Listen To How The WW2 Corsair Got Its Nickname
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2015
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This Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair of the Old Stick and Rudder Company is shown here during a display at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand.
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Me: *accidentally unplugs earphones*
Japanese Grandpa: Ah shit, here we go again.
Ohhhh not good.
Hahahahaha. Savage
*carrier battle flashback intensefies
I'll bet that was hard on your Grandpa!
@@rickchapman4240 nah more like his gramps got a hard on cuz he missed the great and thrilling days.
I work in a nursing home. One day I noticed a book in one of my patient's rooms, entitled F-4-U Corsair. I asked him if he was a Corsair pilot. He said "Yep, sure was." I asked him how many Japanese plans he shot down. He is 101 years old so his memory is not was it used to be. He said. "I don't remember any more but i know I shot a hell of a lot of them, most of them went down, a few didn't but I know I hit them." I have always liked this man, he is funny as hell. But after that conversation I had even more respect for that warrior.
Google his name because there has to be a record of him or his squadron somewhere. If you can find his obituary it will say what squadron he served in and when you Google the squadron it will have details of all the bases it operated out of and a list of the battles it participated in. I wouldn't be surprised to find an interview of him somewhere.
@@danielebrparish4271was gonna say this, I’d like to see what he did
@@danielebrparish4271I would like to find out more about this polit myself?? 🇺🇸😎
Its made up. Good luck
I hope I am wrong here.@danielebrparish4271
By the way he was Coursair Avaitor!
weirdest thing about these warbirds is that they don't look old.
That's 'cause we're all old now too!
ghoulunathics I think old warbirds are the most beautiful thing in the air.
Yea have you seen modern day f-16 they fly kinda like star wars
Aviation is a strict business, you can't fly a beater plane like you'd drive a beater car. That, and the people who own these things do so because they love them.
Very aesthetically pleasing.
Three iconic warplanes with sounds that distinguish them as effective machines of death:
the Stuka, the Corsair, and the Warthog.
The SU 57 aswell
@@alexandre007opa No, the difference between the SU 57 and the others is that the other three have rightfully earned their status. The SU 57 is just a baby in terms of history.
Don't forget the BUFF, the B52s. Death from 30,000 feet, good bye mountains.
BBBBBRRRRRTTTT....
And the P51
My grandfather loaded the .50's, the bombs, and the rockets on these in Korea on the USS Bonne Homme Richard. I showed this to him, and he had the biggest smile.
FoiledNoMore man that is awesome. Damn
When I went to my first Navy Squadron we had a civilian tech rep with us that was an Aviation Ordnanceman on the Bonne Homme Richard in F4U Corsair squadron. At the time we were using the A7E Corsair II light attack jets. Hearing his tales of working on the F4U in WW2 and Korea was awesome, wish I had written those stories down.
a Korean guy salute to your grandfather.
God bless your Grandfather...FNM!!!
A BIG Thank You to your Grandfather!
Corsair: **produces hellish noises**
Ju87: *hold my Jericho Trumpet*
Wait, actually, give me that. * takes back trumpet*
Sukacita Yeremia Good one 😂😂
H8dolf Schmitler press G to gas
@@arclight8479
S
Po-2: *UNDETECTED UNEXPECTED*
Imagine being an American platoon pined down by a Japanese tank the hearing this above you 1:15
Imagine being part of a Japanese tank crew
@@AlteryxGaming I got the shivers!
@@AlteryxGaming imagine the Japanese even having enough tanks to pin down anything at all
@@phantomaviator1318
Paper boxes on tracks with 37mm guns.
Ha can't relate
The Whistle was induction noise for the HUGE supercharger . Similar thing to the Vulcan's "Howl" . Corsairs were a VERY versatile Fighter/Ground attack machine .
It's beautiful to see people taking pride in keeping these wonderful birds flying I love them all
It takes a certain person to want to keep these things in the air.
Now this is how you do an Aviation video, pure aircraft sounds, no music, no voice overs. God Bless the Chance Vought F4U Corsair.
I totally 100% agree. I'm sick of the over produced videos. Just keep it simple, it's more effective.
Now if they just would put a wind sock on the mic so we didn't have to listen to all that rumble covering over the whistle. It's like trying to watch a 104 video and hearing nothing but wind, crowd noise and an over enthusiastic announcer proclaiming that the red and white wires in the fire control bundle were often mistook for the White with Red wires in the navigation control bundle or some other minutia. But it's a pretty good video other then that. Some day, when the wind is down, hopefully someone will get the same video free of noise.
@Elkabong53708: Amen, Brother. Amen indeed!
Amen!! I like to hear every sound the plane makes, inside and out....
And those two letters of its designation is what the US was saying to the Zeroes.
1:12 imagine seeing that but it’s shooting
Horrifying
Scary when it starts bombing
Last thing you'd ever see
Not only shooting but rocketing and/or bombing!
I know it's so insane to me that people actually lived this! And how young most of these pilots were too, a different breed back then lol
My grandpa always liked these planes, they came through for the guys on the ground a lot
They became the favorite plane of the USMC.
My friend’s dad got to meet Pappy Boyington back in the 80’s before he died
Was definitely the A10 of its day
@@kogykun4928 That would be the P-39 or P-47
@@juicebox9465 P-47 wasn't even built with ground attack in mind lol, it was just moved to that role once P-51s started taking over its role as a high-altitude fighter. though it was admittedly very good at ground attack, it wasn't designed for it like a Warthog.
Corsair: whistles
Japanese soldier: say sike right now
This is one of my favorite comments ever. Thank you Carpe.
Thank you Carpe, very cool!
psych.....
Also Japanese Soldier: was I supposed to fly the plane and bomb them, or crash into them (no stereotype to Japanese Bois they aight now and always have been, just those types of Japanese that were bad)
Corsair: SCREEEEEEEAAAAAAM!
Japanese Imperial Army:
RUN!
No hate to anyone who is Japanese or of Japanese descent. Peace, out.
A hot rod with wings and 50 cals. Built for war, but still a beautiful flying machine.
Amen to that.
The only thing to make the film is to be able to shoot those 50cals. Awesome film.
David Smith Very beautiful. The B-17 is the most beautiful plane I’ve ever seen. The Germans won just about every category in style I.E. uniforms tanks etc. Our planes were more stylish!
exactly. a hotrod pure and simple
@@gregbernstein6430 Agreed. I had an instructor back in college who flew B-17s in the Eighth Air Force out of England. One of my favorite World War Two bombers. They got the job done.
Who dislikes a video with only a plane flying.....no words? I have none either....how cool.
Soyboys who complained about the word death in the title be my guess
Maybe japanese
Zero pilots do...
Probably because there's no crappy music overlaying the sound of the airplane?
@@mikepowers8607 Haha... people are funny aren't they?
The Corsair has been my favorite plane and the second has been the P-38 lighting. Before this Covid Pandemic hit, I had the opportunity to be a passenger in a 2 seater Japanese Zero. The Zero was restored by a friend, 15 years later and its airborne. It was an experience that I will not forget about.
A-10 and Corsair are neck and neck for me. Brrrrt
About 15 years ago,while helping to build homes in state college,Pa.,I looked up to see A zero flying at about 500'. I wonder if It could have been the same one you are talking about?
@johnnywad7728 The Japanese Zero is based out of Ventura County, California. It took a long, tedious process to restore the plane. I am also aware of a group that is restoring another ww2 plane, but I don't know what the plane is that the group is restoring.
@@charlespaschal5641 awesome. What kills me is watching videos of these old war birds being stacked up like cordwood,ready to be chopped up and melted down,right after the war. But I guess it was no different than going to a auto salvage yard in the 70s and seeing 50s and 60s muscle cars being stripped and crushed for scrap. If ONLY....! Thanks for responding. Have a good day.
@johnnywad7728 it is sad, there are some people working on restoring planes from that era. I would like to be part of that group restoring the planes. Unfortunately, I no longer live in Ventura County, and it would be a commute to help on the weekend when I am available.
no talking. no stupid music. through the prop views. awesome video
Everything that makes a flying video great.
The sound of a radial is all the music you need. I love 'em.
I just was about to post the same thing, you're in my brain!
must be lovers
Best comment! "Bent" wings were to get the wheels down low enough for the prop to clear the ground, eh?
Just think... Somewhere in Japan, this was the last thing someone heard.
picture a calm day at sea. a japanese sailor walks out on the deck. looks across the great blue ocean and he heres this weird mosquito sound from far far away... then he is far far away
@@jacktattis143 the next ship over heard it, right before the bombs crashed through the deck.
@@elijahsellers3727 ??????????
@@jacktattis143 saying that the Jap that didn't hear the bomb was on a ship that was part of a fleet that was attacked by Corsairs and Dauntless dive bombers, so the guy you mentioned didn't hear the Corsair's whistle, but a guy on an adjacent ship heard the whistle, right before the bombs from one of the Dauntless bombers crashed through the deck of the ship and detonated.
@@elijahsellers3727 OK clear as mud
Was the word “death” censored in the thumbnail?
Lol that’s great UA-cam
Diamond Butter I was wondering the same thing! At first I was trying to think of some profanity word that fit, but then I thought it only looked like the word death. What’s so bad about that??
@@JerryN7970
UA-cam is sanitizing itself. If it's not advertiser friendly it won't get recommended.
Friggin snowflakes
Fuckin snowflakes *
@@killermurderer2208 They really are ruining things
I remember when I was maybe 10 years old (1956) I built a Revell model of this plane and proudly showed it to my Dad when I was finished. Dad was a Marine veteran of Guadalcanal Bouganville and Guam. He looked at it a few minutes then told me what a good job did on it. Then out of the blue he said, "Some of the few Jap(anese) prisoners we took were terribly afraid of this plane. They called it 'the Whistling Death'.."
Jack, God bless you and your father. Great use of parentheses.
Lol i just finnished building revell one too (1:72) also gonna show it off..
I'll take things that never happened for 100, Pat
Whistling Death. Has been my favourite fighter of WW2 since I was a kid. Loved those bent wings.
Copied the stuka
@@jordanposvar3616 I'm pretty sure they were bent like that because it's role as a carrier fighter. Not because of the Stuka.
@@r.u.s.e3586 I heard years ago that the wings were bent like that so the landing gear wouldn't have to be ridiculously tall on account of that gigantic propeller
bledlbledlbledl I found out about that just yesterday actually. I went and looked it up.
@@r.u.s.e3586 The Gull wings were for the 12 foot 9 in. prop!
Proud to say that I had the privalage to restore aircraft for the Iwo Jima museum
What a joy that must have been 😍
Brian Barrow No you didn’t.
Is it still flightworthy or you just restore it as a display only?
@@MuhdIqbal i also helped , it was for display
Sweet!!
To anyone that doesn’t know this airplane was nicknamed “Whistling Death “ by Japanese troops.
Prove it.
@@guavaburst Google it
@@toddjants5702
I have and there's never a source behind it...
@@toddjants5702
The only Japanese nickname for the Corsair I could find from an extensive Google search was "Sikorsky" (as in Vought-Sikorsky).
All I know is that whether or not they did, they should’ve
My understanding is the gull-shaped wings were necessary to provide sufficient ground/deck clearance for its huge prop.
Also heard “whistling” was attributed to airflow over the gun ports, same with P-51s.
No that's not correct! The wings were bent downward for a place to mount the oil coolers for the engine. See those two air intakes on each side of the wing root that's for the oil coolers the whistling sound you hear is the air rushing over the them! That is why the nose of a Corsiar is thinner than a Hellcat even though they use the same engine! The oil coolers for the Hellcat are in the fuselage and that's why they don't have opening's in the wing roots! Also the Hellcat Prop is the same size as the Corsair.
You are both wrong.
The inverted gull wing was because of aerodynamics alone. The Corsair was intended to be as fast as possible, which requires minimal drag. The fuselage is essentially circular in cross section, and it was discovered that a wing exiting such a fuselage x where the vertical centerline of the wing was not in line with the center of the fuselage, created significant parasitic drag.
If you look head on, the wing root section essentially points directly at the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.
It was not done this way to create short landing gear, it was not done this way to provide clearance for the prop, nor was it done to make space for the oil coolers. (Look at the F6F the used the same prop/engine, but was significantly slower). The design was entirely for aerodynamics. The other things were merely side benefits.
@@scrappydude1 Didn't I say the the Corsair noise was thinner because of the oil cooler placement (less drag) in the wings? I knew that and that's why the P-47 is fatter because the turbo induction is in the body also even though it also uses the same R2800 engine! So no I'm not wrong!
The Corsair, Mustang and the P38, three of my favorite WW2 planes.
Pffff
Normie. 😂😂😂
@@Andromedon777 That's right. A monster of a plane.
Grumman F6F: *Cries in 50. Caliber*
@@murphym3755 Not as potent as the 20 mm Cannon and Brit fighters had 4 from 1941 What happened to the US still using Machine Guns OH that is right they had trouble making a cannon
My father flew the F4U Corsair in Pacific Theatre, WWII, USMC Aviator.
Impressive
@@michaeldundee8300 : close ground support role primarily
Did he survive?
Semper -Fi
Congrats!
"We are poor little lambs
Who have lost our way
Baa baa baa"
MJBull515 my grandpa was the chief mechanic for vmf 214 his character in the show was played by red west
The black sheep squadron
MJBull515 Rest In Peace Maj Gregory Boyington
Rest In Peace Maj Boyington
@@marcodifruscio3707 pappy.
The whistling: 0:04, 1:14, 1:55, 2:28
Thanks for the great video!
Thank you
Boy do I love that bird. The sound of that radial engine. The aesthetics of the set back cockpit and those gull wings. People disagree, but if I could own any WWII aircraft, it would be the Corsair.
I'll have a Corsair and a Stuka, what else?
My second would be that all wooden twin engine British Mosquito. That bird was even faster and lighter and very agile.
Hmm, nice, I think I might want a Dornier Do 335, if you don't know what it is, look up in Google for pictures.
I had to look at it, but yeah. A push pull design like a Sky Master.
Radials you mean. There are two.
Love the Corsair. enjoyed watching Black Sheep Squadron on TV back in the day
Tim Alting yep i remember that! awesome show!
I've been watching it on TV every Sunday for the past few months.
Same .
Baa, Baa, Baa. . .
Got it on DVD
I love everything about this plane, the way that the Brits love the Spitfire. For me, it was watching Black Sheep Squadron!
stuka: 4 jear old pretending to be an air siren
corsair: hey look guys, i can whistle!
a10: BRRRRRRRRT!!!
Japanese grandpa: _hears all the plane noises_
Japanese grandpa: *_starts having seizures_*
(TIE fighter screech in distance)
P-51: *ooooooOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo*
Pretty sure the folding wing joints and the cavities inside for guns/fuel tanks/intercooler lead to that whistle
I know most people get all weak kneed for the Mustang, but in my opinion, the Corsair was the most beautiful airplane ever built. I've only seen one in person, and that was years ago at the Scottsdale Airpark here in AZ. The pilot started her up with me standing maybe 200 yards away. No video can do that sound justice. You could almost feel the bass and the rumble in your bones.
about 20 years ago, i went to Indianapolis air show, when they had perhaps the last reunion of black sheep..vmf214. there were about 10 corsairs there.
also went to the last gathering of mustangs back in 2009 in columbus,ohio... there were 78 mustangs!
Ron Lawrence US Navy found F4U and P-51 equal up to 12,000 feet. At that point the P-51 became lunch.
Mark Engel I've long thought that Japan should have kept its pilots on the ground and waited for all the Corsairs to be crashed by the young ensigns and second looies.
man if you ask me, i'd say the thunderbolt is the prettiest warbird around. its big, fast, tough, reliable, and menacing to look at. especially the D or N version. you dont see corsairs flying with 300+ bullet holes , 3 pistons missing and a foot of the wing shredded off everyday dont you? well P47D pilots meet these circumstances almost daily.
but im not saying Corsairs are bad cause they arent. these planes are thoroughbred fighters none of them are bad
they just have they're own quirks.
Coolest looking wing design of any WW2 era plane IMO
95TurboSol can some kind person please explain why the wings are that shape? Much appreciated
From what I've read they used inverted Gull style wings for lots of reasons but a couple are the propeller was so large they needed more ground clearance and so they put the landing gear at the lowest part of the bend of the wing which raised the height compared to flat wings. Another reason is the wings folded at the bend for use on aircraft carriers to save space, it especially saved space vertically when they were folded. And finally I think the shape helped aerodynamics in some way
Also, the shape decreased the length of the landing gear struts and thus made it more durable as it was designed for carrier operations.
95TurboSol the bent wing was to provide extra height for the huge propeller. It would come in contact with the deck on take-offs and landings with a straight wing.
Made in my home state of Connecticut
One of the many contributions for the war effort
Along with the Norden bombsight
Marlin Winchester
High Standard made internally suppressed firearms for the OSS
Stuka still needs a siren to make the sound, but Corsair can do it on its own.
I flew the Corsair II, but I’ve always dreamed of flying the Corsair I!!!
I could run this video on the big screen tv with surround sound and watch for hours.
If ancient man saw this machine he'd instantly know it was for killing.
Some planes just have that look. One of my favorites is the F4 Phantom. It looks like a plane the bad guys would use.
F4 is a nasty beast, like fire breathing dragon nasty.
My all around favorite has to be
P51D mustang. A great white shark.
take a look at the german FW190A
Or the ME 262. Like your 'ancient man' comment-if he had any doubts, the 50 cal would remove them. The mustang sounded incredible.
Hearing a mustang 's R,R, Merlin engine is on my bucket list.
I've seen what a 50cal can do to a car frame at 300yards.
OH DAMN! That was so cool.
Sexiest war bird ever!! Fell in love with it when I was a kid watching Baa Baa Black Sheep!!
Look at the Bf 109
Me too
Agreed
Used to watch that show with my Dad. Looked forward to the show and the time with Dad.
I loved that show for the planes. I had a model I would fly around the house when I was 6.
Every time this thing flys by I don't know why I but it gives me goose bumps. It's intoxicating, I can't stop watching this video. I can only imagine what it's like being there in person.
Reminds me of my dads Ford Escort estate in the 1970s, it had a tubular roof rack on it that used to 'whistle' at certain road speeds as the air went through the rails lol
My dad eventually got the knack of almost 'playing it' like a badly tuned violin, by altering the speed, he could vary the note, much to the annoyance of my mum!
I'd be in.the back seat, saying, 'go on dad make it whistle' 😁⚠️👍😎
Happy memories⚠️😁
My dad had a removable roof rack that did the same thing. It had a "C" shape with the opening of the "C" facing downward. It, too, had various tones depending on vehicle speed and wind speed and direction.
Thanks, for the memory.
That is a great 'Dad thing'!
The Corsair was the badass of the pacific during WWII. Long live Ba Ba Black Sheep!!
Kirk Fiorentino
Hmmmm. Always thought the Hellcat were the bad asses during most of the war. Hellcats were credited with destroying circa 5,223 enemy aircraft while in service. This was more than any other Allied naval aircraft. Performance-wise the Corsair was preferred over the Hellcat being considerably faster than the Hellcat (until the Thunderbolts came along with their upgrades motors and intercooled turbochargers.). A "Potatoe vs Potato" type argument I guess.
No way! The badass of the Pacific at the start and late into that region's war was absolutely the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Nothing the allies had was even close to it in dogfighting ability until very late in the war and even then the Zero had a few superior points. The US plane that caught up to and is usually acknowledged as the best allied plane in the theatre was the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and the Mustang which it was based on was an awesome plane too but mostly in Europe. The F4U Corsair was the best carrier based plane though. The corsair was not up to a direct fight with a zero or the later and better Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate. It was superior to just about anything the allies had by the war's end.
Tin Cup agreed, but the Corsair didn’t enter service till well after the war started so had a head start
The P-38 achieved more victories than any other fighter in the Pacific.
5500 kills ..ssssure .. we know from comparing historical data that pilots overclaimed on all sides by at least 3 to 1 .
The plane which took on the Corsair more than evenly in results was the Shiden Kai .. specifically of 343 Kokutai. Give good planes and good training and it all changes.
Hands down my favorite WWII fighter. With that big radial and those bent wings it's just beautiful despite it's deadly purpose. I love the P51 too but the Corsair is just so beautiful to watch fly.
2,800 cubic inches of raw power and absolute terror if you're the one unfortunate enough to be in the crosshairs. A battle-ax with wings and a propeller!
Chris Nizer even worse when you see one loaded with bombs, rockets, and napalm heading straight for you
me favorite ww2 planes
1. p51d mustang
2. this
3. f6f hellcat
4. tbf avenger
5. me 262
F4U-Corsair in my favorite radial engine fighter and the P51-Mustang is my favorite V-12 Fighter but it has to be the Merlin V-12 not the Allison V-12.
circlecloud11
Let me get the P-51 Mustang fan boys. all up in arms!!! As great a plane it was it still was NOT an all American plane like the F4U Corsair!!! Yes, yes the Mustang was a good bird in its day! But the Corsair was THE best ALL American design! Proof in the pudding is when was the last Corsair made versus the Mustang. And to put some salt into the wounds the last Mustang did not even have the Packard/Merlins and those planes (F-82) were not good!!! So Ya!!!! CORSAIRS RULE!!!! AND WHILE YOUR AT IT GO MGTOW!!!! LOL!!!!
Back then you had a warning whistle but now you don’t get any warning at all because the A-10 shoots faster than the speed of sound
Im pretty sure the armament on the warbirds was supersonic too. :D
@@Arnechk nothing worse than when your flying your plane and trying to shoot something.on the ground with these useless slow bullets..
The engine sounds so smooth from the cockpit camera.
So have we all gotten so sensitive that the word Death has to be censored in the thumb nail for this video?
Please be aware that this is not a matter of HAFU being PC -- it's UA-cam. A previous version of this video used that word in the title of the video and at some point was basically 'shut down' by UA-cam's algorithms. :-(
Didn't notice
I thought it said The Whistling Dick
Thank you, HAFU, for not fucking up this video with a music bed like so many other posters do.
+Josef Trumpeldor A few of our videos do include some music, but usually that's only in special cases for dramatic (or comedic) effect, or when we don't actually have good audio of the aircraft being shown. Where possible we always try and ensure our videos include just the realistic aircraft (and vehicle) audio, because that's what we enjoy too!
+Historical Aviation Film Unit
Thank you for your friendly reply!
oh there's music alright. Rhythm for US and blues for them
REMEMBER USS LIBERTY
No dramatic affects are ever needed to showcase planes. Just Engine and and clear video and GTFO the way.
I think the F4U Corsair and the P51 Mustang represent the top of the food chain of propeller driven war planes. These were THE state of the art airplanes right before jets were developed and replaced them. In many ways, they were probably BETTER than the early jet fighters. They definitely helped to shorten up WW2, in my opinion.
The Grumman F8F Bearcat would beg to differ.
My 3 favorite American fighters were Corsair, Mustang & Lightning'/!!! All 3 were Hell from above on the Axis powers'/!!! ⚡☄🤤😨💣💥🔥😵😱💀⚰
Don't forget the 109 and 190
@@DaDeCodeIsTruth You mean the plane that never saw wartime service in WWII?
@@codyking4848 doesn't matter it missed the war by months and there are plenty of test and encounters with allied fighters to verify it was superior in climb sped and maneuverability more often than not.
Just something special about these aircraft, Mosquito, Mustang, Spitfire, Corsair and the rest.....could watch and listen to them all day long.
This beast could fly over in combat today and still make people sh*t themselves!!😳
Ju87: hold my beer
Until a Marine hit it with a stinger
Dustin Nance I hope you mean the Marine wouldn’t hit a Corsair with the Stinger, the Corsair was an American plane even used by the marines. Maybe i’m wrong and you know that already, but idk
@@Gotobar I think he was referring to the ju87, not the corsair
p. f. No he knows what he said lol
My uncle flew the Corsair in WW2. Buzzed the field one day when a parade was going on. The General picked himself off the ground and dusted off and sent him to the most dangerous place he could think of in the Pacific. As a Marine aviator, he survived the war and took down 6 enemy planes to boot. (never talked about that) Went on to the Korean war and flew unarmed Jets in a recon squadron. Got the DFC.
On a personal level, he married his training navigator instructor in flight school (a female Marine sergeant) and stayed married 50+ years. Kind of like the Top Gun movie plot.
In today's woke military I guess he could still marry his flight school instructor. Adam and Steve...
@@ohgary Ya, I knew I had to put in the word "female".
@John Deez Unlike Liz Warren, it's all factual, but there's more: For the next 60 years he always got on his knees and said his prayers before bed as he knew there is a God. During a flight in WW2, he got in a fatal dive and grabbed a scapular hanging around his neck and said a quick prayer before certain death...when he opened his eyes he found himself flying level.
Top Gun? I think Maverick is practicing desert bombing in preparation for the Area 51 raid. (See the new Top Gun thriller.)
If he had behaved so in the RAF they would have sent him to the Orkneys
Fantastic camera work and production/editing. This airship kicked ass. Well done.
Thanks Pat -- we appreciate the fact that you noticed the camera work and production! :-)
P-38, P-51 and F-4U - absolutely THE most built model kits of ALL of us baby boomers! SO very incredible! THANKS for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Don't forget the P-47 Thunderbolt
What a beautiful airplane! The Corsair and the Hellcat, flown by Navy and Marine pilots, spelled doom for Japanese pilots in the Pacific.
Stuka: I'm the scariest plane of WW2.
Corsair: hold my beer.
"Stuka: I'm the scariest plane of WW2.
Corsair: hold my beer."
you meant- "hold my beer while I kick your ass"
gotta admit the IL-2 was also scary... called 'the black death' by germans. Had actual armor too
@@near--zero Ja, the flying tank, my favorite plane in Soviet Union.
You're joking right? This thing sounds like a rusty wheel lol
I'd be scared of the Stuka more, that shit sounds more terrifying. I would be confused hearing the Corsair especially for the first time, sounds like a damaged plane with some massive hole in it - reason for the whistling
That is surely a unique sound. Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on your side) by the time it's closed enough distance for you to be able to hear that 'my front porch screen door is creakin'' noise...it's probably already released its ordnance.
Awesome video! As others have said, no crappy music in the background, just raw engine power screaming at you!
Air passing through the intake ducts at the leading edge is what generates the whistle. Specifically, the guide vanes that split and direct flow to the engine air intake, the oil coolers and inter coolers. It's not turbocharged, but it has a two-stage mechanical supercharger, with an inter cooler between the stages.
88SC Wow! Didn't know that. Holy cats! That's one bad ass engine!
Finally someone that knows the difference between an intercooler and a charge cooler. awesome.
88SC, Thanks I was wondering.
Harmonics , find and the bell of the back edges of the cowling ? Idk , but thanks .
Not find...fin ; like a reed in a saxiphone
My Dad worked on these in the Korean War. The Marines still used them for close air support of their Marines in combat on the ground.
75 years later and seeing that in a dive is still intimidating! Hell ya!
An awesome airplane!!! I really like the sound of those big radials pouring on the coal. I live about 350 miles from OSHKOSH Wisconsin and a number of planes fly over going to and from air show in the summer. You can always tell a radial and I stop to look at every one of them going over. In truth, I look at EVERY old plane going over. It's nice to see them in all their glory.
I met Pappy Boyington when I was 15 at an Airforce airshow on Beale AFB in 1979. Great Marine and Hero to me!
Here he is making a guest appearance on the the TV show "Baa Baa Blacksheep". //ua-cam.com/video/wKYcKwjBb7o/v-deo.html
that's awesome. thanks for sharing your story.
Soooo cool old prop jobs making noise!! Man what a plane! I also like
The P-51 mustang!
My Pop was a member of the United States Army Air Corps. Pop thanks for everything!!
I miss you!
I once had the opportunity to visit Osh Kosh EAA fly in in 1979.
My favorite engine sounds came from the Corsairs that were flying there.
I'll never forget it!
What beautiful bird' one of my favorite planes out there, god bless you and sharing this with us all. Keep'em flying and soaring thru these majestic skies
Did you censor the word "death" in the thumbnail? Is that the point UA-cam has reached, so that the word death is enough for demonitization?
Yes, that's correct. We don't have a problem with the word, UA-cam does. A previous version of this video used that word in the title of the video and after being live for a few weeks UA-cam effectively censored it when their algorithms found the video and its title. Hence we're now very careful when it comes to using some words in our titles and thumbnails. It's a shame but when you can't even appeal to a real person at UA-cam there's not much more we can do. :-(
Damn that’s stupid!
Death and taxes are the two sure things in this world. Has UA-cam got their heads in the sand? If we sensor death 💀 it won’t happen?
No one would be offended by it?
Hate to break it to ya UA-cam but we all die one day.
UA-cam must be the type of kids that sit down to pee.
Death death DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH😉 There, that's not so bad 😎
@@historicalmachines
They are trusting their AI algorithms too much. It isn't the first time this has happen. Shut another channel down because he used Nazi flags to identify Nazi ships in WWII naval battles. Banning the word death is just too much. It's worse than the PC police.
In My humble opinion, the F-4U and the F-14 are two of the sexiest and bad ass aircraft ever flown followed very, very closely by The F-4 Phantom.
The P-51 Mustang has been given great ratings by various entities but, the F4U Corsair is my all time favorite WWII Fighter plane, it just gives me a thrill up and down my spine when watching/listening to this Warbird. Thank you so much for sharing this video, I really enjoyed it, as I've enjoyed every other video of this Warbird.
In early 1944 the navy conducted a series of side by side flight tests comparing the F4U-1 Corsair and the P-51B. Posted below is the Navy’s results
“ The report states:
It is concluded that, in general:
There is little to choose between the P-51B and F4U-1 airplane in speed between sea level and 25,000 feet, and that above 25,000 feet, the P-51B is superior.
That the F4U-1 is everywhere considerably superior in climb, at any comparable loading and superior in all other performance elements except diving speed.
The F4U-1 is everywhere superior in maneuverability and response.
With equal endurance, the F4U carries about 86% more armament and that it is a better gun flatform.
In summary, the F4U-1 airplane appears to be the superior fighter for Naval or Marine employment, either land for ship-based except in the case where substantially all the fighting occurs above 25,000.”
What an absolute beauty… I used to have those toy Maisto planes and the Corsair was my favorite one to play with.
I'm sure that whistling coupled with the sound of those M2's letting loose was quite a terrifying experience for enemy soldiers.
Good ;)
Not to mention the full compliment of bombs the thing could carry with the B variants carrying up to 6 bombs weighing 4000 lb in total, or an option for 8 rockets.. Quite the multi role aircraft it was.
The 50's on aircraft had a much higher rate of fire than the ones soldiers on the ground used, so that must have added to the effect.
The Corsair also had other nicknames. My Dad flew off of aircraft carriers in the South Pacific in WWII as a turret gunner on the TBM Avenger. Because the Corsair was very unforgiving in the hands of an inexperienced pilot during carrier landing operations, it developed the name "Ensign Eliminator". The corsair is however my favorite military aircraft of all time..
One of the problems with the original Cosairs was the fact that one wing would stall at low speeds before the other. This made it very dangerous on carrier traps. As a result, for awhile, the Navy confined F4U to land-based ops, including Marine units so equipped. A jury rig was installed using an angle iron on the root of the "good" wing, so it would stall out at the same airspeed as the "bad" one. Chance-Vought quickly modified subsequent models to eliminate the problem, and IIRC also increased the size of the vertical stabilizer.
James Barnard You could also torque roll a Corsair on the ground if you advanced the throttle too fast. The 2000 horsepower engine would just flip the plane if the pilot was not careful. Once the British Fleet Air Arm figured out how to land Corsairs on their carriers, they passed that information on to the US and trained our Marine and Navy pilots in carrier landings.
I guess that torque roll phenomenon is where the expression, "getting torqued off" came from ;)
Richard Lahan and
@@jamesbarnard9710 HA- THAT'S A NEW TWIST!!!
( get it? get it? get it? get it? SNUCKER-SNUCKER-SNUCKER SNUCKER-SNUCKER-SNUCKER!!)
Beautiful sounding engine. Can't get enough of that music. My friend's father flew Corsairs. He said the whistling noise is from high speed air flowing through the radiators.
The Corsair used an air cooled radial engine... no radiators.
That lovely 16 foot prop and those whistling oil coolers. I could feel the G's in the turns... thanks !!
I've flown this awesome machine on several occasions. Flight Controls and engine incredibly responsive. Best rides ever!
Larry Beguin Lucky guy. Probably the wildest ride of your life?
Never flown in one of those but I've been in the rear seat of an F-4 and an F-16 trainer. It was a wild ride!
Whoever is at the stick is good at energy management. Thumbs up!
Keith Skilling, ex RNZAF, Air New Zealand and Brietling Fighters. Very experienced warbird pilot.
Grandfather flew Corsairs in VBF-15 and before that flew SBD's in VB-10 of the Big E in the Pacific. Great to see these old girls keep turning.
What a beautiful work of art!
Had the pleasure to up and touch a running example of this beautiful plane when I was a teen. Spitfire, Lancaster, B-17 and P-51 as well.
Magic!
A regular at the annual WW2 airshow here in Pennsylvania flies a Wildcat. Does aerobatics with it that a UFO couldn't follow. Amazing what these old war birds can do in skilled hands.
Great memories of this at wanaka watching with my dad whom is sadly no longer with us.
I'm so sorry about your dad.
These things were true work horses. Of all the fighter bombers we utilized, the Corsair dropped 70% of the total ordinance. The dreaded whistle was heard quite frequently followed by a few large bangs.
@Hoa Tattis Yeah the tempest and P-47 and P-38 were great aircraft to in the ETO from land based air fields. Still, the Corsair was a hell of a good aircraft considering it was capable of taking off from a Carrier. Something none of those other planes were capable of doing.
@Hoa Tattis Seafire was not better than a F4U if that's what you are saying.
@Hoa Tattis So this is horribly inaccurate. The Seafire had a clime rate of 16.5 m/s and a top speed of 359mph the F4U had a climb rate of 22.1 m/s and a top speed of 446 mph, It's not even close, the F4U-4 was a monster compared to the seafire, and was capable of being a very competent bomber with weight it could carry. The F4U-4 could carry 4,000lbs of bombs compared to 500lbs for the seafire. There is a reason even the British wanted mass amounts of F4U as soon as they could get them. Even the early models of F4U in the prototype phase at the very start of the war outperformed land based Spitfires.
Then you say bad carrier plane? So bad they continued to use it trough the Korean war too? It was awkward, and dangerous compared to some other carrier aircraft with such a long nose and heavy weight, but bad, that's going to be a objective no. Being a aircraft with similar capability to a P-47 but carrier capable made up for it being awkward with bad visibility on landing.
The only part you are right about here is the Seafire had cannons, which is kind of a moot point because the .50cals on American planes did the job just fine. By the way I am not saying the Seafire was some awful plane or anything, but it was never a match for the F4U, I think that is well supported by data and statistics.
@Hoa Tattis The speed of 446mph was for the F4U-4 the late war variant, the 422mph would have been for the early model F4U. The Sea fury wasn't introduced until 2 years after the end of WW2, so that's kind of a moot point in comparison. The Mossie was a fantastic aircraft, especially early war, and it also wasn't capable of taking off from a carrier. Also the 4,000 pound bomb load of the F4U wasn't just the US putting more loads on a G/A plane then it was designed for, when compared to the 500lb load of a Seafire, The F4U had a vastly superior engine with almost double the horsepower. Using the Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18W radial engine, 2,380 hp The F4U was so impressive because it was good at both high and low altitude, matching the FW190 in performance, actually dropping off in performance above 20,000ft where the P-47 took a strong lead due to its massive supercharger, and later the P-51.
The Cannons being universally better than .50cal is a complete myth. I suggest you go watch the video "The Ugly Truth: Cannons better than .50cal?" here on UA-cam about that very topic. The only thing cannons were objectively better at was taking down large multi engine bombers, something the US didn't really need to do, and penetrating ground armor, something that could be done with rockets and bombs. .50cal tracer rounds were more than enough for instance to take out Japanese aircraft that had virtually no armor or self sealing fuel tanks.
While I personally do think the inline machine gun in the nose along with a cannon in the propeller hub is a better design than both what the British and Americans had, as the Russians and German aircraft designs utilized. This kept the aircraft light, took weight out of the wings creating greater maneuverability and roll rate, and was effective at any range, unlike wing mounted guns that had to have pre-set convergence. This is actually why one of my favorite fighters of WW2 is the Yak 9T, a fast maneuverable fighter with a 37mm high velocity cannon that fires right through the properly hub with 12.7mm machine guns in the nose, now that is beast of an aircraft.
Great video. The F-4U Vought Corsair was my favorite fighter and CAS a/c of WWII--with the Supermarine Spitfire right behind it. Though, I have to say the P-47 was a bad@ss when it came to tank busting and ground attack for heavy targets. Listening to the "whistle" was pretty cool. Always wondered about that. Vets had described it, but it is different hearing it. Thanks for posting.
One of my favorite videos! Beautiful sound and footage
My dad flew one in the Pacific for the Marines. I now know what it looked like from his vantage point! Thanks!
Douglas Alexander Not to be rude in any way, Sir, but I would like to ask you about your dad's service. Was he a member of VMF-214, BOYINGTON'S BLACK SHEEP?
William Babyak, nothing rude about your question at all, sir. No, he was a member of VMSB-241, the Ace of Spades squadron, based at Majuro in the Marshall Islands.
May God be with him
Great video! I have never heard one quite that clearly and vividly before.
Absolutely loved this vid. i love watching corsairs. my fav in Reno was always Super Corsair (ripieces) now i've got a SkyRaider that flys around here. THAT is something you'll never see in reno. IT is something else! thanks for this vid.
Now this is a great video to share. Power Grace and Beautifully flown.
Now this is how you do an airplane video no crappy music just the raw sound of a pure war machine with amazing power and 50 calibers.
I used to not really care about the Corsair, but now it is absolutely one of my favorites. It was such a beast, and so pretty to look at.
A handsome brute rather'/!!!
Up close & onboard the US Navy WWII Pacific Fleet Legendary F4U Corsair @ The Whistling Death! Thank You So Much for the Superb Video & Audio! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💗🕊🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇳🇿
My all time favorite! This is by far the sexiest of all WWII aircraft but she was way more than just another pretty face
I met a French pilot of Corsair who during the Suez war in 1956 downed a Mig 15. That proves the plane quality.
amesbancal was his name Jesse Folmar?
Or the pilot's skill
A U.S. Corsair shot down a Mig-15 in Korea also. But another Mig got him. They were that good.
Yea, Verily! Took the words right out of my mouth!
Just lucky.
Beautiful aircraft a great favourite as a kid in the 60’s. I made a 1/32 scale Revell model, and a 1/72 Airfix model and loved them both. To see the real thing in the Boeing flight museum in Seattle this year and back in 1998 and 2001 was a real treat, particularly this year as the McElroy tribute is quite spectacular, completely worth a visit. Breathtaking.
This is a wonderful vid love the shot of the plane coming out of the dark clouds behind it.
What a beautiful bird! The F4U and the Mustang are my favorites. Oh and that P38 Lightning was awesome also.
When I was in flight school at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, USA (in 1966), there were quite a few Corsairs in preservative. I used to sit and look at them, because they are such beautiful birds. Later, I was flying an aircraft that made its own distinctive howl as it approached, the F-4 Phantom II. It, too, had bent wings.Both aircraft held speed records during their time. The Phantom's howl was associated with the variable inlet guide vanes on the engine compressor.
Thank you for the post!
I do not believe the corsair held the world speed record, I mean the Germans had the Me-163 and Me-262 around that time, and the Brits where almost done with the glostor meteor.
+Gavin Moody You're probably correct. I suppose there was some stipulation such as "piston-powered," when people would say the F4U was the fastest, or, perhaps it was a flat wrong statement. What we do know though, it was an effective fighter aircraft, and I still think it's a beautiful bird. :)
Have you ever seen the super corsair? That thing is amazing! (The fastest piston aircraft of the time was a German one, I think it was nick named the arrow or something it had one engine in the front, ang one in the rear as a pusher)
+Gavin Moody It was never used as an effective fighter like their little rocket plane and the ME 262 jet.
+Bob M P38, P47 and P51 were all fast rides. Which one was the fastest in which configuration is the question. In a dive, level flight, about X flight level.
Super cool looking! I bet it’s a blast to fly.
I love the sound of a passing ww2 warbird. Something about the deep rumble of the engine. I could listen to it all day.
This was my favorite WW2 plane when I was a kid... I was born Feb, 1948. Probably the sexy Gull wings
and that big radial engine with the huge, 4 prop propeller caught my eye.
Today, my favorite combat aircraft is a lot different.... my now favorite plane flies low and slow... she's the
A-10 Warthog.
I served on Swift Boats in the late '60's.... late August `68 to late August '69 and we could have used these
kind of aircraft. Our support came via helicopters which were few and far between.
I served out of Da Nang and Chu Lai
Mark Bell PCf-69
God bless you, man!
Mark Bell My father was on PT boats in WWII. He spoke often of the swift boats you served on. He loved and respected you guys.
That whistle is highkey terrifying, this was the last thing loads of Japanese soldiers heard
And unfortunately this video can't convey what it would sound like in real life.
Incredible sounds!
Outstanding video. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!