Beautiful job on the paint and a great video. I was the historian at AirCorps Aviation who researched the paint scheme and found and contacted John S. Bolt, John's son. You folks do amazing work! It is great to see it flying.
I do remember that in June of 78, they brought a Corsair to Porterville, Ca for the annual moonlight fly in, along with the Corsair they had THE real Pappy Boyington there of which I got his book signed by him, I also remember my dad giving me a boost up to look inside the cockpit to check it out, one of the ground crew kind of got upset but when my dad explained to him that he flew these with VMF 211 during the war he kind of hushed up, one of the other things that I do remember is when my dad and Pappy made eye contact, they did remember each other and shook hands, what memories.
Was your dad one of the many guys that Boyington would bully when he would get drunk? ( about 4-5 days a week) I read a lot of stuff saying that Boyington was a total dick... drunk asshole to everyone around him.
She turned out gorgeous. Thanks for honoring a part of Corsair history that not many know about and for honoring Lt. Col. John Bolt. I hope to see her in Oshkosh this year.
Fantastic, I would like to congratulate everyone who worked on the restoration of this beautiful Corsair. I hope someday I'll have the opportunity to see a Corsair flying!
Seeing that beautiful Corsair gave me goosebumps. It is so beautiful. I had never seen one in those colors before. Thanks for sharing a great story about a great airplane flown by great pilots.
This story and video is beyond cool. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. So respectful and gracious to so many different military people, our Marines, Chance Vought employees, the French, and this long produced aircraft. That late model Corsair with the 20 millimeter guns has been one of my favorite World War 2 type aircraft since the early 1980's when I was obsessed with Black Sheep Squadron show and especially considering that it was also used in Korea. It is amazing that particular aircraft was still being manufactured in 1952 a full seven years after the World War 2 ended. Thank God there were people and the U.S. Marines to at some point to care for that aircraft throughout the decades and of course the French too for selling it back to us. Sorry for the ramble people, this video just helped me to screw my head back on correctly after a very rough Monday. Happy Holidays to all.
Awesome history of this aircraft and super proud its been fully restored to keep the history of this aircraft for everyone to see and remember the greatest generation in American history of World War 2 hands down!!! ❤
Wow! Huge respect to all those who restored her. What a wonderful privilege and enormous responsibility to fly her. Best wishes from a PBY5A and Stearman Pilot in the U.K. 🇬🇧
my father was an F-AU1 and F4U-7 pilot in the French naval air force. He is a veteran of the events in Algeria and took part in the Battle of Bizerte, Tunisia. it is possible that he flew on this plane. I will have to consult his flight logs. I find it honorable to honor a pilot, but concerning this plane, it would be totally brilliant to restore it in its original colors and markings, in the colors of the French naval aeronautics. there is none and its F4U-7 specificity deserves it!
I know a wee bit about statistics and characteristics of this sort and that, and I view them with passing interest. All I need to fall in love is to look. That’s a beautiful bird!
I have to agree with the comments made by Wayne Flanigan...The site and sound of any WW2 piston powered fighter or bomber aircraft in flight almost always tears me up.I think of all the young lads who flew up on every mission saying...let's try not to get killed today ...what a job... Salute.
The French navy was an important user of American carrier base aircraft like Corsairs, Hellcats, Helldivers, Avengers, Dauntless, HSS and HUP-2 Choppers, SNJ land based trainers, Privateer, PBY, P2V...French air force had P 47, AT-6, T-28, C47, C119, Bearcat, Skyraider... and many more, almost all the invetory of piston engine aircraft available after the WW2, the French navy was also the very last user of the last gunfighter the F8-E ( FN) Crusader, with a special version of the F8-E like the F 4U-7 few years ago...
Awesome piece of Aviation history nice work!!!! Just curious why does she sport the USAF stars n bars from Sep. '47 If she was painted in the Marines colors?
Nice .....! But why don't keep it in F4U7 version? This is a special model for French Navy fitted with the F4U4 engine and a mix with the AU1 version ! French wanted an interceptor and a ground attack in the same plane !!!
wrecked in may 2019 . Looks like it was totaled . or at least very bad wrinkle down the fuse gear ripped off left wing spar bent. Are they rebuilding it?
Why do we have to listen to the Damned music when the airplane makes plenty of music would like to hear a taxi out but you can't hear that damn crap music
I'm so bummed! How are we supposed to enjoy the moving and inspirational marching music at the end without the annoying sound of the airplane in the background?
I saw this bird at Oshkosh and it had a major oil spill there. What a mess. Also the rudder was flapping back and forth in the wind. No control lock. Then I heard it crashed a year or two later. Anybody know the current status of this aircraft?
+ deadcarnahans The accident ripped a hole in the main spar. It can be fixed but a new spar might have to be manufactured or sourced. I see that the registration is still active so perhaps it will get rebuilt eventually.
+Ethan Gadis Banged-up but hardly totaled. It can be fixed but they are going to need a new aft spar. The pilot reported losing power on takeoff at mid-runway, not an ideal time. He cut the throttle and applied the brakes and went into the dirt.
@@skiptalbot I can't find any updates. I had read that the spar was ripped, and the Corsair spar is a very complex structure in the aircraft. New restorations have been able to manufacture a new spar but it will probably take a while unless a spare wing is sourced.
Thank you!
My dad flew the Corsair in the South Pacific during WW II. He loved flying this plane. I am sure he is in heaven flying one now.
Beautiful job on the paint and a great video. I was the historian at AirCorps Aviation who researched the paint scheme and found and contacted John S. Bolt, John's son. You folks do amazing work! It is great to see it flying.
I do remember that in June of 78, they brought a Corsair to Porterville, Ca for the annual moonlight fly in, along with the Corsair they had THE real Pappy Boyington there of which I got his book signed by him, I also remember my dad giving me a boost up to look inside the cockpit to check it out, one of the ground crew kind of got upset but when my dad explained to him that he flew these with VMF 211 during the war he kind of hushed up, one of the other things that I do remember is when my dad and Pappy made eye contact, they did remember each other and shook hands, what memories.
GOD BLESS
Yes.pappy had some good Books.
Was your dad one of the many guys that Boyington would bully when he would get drunk? ( about 4-5 days a week) I read a lot of stuff saying that Boyington was a total dick... drunk asshole to everyone around him.
@@guaporeturns9472 Fools will always take pot shots at the "ONE" at the top,
@@danielpullum1907 Fools will also always form opinions from flag waving propaganda instead of objectively looking at the facts.
Absolutely gorgeous plane, Lord hear my prayer to all that have served...God Bless...
She turned out gorgeous. Thanks for honoring a part of Corsair history that not many know about and for honoring Lt. Col. John Bolt. I hope to see her in Oshkosh this year.
Fantastic, I would like to congratulate everyone who worked on the restoration of this beautiful Corsair.
I hope someday I'll have the opportunity to see a Corsair flying!
Beautiful restoration.
What a machine..... i grew up watching Ba Ba Blacksheep too!
Seeing that beautiful Corsair gave me goosebumps. It is so beautiful. I had never seen one in those colors before. Thanks for sharing a great story about a great airplane flown by great pilots.
Let’s be real, no matter how you paint a Corsair it’s still gonna look great. Nice work guys.
Never seen one in the gull grey and white scheme. Looks really good like this.
Just imagine one of these gorgeous creatures in bare polished aluminium?
@@celtisafricana4984 parked next to a polished aluminum Shelby Cobra for a photo shoot. My next two purchases if I win this Powerball!
@@blauer2551 Scary hiw beautiful that would be
WOW ! Nice job by all involved. And to Tommy Oldham, wonderful job of stitching together this video !!
This story and video is beyond cool. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. So respectful and gracious to so many different military people, our Marines, Chance Vought employees, the French, and this long produced aircraft. That late model Corsair with the 20 millimeter guns has been one of my favorite World War 2 type aircraft since the early 1980's when I was obsessed with Black Sheep Squadron show and especially considering that it was also used in Korea. It is amazing that particular aircraft was still being manufactured in 1952 a full seven years after the World War 2 ended. Thank God there were people and the U.S. Marines to at some point to care for that aircraft throughout the decades and of course the French too for selling it back to us. Sorry for the ramble people, this video just helped me to screw my head back on correctly after a very rough Monday. Happy Holidays to all.
Awesome history of this aircraft and super proud its been fully restored to keep the history of this aircraft for everyone to see and remember the greatest generation in American history of World War 2 hands down!!! ❤
Awesome story! Great job guys!
A simply beautiful aircraft. Y'all did a fantastic restoration job on it.
Wow! Huge respect to all those who restored her. What a wonderful privilege and enormous responsibility to fly her. Best wishes from a PBY5A and Stearman Pilot in the U.K. 🇬🇧
The history that goes along with that fantastic restoration is amazing.
When he said "who to honor" I immediately said "John Bolt" to myself.
Superb looking aircraft and fantastic restoration !
美しい航空機と素晴らしい歴史. Thank you for restoring and presenting this aircraft.
THANKS, I LOVE THIS AIR FRAME TYPE and ALL VARIANTS, even more than the P-51s, I recall some of Col. J. Bolt's story! Thanks again for the video!!!
my father was an F-AU1 and F4U-7 pilot in the French naval air force. He is a veteran of the events in Algeria and took part in the Battle of Bizerte, Tunisia. it is possible that he flew on this plane. I will have to consult his flight logs. I find it honorable to honor a pilot, but concerning this plane, it would be totally brilliant to restore it in its original colors and markings, in the colors of the French naval aeronautics. there is none and its F4U-7 specificity deserves it!
There is a French F4U-7 in a UA-cam video, restored and flying recently.
Just beautiful. Great Job!
She looks great and sounds great. Great job by your team.
Thank you for preserving her. I did not cry. Maybe
I know a wee bit about statistics and characteristics of this sort and that, and I view them with passing interest. All I need to fall in love is to look. That’s a beautiful bird!
The most beautiful prop plane ever built.
Taking off with 10 degrees of flaps, just in case of engine problems. To lower the stall speed. Professional Way..
An absolutely beautiful AU-1 Corsair
What a pleasure to see this!!!
Great story, loved every second of it
Love the unique paint scheme!
Great job. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Beautiful job!!!!
That is one beautiful Corsair!
What a majestic bent wig bird, thank you for treating her so well. 👍
Just got to see her fly this past Saturday, 5/19/18 ! Saaaweet !
Jack Bolt was one tough man. Thank you for all you did for our nation sir!
That Corsair is bitchin. Thanks to all who carefully restored this beauty. Just hope I get to see it fly someday soon.
Wow ! God bless America !
Stunning bird!
I have to agree with the comments made by Wayne Flanigan...The site and sound of any WW2 piston powered fighter or bomber aircraft in flight almost always tears me up.I think of all the young lads who flew up on every mission saying...let's try not to get killed today ...what a job... Salute.
Awesome, I learned something today... Incidentally, it looks a bit like the Argentinian Corsairs.
Only thing that sounds better than a r-2800 taking off is two r-2800's
Excellent
Lovely colour scheme.
beautiful
In my humble opinion the most beautiful radial powered WW2 airplane. Those wings!
Well done!
R
That the cockpit is behind the wing is cool and freaks me out at the same time...might as well put your seat up against the vertical
My favorite!
Well I guess it is the work of the men who love flying and be aces and trains aces you know that you are seriously important no matter what
Wow, I grew up watching black sheep squadron.
How I would love to see a corsair
What a modern panel on that bird
Nice plane...shame we didn't get to see much of it.
The French navy was an important user of American carrier base aircraft like Corsairs, Hellcats, Helldivers, Avengers, Dauntless, HSS and HUP-2 Choppers, SNJ land based trainers, Privateer, PBY, P2V...French air force had P 47, AT-6, T-28, C47, C119, Bearcat, Skyraider... and many more, almost all the invetory of piston engine aircraft available after the WW2, the French navy was also the very last user of the last gunfighter the F8-E ( FN) Crusader, with a special version of the F8-E like the F 4U-7 few years ago...
One lucky airframe .
Looks like the aircraft that had the gear torn off in Jerome Idaho .
Actually like that paint scheme more than the blue.
Awesome piece of Aviation history nice work!!!! Just curious why does she sport the USAF stars n bars from Sep. '47 If she was painted in the Marines colors?
That wasn't just USAF, it was the "National" insignia used on ALL USA aircraft, regardless of which branch of service.
WOW!
The sexiest planes around.
Nice .....! But why don't keep it in F4U7 version? This is a special model for French Navy fitted with the F4U4 engine and a mix with the AU1 version ! French wanted an interceptor and a ground attack in the same plane !!!
Way nota painting de aircraft abatidos até fuselagem
Wow! 2 Thumbs Up.
That’s sexy.
BRAVO ZULU! ADC(AW)Riley, (Ret)
Is she up and flying again after the crash ?
At what altitude does the Corsair reach its maximum possible achievable True Airspeed in straight and level flight? Does anyone know? Thanks.
wrecked in may 2019 . Looks like it was totaled . or at least very bad wrinkle down the fuse gear ripped off left wing spar bent. Are they rebuilding it?
+g6rcteam The aft spar was wrecked. It's rebuildable but the Corsair spar is a complicated hunk of metal. I'm sure it will fly again one day.
Why do we have to listen to the Damned music when the airplane makes plenty of music would like to hear a taxi out but you can't hear that damn crap music
papy bohington , les têtes brulé avec robert Conrad
Unfortunately this plane crashed at jerome county airport on tuesday :-(
Fortunately nobody was injured ...
That's sad to hear!
Yep. It was John O'Connor. Ive flown with him.
Its currently being restored. Minor damage
@@yamacat4010 oh really? That's cool.
Ohm ... wait ... not that day?!
@@topgunmaverick379 really? I've never seen a corsair flying
Have you ever watch Disney's planes movie before?
This guy must have a custom made helmet.
Why only 2 guns per wing? Where the Korean variants different?
They’re 20mm cannons. Replaced the 6 x .50s.
I'm so bummed! How are we supposed to enjoy the moving and inspirational marching music at the end without the annoying sound of the airplane in the background?
It was originally armed with 4 20mm cannons, just saying
Did the -7 have better performance than the -4 or -5?
That’s a great question. I’m not sure on the performance specs on each variant!
I saw this bird at Oshkosh and it had a major oil spill there. What a mess. Also the rudder was flapping back and forth in the wind. No control lock. Then I heard it crashed a year or two later.
Anybody know the current status of this aircraft?
+ deadcarnahans The accident ripped a hole in the main spar. It can be fixed but a new spar might have to be manufactured or sourced. I see that the registration is still active so perhaps it will get rebuilt eventually.
WHO..
WHO played music over the sound of the engine running?
Smh
I guess you've got to catch the sudden change of torque quickly if the engine fails on take off.
+Richard Cooke Not long ago she slid off the runway after engine failure at mid-take off, as you say. Banged up but fixable with money.
To bad a the Corsair’s owner totaled it in 2019 due to pilot error.
+Ethan Gadis Banged-up but hardly totaled. It can be fixed but they are going to need a new aft spar. The pilot reported losing power on takeoff at mid-runway, not an ideal time. He cut the throttle and applied the brakes and went into the dirt.
I've wrecked about a hundred Corsairs on the take off roll in Flight Simulator, so I know *exactly* how he feels. Any updates on the repair progress?
@@skiptalbot I can't find any updates. I had read that the spar was ripped, and the Corsair spar is a very complex structure in the aircraft. New restorations have been able to manufacture a new spar but it will probably take a while unless a spare wing is sourced.
Nice vid but but it only contained about 3 seconds of the Corsair running. We want to not only look at that thing but HEAR it !
Turn off the music so we can hear plane dummies
We dont want music !!!!!!!!!!!
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Three years ago, another piece of history returned to the skies.
Three years later, and I hope for more birds to migrate to the safety of the nest.