That engine is like listening to the Windows xp start up sound, it maybe old but it has been there when you needed it and it's like a flood of memories
My dad flew the Corsair in the South Pacific during WW II. He loved flying them. After the war airlines came to him and asked to be a pilot for them..my dad said, you want me to fly straight. I am sure he is heaven fly one now
@@greggarner4477 Thank you, so kind I would love to know more of his stories...he was silent about war, as most are. He did tell stories of flying..he love it. Getting qualified to fly the plane was a great story
Awesome! My pop was a crew chief on -4's in the Marines.He said the chiefs usually started and warmed them up for the pilots.His pilot even took him up one time,he said it was a very tight fit but he loved the ride.Miss you dad!
@General Smedley Butler This video of the corsair, well I kept wiping my eyes while seeing USA on its wings and fusiage, my uncle,a Captain, flew the B25 on missions over Germany, and was shot down but came home safely with help from some caring German family, my own father was a paratrooper although remaining in occupied Japan after the war during his stint in Army, he said he joined the squad for the extra $50 per month I heard lots of stories how he was a Jeep driver for a Colonel, I think, he my Dad, was also a mail clerk while stationed there, both are gone but not forgotten and I'm so grateful for every one of our national heros
That is one big engine for such a small plane and a lot of horsepower. I've seen these fly at airshows and I enjoy them over jets any day. Live and in living color complete with the smell of gasoline and oil. Just beautiful !!
They did after WW2 and during the Korean War conflict, that the navy had a full complement of Corsair on board the carriers, due to the British who have developed a way to land the plane on the carrier, and also the with the introduction of the steam catapult and steam assisted arresting line.
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When I was a boy, I had WW2 aircraft id books. I grew up loving all those old war birds. I especially love fighter aircraft. It never gets old watching and listening to them.
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.
Just the coolest sounding piston engines of all time. If your a drag racer and love the sound at the strip....you need to here these monster engines. Open headers at it finest 🙂
A pair of these flew right over me today as they practiced for the Chicago air show, it was very unexpected and incredible awesome! The sound of those twin wasps was music to my ears!
I know all the arguments for ww2 fighters like the Mustang, Spitfire, (BF109 and Zero) as iconic WW2 aircraft... but the F4U has always been my favorite.
Great line up of warbirds! Love those folding wings! It sure says Naval Aviation. And perhaps it is the most challenging way of flying....what a sound!
Imagine being maybe 19 years old, sitting in this after a fast crash-course in flying, rolling out to go not only shoot at the enemy, but knowing they'll shoot back. There will never be another generation like them. Ever.
> "after a fast crash-course in flying" that was never the case for Corsair Pilots... Sorry to break your fantasies, real aerial war world was tough enough not to make up fake wet dreams.
@@shevetlevi2821 Keep your useless comment for yourself, don't you understand? Nobody cares for this kind of subject, because nobody cares if I chill of not, if I am calm or not. My point is to make an history point : I reacted because I want to share historical information, and the original statement of _FredZeppelin_ claimed what I know to be false. At this stage of Pacific War, training time of US pilots war largely superior to what a new japanese pilot recruit could indeed have, and certainly not a crash course. I intended to react to ignorant comment on Aviation History, and if you can't deal with it, that's not my problem, but, instead of posting obnoxious comment, try to make a point, post a comment of a useful, or benevolent, or necessary nature, what you didn't post yet, repeating your pointless chilling order.
I remember as a 8 9 yr old,cars everywhere in my neighborhood,,carried the same blues olive drabs, purples, and, shiny grey paint used in miliions of gallons by the services in ww2 and the korean war
I have pieces of an F4 Corair that I brought back from Sicily with me when I retired from the Navy. I believe it might have been an F4-5N but not sure. The tail was missing, so was the engine and it was heavily corroded from having been in the Med for over 50 years.
My dad's first duty, near the end of the war, was on the Hornet CV 12 was to jockey these around on the deck. He was scared to death of that prop and applied for a transfer and ended in the ship's bakery! The Hornet was being sent to what they thought would be a final attack on Japan at this time. On the way there they dropped the bombs and the war was over. The ship returned to Pearl and they removed all military personnel, planes and ordinance. From then on he served during the "Magic Carpet" tour by transporting mostly Marines home.
That's simply a matter of opinion. The inverted gull wing of the Corsair is a striking feature but personally nothing compares to the Spitfire in my books. The F4U was more of a Pacific war warbird than a WW2 one in reality. Two distinct wars.
MY GRACIOUS !!!!!! Look at what we came up with to overcome and compensate for Japan’s aluminum Mitsubishi fighter planes. 50 Cal. guns ... that’s plural ... in each wing. A titanium bathtub wrapped around the pilot ... POWER beyond anything ever experienced in all other single engine fighters ... guaranteed maximum sphincter effect , described by every pilot. For its day ... very impressive. Semper Fi
For me, there is no other man made object that gives me such a deeply profound, nee religious experience. As a F4U Corsair starting up. Then as it is taxiing out. It unfolds its wings.
@@MikeHalsall Valve over lap is basically when both valves (exhaust and intake) are open in the same window of crankshaft rotation. Works in many great ways at higher engine speeds, but at idle speed it creates the musical chop. Missing and roughness some would say, but it is the true sine of big HP. Sooo good!
The naval aerial battle Queen in the Pacific during the high tide of war. That was Vought F4U Corsair, the great rival of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, in terms of aerial confirmed kill marks.
My Uncle served as a MARINE in the Korean war, 1st Marine Corps 3rd battalion told me that Marine F4U Corsairs ground attacks were conducted at such said low altitudes that they could see the pilots grinning faces!
Like the top gun pilot remark saying .. the only limitation this plane had in the pacific theater during WW2 was the number of bullets it could carry ..
If I could, I would start a manufacturing plant to build Corsair replicas and sell to the public. Interest in fly schools would go through the roof and sky’s would be filled with vintage aircraft.
There’s nothing like the sound of a radial engine that commands power and respect. Sends chills down my back. 🇨🇦
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The F4U Corsair is a beautiful aircraft. I'd love to ride in one but couldn't afford the fuel. ;-)
It's so beautiful even after almost 80 years! Perfection never gets old.
That engine is like listening to the Windows xp start up sound, it maybe old but it has been there when you needed it and it's like a flood of memories
I hope I run that well in 8 years/
WHHAAATTTT????!!!!
One of the most beautiful sounds in the world
My dad flew the Corsair in the South Pacific during WW II.
He loved flying them. After the war airlines came to him and asked to be a pilot for them..my dad said, you want me to fly straight. I am sure he is heaven fly one now
He was an awesome man! Wish I could thank him today.
So grateful for his service! From one vet to another.
@@greggarner4477 Thank you, so kind
I would love to know more of his stories...he was silent about war, as most are. He did tell stories of flying..he love it. Getting qualified to fly the plane was a great story
You look a little too young to be the daughter of a ww2 veteran.
@@ThunderAppeal Wow..old pic of daughter..
Awesome! My pop was a crew chief on -4's in the Marines.He said the chiefs usually started and warmed them up for the pilots.His pilot even took him up one time,he said it was a very tight fit but he loved the ride.Miss you dad!
Sheesh must been a super tight fit for two in one person cock pit..
USA Patriots only, watching with pride and respect for our service veterans who upheld our flag and constitution USA all the way!!
@General Smedley Butler This video of the corsair, well I kept wiping my eyes while seeing USA on its wings and fusiage, my uncle,a Captain, flew the B25 on missions over Germany, and was shot down but came home safely with help from some caring German family, my own father was a paratrooper although remaining in occupied Japan after the war during his stint in Army, he said he joined the squad for the extra $50 per month I heard lots of stories how he was a Jeep driver for a Colonel, I think, he my Dad, was also a mail clerk while stationed there, both are gone but not forgotten and I'm so grateful for every one of our national heros
Don't forget that the Kiwis also flew the Corsair thanks to Lend Lease.
A San Francisco soy boy's Prius with a COEXIST sticker will save humanity!
@General Smedley Butler
Your post made me cry. 🇺🇸
My WWII veteran father died in 2018. I'm so glad he didn't see the attack.
God bless you.
I love watching all World War 2 warbirds. Thanks to the crews that keep these magnificent machines in the air.
What a beautiful sound. Nothing like the sound of the big radials. The only thing that comes close are top fuel dragster/funny cars.
Sounds like its loping with some huge camshafts and high compression !
And turbojet engines (not the sissy fanjets of today).
That is one big engine for such a small plane and a lot of horsepower. I've seen these fly at airshows and I enjoy them over jets any day. Live and in living color complete with the smell of gasoline and oil. Just beautiful !!
Small?
@@JoseJimenez-sh1yi yes, compared to giants like the thunderbolt
The Corsair has always been my favorite. One beautiful bird !
One sounds impressive enough, imagine a carrier deck full of these.
Tyler the US Navy had to learn how from the British lols
exactly
They did after WW2 and during the Korean War conflict, that the navy had a full complement of Corsair on board the carriers, due to the British who have developed a way to land the plane on the carrier, and also the with the introduction of the steam catapult and steam assisted arresting line.
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@Leonardo Ahmir Instablaster :)
The most beautiful aircraft to have ever been designed.
The F-14 has something to say about that.
@@2Skinny she’s in a running tie. Lol!
Definitely one of my top favorites, but I personally prefer the P-40
I have to agree.
P51 Mustang might have something to say about that!
The start up really gave me an idea of just how big the Corsair prop is. I wish I had been at this show. Thank you for posting.
Gotta love everything from the engine to the wing shape on the Corsair...but the blue and white colors schemes are always killer.
And I always enjoy watching a prop match shutter speeds
Nice that his camera doesn't have a 'rolling shutter' that makes the prop blades look like they're made out of rubber. Hate those things.
This is "Prop Porn" ...lol
@@francom6230 This is AVporn, man.
When I was a boy, I had WW2 aircraft id books. I grew up loving all those old war birds. I especially love fighter aircraft. It never gets old watching and listening to them.
That sound, from 4:00 to 4:20. If that doesn't light your fire, your wood is wet.
Sweet airplane the Corsair , the Mustang , and the P38 lightning are the most amazing airplanes ever built that 2000 horses sure has a sweet sound!!!!
P47 also,. The JUG was also a amazing brute of the sky. 8 50 cal guns
That crazy moment as she first starts to taxi out when the propeller rpms exactly match the frame rate of the camera and seems to almost stop.
My Father was a (Kayforce) Korean War Vet, he always called these things, "whistling Death' great to see old aircraft flying still..
Have always loved the Corsair and the F6F but really dig the limey built Mosquito.
You overlooked the Hawker 'Sea Fury', parked between the Corsair and the Spitfire.
One of my favourite planes.I used to have a model of it that I built as a kid.
The F4 Vought Corsair and the F4 Phantom are by far my two most favorite airplanes.
My two absolute favorite planes both wore the designation F4 even though I worked on F18s, EA6Bs and AV8Bs.
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.
I remember the excitement of my first war birds air show. What a treat.
I'll bet that exhaust smell is just heavenly. Great bird.
The fuel today is 100 oct.. For WW2 and til the early 80s...115/145 octane....and leaded.
Just the coolest sounding piston engines of all time. If your a drag racer and love the sound at the strip....you need to here these monster engines. Open headers at it finest 🙂
Exactly right! Most car guys love the sound of the Radial engines and the double Wasp in a Corsair or a Hell Cat is as good as it gets.
A pair of these flew right over me today as they practiced for the Chicago air show, it was very unexpected and incredible awesome! The sound of those twin wasps was music to my ears!
Pratt and Whitney R2800 Double Wasp! 1966 my Army MOS CE on CH37 Mojave had two of these beasts!
I know all the arguments for ww2 fighters like the Mustang, Spitfire, (BF109 and Zero) as iconic WW2 aircraft... but the F4U has always been my favorite.
One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
Can't imagine the amount of time that took.
That's one damn pretty girl right there.
Beautiful bird for sure
My dad loaded guns and cameras on Corsairs on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific in WW2.
My dad was a USMC plane mechanic. Semper Fi.
Where..My dad flew the Corsair in the South Pacific in WW II..Maybe friends
Great line up of warbirds! Love those folding wings! It sure says Naval Aviation. And perhaps it is the most challenging way of flying....what a sound!
I think that I like this plane more than the P-51 (eek!). The P-51 is the Corvette. The F4U is the muscle car.
Here is another vote for the Corsair over the P-51!
Goog analogy, I would prefer an Arabian,(F4U) and an American Mustang,(p51) of course.
It Reminds Me Of A 1970 Cowl Induction Chevy Chevelle SS!!!😎
U.S. Government testing during ww2 found the Corsair "Superior in every aspect to the Mustang".
@@sylvesterstewart868 even high altitude performance and range?
My dad ... Albert Jones Jr. was part of testing the little lift on the wing. He was also signed to the carrier.
looking at it start up its just a whatever. but when those wings come down its a real thing of beauty
Love how these big old radials start up sounding like they are about to fall apart; then after they get warmed up . . . the sheer power they exude.
We are poor little lambs, who have lost their way. Baa, Baa, Baa!!!!
"I gooo'eeeg to geeet yooo Boing'tun!" -Japanese Zero Pilot
Love watching these fly on that show
Black Sheep Squadron
Hi Pappy
That’s funny.. seems like those crazy guys had a real hoot..
Just listen to that baby purr such horsepower. And the smell of high octane fuel.
My favorite reciprocating AC, The first 400mph+ AC. These birds are awesome and their sound is quite impressive, just like their performance!
Imagine being maybe 19 years old, sitting in this after a fast crash-course in flying, rolling out to go not only shoot at the enemy, but knowing they'll shoot back. There will never be another generation like them. Ever.
> "after a fast crash-course in flying" that was never the case for Corsair Pilots... Sorry to break your fantasies, real aerial war world was tough enough not to make up fake wet dreams.
@@philpeko1796 Chill out.
@@shevetlevi2821 Chill out yourself, if you were so chilled out, you wouldn't have reacted ! 🤣 And I comment what I want, nobody tell me what to do!
@@philpeko1796 Okay, then calm down.
@@shevetlevi2821 Keep your useless comment for yourself, don't you understand? Nobody cares for this kind of subject, because nobody cares if I chill of not, if I am calm or not. My point is to make an history point : I reacted because I want to share historical information, and the original statement of _FredZeppelin_ claimed what I know to be false. At this stage of Pacific War, training time of US pilots war largely superior to what a new japanese pilot recruit could indeed have, and certainly not a crash course. I intended to react to ignorant comment on Aviation History, and if you can't deal with it, that's not my problem, but, instead of posting obnoxious comment, try to make a point, post a comment of a useful, or benevolent, or necessary nature, what you didn't post yet, repeating your pointless chilling order.
Every time they showed the planes cranking up and idling on Black Sheep Squadron the TV got cranked up at our house when the show first came out.
That radial sounds like freedom and liberation to me..... ;)
Fantastic warbird! This one is actually an F4U 4B Corsair, a later variation with 2450 hp!!
Such a beautifull aircraft.
Patrick Hartmann
Yeah, a real formidable monster.
18 cylinders of two thousand eight hundred cubic inches of Canadian made, imperial Japanese butt kicking horsepower.
My late Dad flew his F4U in combat during WWII in the Pacific from the USS Bennington (CV-20). He loved his Corsair.
What an insane rush it must have been going balls to the wall diving on a zero with guns blazing and spent brass flying. WOW.
The F4U was the most beautiful fighter to ever grace the skies. And the enemy feared them.
They helped win the battle at Midway.
@@muffs55mercury61 No way Jose (F4U is a post-Midway aircraft)
eh not pretty
just awesome
The Spitfire was/is the most beautiful plane!
Whistling Death!!!!
The Hawker Sea Fury is a very nice aircraft WJ288. RIP Mr. Beck
I remember as a 8 9 yr old,cars everywhere in my neighborhood,,carried the same blues olive drabs, purples, and, shiny grey paint used in miliions of gallons by the services in ww2 and the korean war
Magical gull wing. A beauty.
A great uncle of mine flew one of those during WW2... He was even an ace.
What was his name.....what ship was attached to ?
@@williamsimmons152 to be honest, I'd have to ask family for those specifics. We just called him Uncle Micky.
@@Kehvan the reason why I asked is that my uncle was on the Ticonderoga the last year of the war....they may have served together.
@@williamsimmons152 maybe... I've requested the info from family, so when I get it, I'll post it.
@@Kehvan Just to add to it, if he was on the “T”.... and he was a pilot, they definitely knew each other. My unc was the hanger deck commander.
Mustang and Spitfire always gets the Notoriety, and i like em. But the Corsair has Always been my personal favorite!
I have pieces of an F4 Corair that I brought back from Sicily with me when I retired from the Navy. I believe it might have been an F4-5N but not sure. The tail was missing, so was the engine and it was heavily corroded from having been in the Med for over 50 years.
Love the Sea Fury next door.
My dad's first duty, near the end of the war, was on the Hornet CV 12 was to jockey these around on the deck. He was scared to death of that prop and applied for a transfer and ended in the ship's bakery! The Hornet was being sent to what they thought would be a final attack on Japan at this time. On the way there they dropped the bombs and the war was over. The ship returned to Pearl and they removed all military personnel, planes and ordinance. From then on he served during the "Magic Carpet" tour by transporting mostly Marines home.
Geeeze....got an almost exact same story from an Uncle on the “T”.
Having a "plane captain" like that is a good way to bend aluminum.
Absolutely beautiful Corsair! Hard to believe they had all three of those beauties lined up 🤯
Listened to this again. Two more eargasms with no cigarette break between. So good.
Corsair can actuate all flaps with wings folded? Amazing engineering!
Love when shutter speed matches subject speed
00:08
Gods, I LOVE the sound that double wasp makes.
Incredible machine. Plus random guy finds and flings away FOD at 5:59 - good man!
Blacksheep squadron
I loved these up until about 4th grade and I would draw them all over my notebooks so mine weren’t the only poor kid stuff
Beautiful. It's like the ULTIMATE toy.
Is there any machine made that is more beautiful then the American planes made during WW2? Absolutely not! Just amazing !
That's simply a matter of opinion. The inverted gull wing of the Corsair is a striking feature but personally nothing compares to the Spitfire in my books. The F4U was more of a Pacific war warbird than a WW2 one in reality. Two distinct wars.
Sounds like a Big Cam Roadster just idling
MY GRACIOUS !!!!!!
Look at what we came up with to overcome and compensate for Japan’s aluminum Mitsubishi fighter planes.
50 Cal. guns ... that’s plural ... in each wing. A titanium bathtub wrapped around the pilot ... POWER beyond anything ever experienced in all other single engine fighters ... guaranteed maximum sphincter effect , described by every pilot. For its day ... very impressive.
Semper Fi
No titanium in ww2.
My 1st ever actual sight n smell and touch of one was a few yrs back....My god it was glorious..
Baa! Baa! Black Sheep. R.I.P. Robert Conrad and Pappy Boyington. The whistling death as many Japanese Navy and Army pilots called it.
Nothing sounds as cool as a big ole booming radial idling.
Ti-Co airport in Titusville has a really Good Warbird museum and a Great Warbird Fly In and Show.
Ahhhh The Pratt and Whitney R2800 !! Making Music on a "Bent wing Bird " : ))
For me, there is no other man made object that gives me such a deeply profound, nee religious experience. As a F4U Corsair starting up. Then as it is taxiing out. It unfolds its wings.
Nice! Well shot and that cold rich idle is such sweet music!!!!
Valve overlap at idle, nothing like that sound!!
Thanks for the vid.
What's valve overlap? I don't know too much about engine design.
@@MikeHalsall Valve over lap is basically when both valves (exhaust and intake) are open in the same window of crankshaft rotation. Works in many great ways at higher engine speeds, but at idle speed it creates the musical chop. Missing and roughness some would say, but it is the true sine of big HP. Sooo good!
The naval aerial battle Queen in the Pacific during the high tide of war. That was Vought F4U Corsair, the great rival of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, in terms of aerial confirmed kill marks.
Built back in the day when things were done right. That massive prop is impressive.
And that is why the wings have their form.
A friend's dad few Corsair in WWII. He was killed at the Chosin Reservoir flying one in support of the Marines on the ground.
Awesome. One of my favorite warbirds.
That and the tiger cat!
I love old huge engines that sound like shit when they're cold, then grrrrrr!!
That is the warm up. That is music.
Always liked the radial engine sounds like bigblock motor with a big cam
What a beautiful war-bird !!! Sounds amazing !
Things I'll never say: "Excuse Me while I fire up My Corsair" !
Them big round motors are so sweet sounding
I used to hang around those planes when I used to sweep out the hangers for what was called the "Confederate Air Force" in the bad old days.
I remember the Confederate Air Force. Now it's the Commemorative Air Force.
I would think that back in the day, they didn't have the luxury of a 5 minute warm up. As in SCRAMBLE!!!
Correct!!!
They weren't 80 years old, either. ;)
tight maneuvering there, guess it simulates the carrier deck!
My Uncle served as a MARINE in the Korean war, 1st Marine Corps 3rd battalion told me that Marine F4U Corsairs ground attacks were conducted at such said low altitudes that they could see the pilots grinning faces!
Some of them may have been the Corsair's ground attack variant, AU-1.
Like the top gun pilot remark saying .. the only limitation this plane had in the pacific theater during WW2 was the number of bullets it could carry ..
very cool when the frame rate matches the blade rpm... coolest, sexiest navy plane until the tomcat
Love the radial engines !! Best WW2 fighter, in my opinion, too fly !
Lol i couldnt even imagine how powerful that would feel standing next to it
Love the looks of these old birds !
I love sonic machines F4 U Corsair.💞🇺🇸🙏✈
that camera's shutter is fuckin fast
What a dream to fly such a fantastic machine.
I've been up close to one of these. They are big.
If I could, I would start a manufacturing plant to build Corsair replicas and sell to the public. Interest in fly schools would go through the roof and sky’s would be filled with vintage aircraft.
at a walk out the door sticker price of $3M+ there wouldn't be a very long line of customers.
at a walk out the door sticker price of $3M+ there wouldn't be a very long line of customers.
That's a different experience than flying a blow torch.