Chief_10Beers
Blackhawk
One of my WWII all time favorites.......................
F4U Airshow 05-18-2014b
F4U Airshow 05-18-2014a
F4U Airshow 05-18-2014
F4U Airshow 05-18-2014b
F4U Airshow 05-18-2014a
F4U Airshow 05-18-2014
The last of them were built in 1952--attack AU-1s for the USMC in Korea, and F4U-7s for the French Navy.WendyZXZ said:Those are some beautiful picture and aircraft! It did stay in production long after other fighters from the 1940s stopped which tells something about the plane.
The Marines wound up with most of the Corsairs because they were too hard to land on a Carrier.
Put the F8F Bearcat, the AD Skyraider, and the Brit Hawker Sea Fury on that list, too. :wink:Bob Wright said:The F4U (and the FG-1) and the P-47 Thunderbolt were both beautiful in spite of their looks. Not sleek like the Mustang nor Spitfire, but sort of a brutal, bull dogish look with that big radial engine in front.
Bob Wright
Snake45 said:Put the F8F Bearcat, the AD Skyraider, and the Brit Hawker Sea Fury on that list, too. :wink:Bob Wright said:The F4U (and the FG-1) and the P-47 Thunderbolt were both beautiful in spite of their looks. Not sleek like the Mustang nor Spitfire, but sort of a brutal, bull dogish look with that big radial engine in front.
Bob Wright
The Typhoon and most Tempests didn't have radials, though the Tempest MKII--which kind of eventually evolved into the Sea Fury--did. :wink:Chief_10Beers said:Snake45 said:Put the F8F Bearcat, the AD Skyraider, and the Brit Hawker Sea Fury on that list, too. :wink:Bob Wright said:The F4U (and the FG-1) and the P-47 Thunderbolt were both beautiful in spite of their looks. Not sleek like the Mustang nor Spitfire, but sort of a brutal, bull dogish look with that big radial engine in front.
Bob Wright
and the Hawker Typhoon/Tempest :wink: .............................
Snake45 said:The Typhoon and most Tempests didn't have radials, though the Tempest MKII--which kind of eventually evolved into the Sea Fury--did. :wink: