a good all rounder

[@blancolirio]

Steve Hinton! Thanks for pointing this video out to me.

[@skiptrace1888]

I wasn't around during WWII, but I have been an avid aviation fan, & the corsair has always been my fav plane. The P51 is great but the F4U is magnificent! Thals for posting! Beautifully done! :-)))

[@juliusdream2683]

Skip Trace don’t forget the hellcat brought down more enemies than any other allied plane. Yes more than even the mustang. Love the Corsair too. It means pirate by the way.

[@edwardmcdowell3001]

Absolutely!

[@johnmilligan2964]

The Corsair is my favorite prop plane! I grew up watching Baa Baa Black Sheep and it's been my favorite ever since! It definitely has one of the most distinctive silhouette's.

[@ironeagle1281]

Well done and entertaining video and a fitting tribute to these fine machines and then men who flew them. Great job!

[@one-eyejawa3128]

Took a screenshot of the Corsair in formation with the jug. That’s going on my screen saver!!

[@robertnichols8618]

I flew F4U in Korea. I also flew jets too but the F4U was a great my

[@howardg2435]

I saw this video earlier, and this Corsair is a very rare F4U-1A. Many restored Corsairs are Goodyear FG-1D models. There are two known F4-U1 "Birdcage" Corsairs that were found, and possibly being restored. One is a late war Birdcage plane being restored in Australia. The other was an actual early war Birdcage Corsair that was found in Lake Michigan a short number of years ago. These will be nice to see restored, and flying. Warbird collector Kermit Weeks acquired a Chance Vought OS-2 Kingfisher, which is being restored in New Zealand. That will also be very interesting to see.

[@gregboyington4896]

I was wondering why it didn't have the birdcage if it was a early model. Replaced over time? But why then didn't they restore it to a birdcage? I wouldn't but I prefer the bubble dome. I'm so jealous of this guy! If I won the lottery a corsair would be my first extravagant purchase.

[@rodericksibelius8472]

Awesome Professionally done, Thank You for sharing.

[@flymachine]

You know you're watching someone remarkable when preflighting and flying a ww2 Corsair is undertaken with the same regularity and familiarity that I apply to riding my bicycle !!

[@dud3man6969]

The Corsair is so beautiful.

[@kennethhlavik8155]

What a beautiful plane!

[@breth8159]

Love these airplanes used to work around them at Palomar airport in the 1980s in San Diego

[@ronbennett9730]

Capt. Ken Bennett, I wish you were here to see this aircraft with your squadron markings.

[@sonnyburnett8725]

One of my pilot dreams is to be checked out in the Corsair by this guy.

[@sigt898]

As a kid the Corsair was a WW2 plane that fascinated me. I was never particularly attracted to the Spitfire or Mustang or 109..it was the rugged planes that I liked: the Corsair, Thunderbolt, Typhoon, Dornier 335

[@markbrown7103]

In the end you said fly one wish I could one of my favorite planes 👍😎✈️😁❤️

[@4speed3pedals]

The Diamond on the tail means the plane was assigned to CV13 Franklin. Diamonds in the sky.

[@ronbennett9730]

My dad may have flown that plane. He was in VMF 452

[@hopefullylost4012]

Thanks for this cool video.

[@fidziek]

it's a different level, when we talk not about a war - but about engineering and quality, and flight related technical issues...

[@PolonezV8]

Those warbirds were made to kill but true, they are magnificent engineered machines without any electronics. It was beautiful connection between human and fighter in bloody relationship. I'm also a big fan impressed by those constructions and they technical specifications ;) only pistons !! Jet engines are boring !! Pozdro :) !!

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

They were all built before any computers…. Just slide rules.

[@totalstranger8412]

Since I was a kid I wanted to emulate John Wayne doing a wing over and barrel roll. Finally had an opportunity to take the stick and try it in a T-6 Texan. Whoooa that was something. I actually lived a life emulating one of his other greatest movies.

[@carlbernas1220]

My Dad flew this plane in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese. He was flying combat at 23yrs. old. Well decorated Marine in the VMF-23 SQUADRON

[@davin.a9428]

props to the engineers the fact that the plane still works after all these years

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

Remember these were built by engineers with slide rules…. not a computer on the horizon.

[@rossbrumby1957]

They've been around for 80 years now- you can't keep a good plane down! Wouldn't you love going back in time and seeing those pilots faces when told some of their planes will be flying 80 years later?!

[@davidlee6711]

A beautiful plane.

[@chrisjames2079]

My father was a Korean War aviation mechanic and stated that this one of the best aviation motors ever built in the world, basically paved the way for auto racing with methanol injection.

[@av8tore71]

I work for a company in ROCKFORD, IL called Courtesy Aircraft ferrying warbirds (by broker aircraft) to people who buy or sell them. Flying the Corsair had been the highlight of my life next to the births of my kids. If a warbird with a P&W engine isn't leaking then there is a problem just like the UH-60's in the Army

[@nole8923]

You can tell this is an old video. There’s a lot of flyable Corsairs today.

[@Big_Uncle_Randy]

My two favorite WWII Warbirds in the same video...awesome

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

At this airshow a few years ago. Heritage flight F18G. F4u2. Skyhawk. And Tigercat.

[@megamonkeyblaster3627]

Steve flew the Corsair past Mt Baden-Powell in this video. I used to live not far from there, down in Cajon Pass. Lol when I volunteered at POF I once washed this F4U, but by then she'd been repainted.

[@joaquinperez959]

The greatest plane ever made for the war! A truly great design!!!

[@hoatattis7283]

Joaquim PEREZ. Have you never seen or heard of the P51 P47 P38 Hellcat jesus the Corsair was just adequate

[@PolonezV8]

@@hoatattis7283 Mustangs (P51), Spitfires, even Focke Wulf 190G were better... but I love all those warbirds :) insane machines with spirit... Jet engines are boring.. only pistons !!! ;)

[@hoatattis7283]

@@PolonezV8 That, they were

[@drew65sep]

Yup, she's one big, bad, btch...one of my personal favorite aircraft during the time. If memory serves, one of the Central American countries' flew them "in some kind of Air Force," or whatever they called it, right up into the seventies before bein mothballed.

[@hoatattis7283]

@@drew65sep Those countries also had P51

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

8:50 wow the cockpit gauges look sparse compared to later models though I kinda like it like that there's less info to take your attention away from flying

[@timothywalker4563]

Nice episode I had no idea this series existed.😃

[@Lee-70ish]

Truly great planes. Us limeys only got them for carrier use because the US navy didn't like them at all due to poor visibility on approach and numerous crashes. Soon as Royal Navy worked out the banked carrier landing approach all the planes and spares stopped being delivered and the US navy grabbed them So we had to make do with what we had left which was a shame as our home grown carrier fighters where bloody terrible even the Sea fire was just too flimsy for the job despite being good in the air Yeovil in Somerset England has the most complete genuine WW2 combat plane in the world every part even the paint layers not WW2 vintage have been removed, and what is she ? A F4U Corsair

[@nickdanger3802]

Fleet Air Arm. (Equipment) 03 February 1943 30. Commander Bower asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the Fleet Air Arm have often to use old, slow, though sound aircraft; and, as every effort should be made to see that they are supplied with the most modern machines and equipment, what steps he has taken to supply such equipment? api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1943/feb/03/fleet-air-arm-equipment

[@rudolphdixon9150]

Such a beautiful aircraft

[@kevinsoundmixer]

The theme music for this doc is absolutely terrifying. Like, horror movie-grade.

[@danielblythe5337]

In the 90's my Grandmother gave me the choice of to order this video for Christmas , or the Roaring Glory F6F Hellcat. After two days deciding, I chose the Hellcat video. I have put a lot of miles on that tape. The Hellcat, always counted by me, "amongst the more glamorous and nostalgic fighters of the 1940's" , yes that's right, the Hellcat. I love this Roaring Glory Corsair video too, and after all these years I finally got to see it!

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Holy crap the planes of fame museum in chino, ive seen this plane fly in 2018

[@ralphcurran8147]

Great video

[@amelierenoncule]

As a child, I read the memoirs of a chap Who Flew One of These in WWII. He Claimed the flight manual said that the glide-characteristics were SO poor, that if the engine stopped, you should bail-out (if high enough) ... OR 'Whistle A Tune and Kiss Yer Ass Goodbye '! ... Because a 'dead-stick "landing Was very iffy.

[@teddyabearo1066]

Bump up the voice track level several notches, and you're golden. The C.C. was so bad, it was useless. 🤟🏽🐻

[@ooyginjardl4037]

22:42 yep, I’ll just go fly one.

[@babyhippo8076]

Corsair, p-40 warhawk , b 17 - my favorite ww2 planes

[@marcuswardle3180]

The Corsair was designed as a carrier aircraft for the Navy but was rejected as being too difficult to land due to its long nose. It was relegated to a land based plane. A quantity were given to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. They soon rectified the problem of landing the Corsair onto carriers by incorporating a left hand turn when approaching therefore the pilot could see the deck up to the last moment and then be guided by the batsman. They also sealed the cowling flaps on top of the engine so it didn't obstruct the pilots view. The raising of the seat was also a British idea as they added 7 inches plus a bubble canopy for more view. All of these incremental changes gave the pilot much more vision when landing and made it possible for the Corsair to be a carrier borne aircraft. One addition they also made which had an unexpected addition to landing was when they took off 8 inches from the wingtips. This was because British aircraft carriers had a smaller headroom in their hangers. In order to fit them they took off the 8 inches. This had the benefit of that at landing speeds the aircraft would 'float' when touching down! Many Americans couldn't believe that the Fleet Air Arm had managed to make the Corsair carrier borne but soon took to learning how to approach a carrier using the techniques created by the Fleet Air Arm and used them extensively to great effect. I believe the British also redesigned the landing gear for use on their carriers though I'm not sure? My father served in Fleet Air Arm as a Air Telegraphist (Radio) /Observer/Gunner.

[@Tag-Traeumer]

Thanks for the interesting information! I would also be interested in: Do all F4U have a window under the cockpit? I think in this video you can see it at 7:28.

[@marcuswardle3180]

@@Tag-Traeumer I did learn an interesting snippet of information on how the British got hold of the Corsair. Apparently an officer on the British Purchasing Commission (I think he was attached to them) saw the aircraft flying, was told the US navy was going to want them so bought 200 of them on his own ‘chit’. In other words he bought them on his own credit card of the time! He then had to persuade the Lords of the Admiralty to officially purchase them so he could get his money back!

[@Tag-Traeumer]

@@marcuswardle3180 That's an exciting story. The British improvements to the F4U were important for its subsequent success. That officer must have been very wealthy to buy 200 Corsairs at his own risk. Maybe a businessman and a patriot at the same time. Because of the window on the underside, I finally found explanations: The windows gave the pilot a better view when landing on aircraft carriers, in the crucial landing phase.

[@gregmcgee4430]

Excellent

[@MustangGuru]

My favorite War bird. Second is the JUG

[@charlesgagne9691]

Muscle Car of Aviation!

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

If you have ever looked at the center section (uncovered) of one of these engineering masterpieces, one cannot help but to marvel and realize they were all built by true engineers using slide rules. I’ll bet not 200 people worldwide know how to use one fully today. I stand in awe of these accomplishments. To appreciate the whole package, google radial engine manufacturing back then.

[@gooddognigel9992]

ha ha two days to memorize the flight manual! Nowadays, elementary school teachers are told that having kids memorize the multiplication tables is a no no; we are told that rote learning is bad. Imagine WW 2 pilots slipping into the cockpit with flight manual in hand!

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

As many different planes that you are entrusted with, is there a certain amount of homework before strapping on each individual a/c? Small quirks that are indigenous to each machine that must be remembered? Thanks Steve. We all are there with you, vicariously putting the F4U through its paces, occasionally wiping the drool that inevitably shows up. Be safe up there.

[@vermin1970]

anyone else in here after buying the Milviz Corsair? :-D

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Go to Chino California. Not only are the airshows incredible but even the boneyards are amazing. May third week

[@davidknight1612]

Thanks you just made onof the world's best fighter planes the hardest to fly!! I'm sure that all that shit you put us through was operable

[@aaronseet2738]

Why did one of their training mates have to bail out during practice flight?

[@mr.m4275]

That looks like Skipper from Planes.

[@zillsburyy1]

#1 NIP CLIPPER

[@flybobbie1449]

Nice to be in a position to fly such aircraft, guy i know just having a Mustang rebuilt. And another filthy rich bloke regularly beats up our field in his Mustang. Yes i am jealous!

[@robertdendooven7258]

The biggest problem to me is that the aircraft took too long to get from approval to build the first production planes in June 1941 until the first one rolled off the assembly line in June 1942. Whereas the F6F Hellcat was in production less than 4 months after the first prototype flew.

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

Production changes and additions kept it off the assembly line for some time as I read. Also, June ‘41 wasn’t a time that screamed for aircraft as much as later.

[@nerobruno]

Where's Homelander?

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

They were quite hopeless as carrier born fighters to the extent the Americans stopped using them on ACC, they were that lethal. The British who were short of planes bought them up and modified several aspects including the landing gear. When the Americans saw how well they now performed they took back the improved design and started using them on ACC again.

[@e.r.1702]

Wildcat, spitfire, dauntless-my favorite ww2 warbirds

[@chrism7969]

Interestingly the Corsair was initially accepted by the marine corps as a a land-based fighter but rejected by the US Navy because it was too hard to land on aircraft carriers. It was then used by the Royal Navy who modified it slightly and used a different landing technique on aircraft carriers. Subsequently, having seen the successful Royal Navy use of the Corsair as a carrier based aircraft the US Navy then used it as a carrier borne aircraft.

[@carolinetran2355]

29:43: skyraider not a Corsair

[@juliusdream2683]

That was awesome. Mess with the best and die like the rest!!

[@darthslater6077]

Can anybody answer me a question? How come the Jug was so big and ugly when it had the same engine, couldn't they have used the same cowling for that application?

[@robertdendooven7258]

The turbo supercharger piping for the P-47 is located in the fuselage running from the engine rearwards under the pilot and out between the main wing and the tail. Thus it needed the deep fuselage.

[@ConvairDart106]

The same engine with different turbo/superchargers. That made the "Jug," a superb, high altitude performer.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Hinton. Thank God for him

[@michaelbliss1240]

Me too@chino!

[@tylerrobbins9614]

If I won the lottery, I would spend the money on flight school, and then to have a replica of the F4U-4 Corsair built down to the rivet to fly every chance I got.

[@annwood1837]

I just said the same thing to a friend today. If I won the lottery I'd buy me a Corsair and pay for flying lessons and be in heaven. Would love to fly this beautiful plane. My dreams come true!!!

[@bradmasters8491]

Could of done a screaming fly-by it's sad its the last one

[@nerobruno]

Could of.... 😁😆🤣

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Another thing about the Chino shows was you never knew what to expect. Ok here's 9 count them 9 P38 Lightnings. Flying fairly gently. Then suddenly there's an F18GS right in your face. Then Hinton goes through the wire in Glacier Girl. Then an F42E Phantom ....right at Mach. Best airshow s I've ever seen

[@kevinsiegel7766]

Cool,

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

I've never done Oshkosh. But at Chino you can walk right up to the airplanes ✈it's the best

[@TheAnonymous1one]

He said the tail wheel was rigid but It looked like it was steering when he turned the plane?

[@afda]

"Propwash junction to dusty"

[@fiscowarren4298]

good

[@anthonyhendricks7377]

I was a little disappointed in this so-called Documentary. This is more of a flight check, and flight. A Documentary is the history of the subject. Design, manufacturing, upgrades, accomplishments.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

We wouldn't have the warbirds if is wasn't for Steve

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Hmmmm you left some things out but thanks. Nice work

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

I've seen a lot of airshws, mostly in California and Nevada but you got to go to Chino California. It's incredible

[@lynns189]

I would have a parachute

[@wildcoyote34]

found one comment interesting , at the beginning of the show the guy said that he believed this was the only flyable corsair in the USA ,,but if you go read the WIKi page list of surviving F4U corsairs you will find out that there are many dozens of them flyable and many are privately owned

[@wildcoyote34]

@@johnklatt3522 thanks for that heads up ,, i know i was really surprised by the number of them that were still flyable but also at the number of them under restoration to be flyable ,,i haven't seen any other fighter type with so many still alive after 75 years

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Chino is coolest, even their junk laying around is neato

[@aaronseet2738]

"surprisingly easy to land." wot

[@capitanvonchickenpants8492]

Weird looking cod

[@hoatattis7283]

capitan: I think it looks half finished

[@finjay21fj]

Why is KZbin so quiet \(°•°)\?? Blimmin stuff (/-_•)\

[@naamanmoorehouse5487]

Little Rock air force base air show October this year wirts Jewelers is the best in the world in my opinion north little Rock Arkansas please bring a lot of these plans to our air show and get all kinds of war birds too

[@xina69]

tom cruise should have this plane

[@robinsattahip2376]

Can't decide if id prefer to fly a Corsair, Mustang or Mosquito.

[@johnrohlfs5241]

Thanks Grandpa Beasley USA WORLD WAR 2 Army sniper against nazi members, from Grandson John Robert Bruffett Junior USA USA USA USA USA!

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

This outfit/complex put nine, I said nine P38s into the air at the same time. Then 12 Mustangs. If you're into warbirds you gotta go. And they open up the throttle.

[@edwardsmith6609]

Right off the bat...wrong about why the wings were bent. Other U.S. fighters had propellers of similar size. The 90 degree angle off the fuselage was a primary consideration. Care to comment ??

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

And if you pay a little bit extra they let you back into the shops.

[@texocalistation6049]

I really would have liked to have been able to hear what the people in this video had to say, unfortunately the cheesy music was SO LOUD that it really made it difficult to hear it all, and I'm not going to keep backing up the video to try to catch it all. Somehow I managed to stay with this video all the way to the end, probably because I love Corsair's that much. This video would otherwise score an A or B, gets a D in my book, as the person adding the music was strictly Amateur Night.

[@mcjitsu]

got to be the worst music ever put on a video.

[@edwardmcdowell3001]

Opinions are like assholes Steve. Everybody has one.

[@paladin5163]

Who tamed the F4U for carrier work. The USA had given up because they it was too fast for carrier work. The Royal Navy sorted it out.

[@nickdanger3802]

The RN needed the Corsair for carriers because it did not have anything better. The USN had Hellcats for carriers and used Corsairs from land bases.

[@nickdanger3802]

"Military and naval aviation in America has been developed to the full. What a relief that has been to the Australians and New Zealanders. The United States Naval Air Service has provided us with many types of naval machines that we lack." below 820 Hansard FLEET AIR ARM HL Deb 27 January 1943 on line

[@maxschell8823]

Lt.Cdr. Tom Blackburn VF-17 would disagree. Read, "The Jolly Rogers" by Blackburn. Or "Carrier Pilot" by Norman Hanson, Royal Navy Corsair pilot.