I am 68. My 25yo grandson has been fascinated with the Corsair since I got him to watch some WWII history documentaries when he was mid teens. He has mentioned it several times over the years. I agree with him, it was a fine aircraft. He has been in the US Air Force since 18. He is in computer systems and has been to the Middle East 4 tours now.
@@moparchallenger749 ,,,, I prefer the term 'pleased'. See, my daughter died when he was five. His father gave him up to, actually, asked me to take him. He had already remarried and had wife problems. I told grandson first day, this is home now, no spanking, no restrictions, no yelling or name calling, but when problems arise we will talk. His eyes got the size of large marbles. I had been divorced for many years, Dated some. I was not going to bring a woman into my house because I know the likely results. I considered myself his teacher, not an authoritarian. We had lots of talks. One thing I learned long ago. Never tell a child you are 'proud' of them. It takes away their ability to be proud of themselves for their accomplishments. It also gives them a weapon to use against you to hurt you. These were my own thoughts from the Bible where God said about his son, "this is my son in which I am well pleased'. I thought a lot about such passages. Well, it worked. I never faced rebellion and all things were his decision after our talks to make him self responsible for his actions. There were failures, we talked, he handled the correction. I never punished him for anything, did not have to. He did grow up wanting to please me. He understood why I never said I was proud of him. He is now 6 years in US Air Force, his decision. He is married, bought an expensive house in Las Vegas. Has been to Middle East 4 times. He has college degrees, has been recommend several times to go to OTC. At 20, he called me one day while walking around on base , a thought process. " I been thinking about much of what you taught me about life, and suddenly it all made sense, I just had to call and tell you I was 'pleased' with how you raised me.
@@moparchallenger749 ,,,, I prefer the term 'pleased'. See, my daughter died when he was five. His father gave him up to, actually asked me to take him. He had already remarried and had wife problems. I told grandsons first day, this is home now, no spanking, no restrictions, no yelling or name calling, but when problems arise we will talk. His eyes got the size of large marbles. I had been divorce for many years, Dated some. I was not going to bring another woman into my house because I know the likely results. I considered myself his teacher, not an authoritarian. We had lots of talks. One thing I learned long ago. Never tell a child you are 'proud' of them. It takes away their ability to be proud of themselves for their accomplishment. It also gives them a weapon to use against you to hurt you. These were my thoughts from
Hats off to you Captain Keith Skilling. That was by far the cleanest, most precise maneuvering ive seen in an aircraft display. I would have loved to see it in person!
I’ve seen Keith do a number of displays , but two times stick in my mind . One time at Omaka , a single pass ( on the Saturday of the show - not repeated on the Sunday) so low that I doubt the prop was much more than it’s own diameter off the ground . The second was a very breath taking formation aerobic display with Stu Goldspink ( flying a P40 ) . Two totally different aircraft doing such close formation aerobatics was really an incredible sight
Lynda Careway I’m just super glad the US saves this things to put into museums once they can’t fly anymore...that doesn’t happen in a lot of countries unfortunately
My dad fought in the us army, second infantry, 72d tank battalion, in the Korean War from near the beginning in 1950 in 1951. He always spoke with emotion and reverence of the close air support his unit received from Marine Corsairs. He felt they saved his life many times. Watching this made me remember going to air shows with him when I was a girl and watching him watch a Corsair start up and run and fly. Thank you for that.
It never was. That was propaganda. The Japanese called the Corsair the Sikorsky - after Igor Sikorsky, who was apparently instrumental in its design. The Corsair was an amazing fighter, the last piston engined fighter to score an air-to-air kill (in the Soccer War in 1969), and a Marine Corps icon - one Marine aviator even shot down a MiG-15 in a Corsair in Korea! But the "Whistling Death" nickname is nonsense. Semper Fi!
So we are not to believe our ears eh Evan? The bird had several nicknames and yes whistling death and you do have a sound card right? Well turn it up and listen. That bird saved many a grunt in WWII and Korea. He's gone now but I had a good older friend who was at Chosin. When the weather cleared the close support came in and they were so close to the ground he would hear fellow marines yelp when a hot .50 case dropped into their coat. But Fred said he would never forget the sounds of screaming men on fire and the smell of the napalm runs. First Marine Division 1, China zero. Fred also said you could hearem coming Whistling down before you ever sawem. Good call George.
@@chrishill1286 The fact that the Corsair made a whistling sound or that it was a highly effective aircraft that saved many a Marine by providing close air support is by no means in question. The only thing in question is the highly dubious claim that the Japanese nicknamed it "whistling death". No soldier has ever given enemy equipment that kind of cool sounding nickname. Soldiers either call enemy equipment by derogatory names or technical ones - for example, US bomber crews in Europe called the Me-262 jet fighters "blow jobs", and US Navy sailors in the Pacific called the Ohka suicide rocket plane "baka bombs" (baka being an insult in Japanese). The Corsair was an excellent aircraft and a Marine Corps icon - and rightfully so. But the Japanese called it the Sikorsky, not "whistling death".
@@chrishill1286 By the way, I fought in Iraq with the First Marine Division, and would never say anything to disparage The Old Breed - the finest combat division in the world, then and now.
dad said that when he was working on them during WW2 that he knew they were coming back wounded because one would do the whistle attack at the airfield if someone was in trouble. They could hear that sound all over the airfield.
I saw in 2001(?) the Corsair, Spitfire, P51D and the P40 (🤔) from the Breitling Feighters above Europoort @ Port of Rotterdam. Including the whistle.. Goose bumps! Impressive display and sound!
I observed a Corsair in Duxford Flying Legends in 2017. The dives were one of the most terrifyingly astonishing sounds I have ever witnessed. My respect to the men and women that have the skill to fly these planes in the modern age of aviation!
@@Bullzeye1000yds Big radials are always powerful, that's a given. But your right, it is a massively powerful aircraft in the same vain as the Hawker Sea Fury.
@@nippon2003 Those are beautiful too, the P-40 was also one of my favorites. I find the F4u & FG-1D beautiful as well and beautiful from an eliant design stand. They look like nothing else but the proportions just look good to a lot of us. I also think my Cessna 182 is pretty in its own way as well.But when I get out my RC Corsair that is the one everyone wants to see fly hard.
Finally, a real pilot with balls putting this old girl through the paces. This plane was designed to be flown this way and more. But you have to understand, some owners spend a fortune on restoration. Fear of losing their investment and a piece of history is to great to take the chance. It's just nice to see what a war bird can do, but even the best pilots can crash.
2004, Warbirds Over Wanaka! Corsair, Warhawk, Spitfire & Mustang in formation! And, since January 2008, I've been volunteering in the B-17G project in Urbana, Ohio. KEEP 'EM FLYING!!
I grew up watching Black Sheep Squadron and the F4U Corsair became my favorite plane and it still holds that position against many other magnificent war birds.
I have always loved this plane since I was a kid. I built a plastic model of it. It has a large engine and prop, prop is so big the pilots could not see the runway bring take off. Love the video, Thanks
Bryce Stevens not sure. Always heard it was the corsair in level flight. Many had done this in a dive. Also, the f4 had the largest prop on ant plane until the osprey. Know the hellcat had the most kills but I love this plane.
The first plane to break 400 mph in level flight was a Supermarine S.6B racing seaplane on September 13, 1931... It took some doing by multiple aircraft of the type to finally reach 407.5 mph. And the rated top speed for the plane was actually 390 mph. But officially speaking, that was the one.
@@redbluesome2829 "The first plane to break 400 mph in level flight was a Supermarine S.6B racing seaplane on September 13, 1931" Not bad for a seaplane with two huge floats underneath and a two-blade, fixed pitch wooden propellor. The Rolls Royce "R" motor used in that aircraft was later developed into the Griffon.
At first I though this was the fabulous Steve Hinton who has flown this same plane in lively demos before. The big deal is showing what the best WW2 fighters can do. You rarely see this done even with P-51s in their fairly large surviving numbers. Some of the German pilots will push a resurrected BF 109 to it's limits, and that is awesome. The Corsair is unbeatable!
Alan you should have posted a bit about the history of this Corsair. It is one of about 400 given to the RNZAF under lend lease by the USA in the Second World War and flew in the Pacific. The conditions of lend lease were that the planes had to destroyed or given back. All the NZ Kittyhawks and Corsairs were flown into what is Hamilton airport and parked up. A wrecker set up nearby and starting scrapping the planes. This very Corsair was parked in the wreckers yard for sometime and on trips past the yard I was allowed to get out of the car as a 5 year old and play in it. It subsequently was taken to Auckland and eventually back to the USA for restoration. It was acquired by the Hanna’s and taken to the UK. Ray Hanna being a Kiwi restored it to RNZAF colours and Keith Skilling flew it as part of the Breitling Fighters display. At some point it went back into US colours and was acquired by James Slade and he bought it back to NZ. At its first display at Omaka James invited me to get back into it just as I had done 50 years ago.
That diving sound is right up there with the A-10 turbo fan for me. I can't explain why I love the A-10 sound. I think it's because it sounds so unassuming for such an effective aircraft.
You rarely see this kind of aggressive, "fly it like you stole it" flying display in the U.S. Cheers to the Captain for showing the public how a wartime Corsair would have been flown in combat! Awesome machine and pilot!
It was enjoyable seeing some low level high speed passes, but it would be great to see a demonstration of the roll rate at various speeds. Ike Kepford of the Jolly Rogers is said to have flown his Corsair upside down so low that he ran cars off the road back in '43. Theses antics got VF-17 transferred from NAS Oceana out to the sticks on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, but they would still accost P-51s in training and beat them! Anyone interested in the Corsair must read the biography of VF-17 in WW2. They were equals to VMF 214, Blacksheep.
That amazing howl of the F4U air intakes for the coolers is so epic. I've always wanted to take one of these and put an r-4360 in it to see what it would do performance-wise.
They did that back in 1945 but the war ended so the 3000 horsepower Super Corsair never went into production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_F2G_Corsair
When they were first put into service the US Navy declared them unsafe for carrier landings but the RN who's carriers were smaller than the US ones and worked out a landing approach to be able to land on British carriers and taught the approach to US navy and Marine corp pilots which is why the Corsair become such a great fighter during the Pacific war .
Yes, indeed. As a kid in the 1950s I built models of lots of planes, but this one was my favorite. As I learned more about it later, I was pleased to discover that the F-4U was the most badass plane in the Pacific during WW2. Fast, heavy bomb load, six M-2 machine guns. That whistling sound was not something you wanted to hear as a Japanese soldier on the ground. This plane was a nightmare with wings.
I first saw this aircraft at the Classic Fighters Omaka 2015 air show and the commentator mentioned that this particular aircraft was the last ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force Corsair still in flying condition, although I'm not sure about that, having done some reading on it since. Anyway, when asked if it would one day be painted in RNZAF Pacific War markings he said it would cost $15,000, so probably not.
An aircraft that was way ahead of it's time when conceived in the 30's. The P-51 is the only aircraft that can out fly the Corsair as far as I know. I still have my flight school books but I know I'll never fly and it's sad.
I have a 48 inch, model. Just like the real thing. It drops a wing on take off. Watch Black Sheep squadron. You'll see it. Awesome plane. I saw Pappy at Oshkosh. Rip.
glen gerdes --- My uncle was a fighter pilot in the Pacific, who flew several different planes in the pacific, he had 17 1/2 kills. He said to me that they were station on this Island in the Pacific, I don't recall what the name was, but they had a emergency sortie alarm. Well as they took off two of these pilots that took off had very low hours in the Corsair, & under attack they pushed the throttle all the way forward, which caused the planes to torque over into the jungle killing both pilots.
Love it. No blaring music or banal commentary, just the aircraft speaking for itself.
And it speaking LOUDLY!
Instead they keep distracting you by putting the banal commentary as onscreen text....which is nearly as annoying.
Just the sound of whistling death!
What? Another engine sound video without music or narration? This is a trend that absolutely makes me
HAPPY!
@@themikeshow I was going to ask you, "makes you what" Then scrolled down. ME TOO!
I am 68. My 25yo grandson has been fascinated with the Corsair since I got him to watch some WWII history documentaries when he was mid teens. He has mentioned it several times over the years. I agree with him, it was a fine aircraft. He has been in the US Air Force since 18. He is in computer systems and has been to the Middle East 4 tours now.
Delmus Ingle
A proud Grandpa 😀
@@moparchallenger749 ,,,, I prefer the term 'pleased'. See, my daughter died when he was five. His father gave him up to, actually, asked me to take him. He had already remarried and had wife problems. I told grandson first day, this is home now, no spanking, no restrictions, no yelling or name calling, but when problems arise we will talk. His eyes got the size of large marbles. I had been divorced for many years, Dated some. I was not going to bring a woman into my house because I know the likely results. I considered myself his teacher, not an authoritarian. We had lots of talks. One thing I learned long ago. Never tell a child you are 'proud' of them. It takes away their ability to be proud of themselves for their accomplishments. It also gives them a weapon to use against you to hurt you. These were my own thoughts from the Bible where God said about his son, "this is my son in which I am well pleased'. I thought a lot about such passages.
Well, it worked. I never faced rebellion and all things were his decision after our talks to make him self responsible for his actions. There were failures, we talked, he handled the correction. I never punished him for anything, did not have to. He did grow up wanting to please me. He understood why I never said I was proud of him. He is now 6 years in US Air Force, his decision. He is married, bought an expensive house in Las Vegas. Has been to Middle East 4 times. He has college degrees, has been recommend several times to go to OTC. At 20, he called me one day while walking around on base , a thought process. " I been thinking about much of what you taught me about life, and suddenly it all made sense, I just had to call and tell you I was 'pleased' with how you raised me.
@@moparchallenger749 ,,,, I prefer the term 'pleased'. See, my daughter died when he was five. His father gave him up to, actually asked me to take him. He had already remarried and had wife problems. I told grandsons first day, this is home now, no spanking, no restrictions, no yelling or name calling, but when problems arise we will talk. His eyes got the size of large marbles. I had been divorce for many years, Dated some. I was not going to bring another woman into my house because I know the likely results. I considered myself his teacher, not an authoritarian. We had lots of talks. One thing I learned long ago. Never tell a child you are 'proud' of them. It takes away their ability to be proud of themselves for their accomplishment. It also gives them a weapon to use against you to hurt you. These were my thoughts from
Now that's how you display a fighter
And that's how you show a video of that fighter display. No annoying music just the sweet song of the engine(s).
Hats off to you Captain Keith Skilling. That was by far the cleanest, most precise maneuvering ive seen in an aircraft display. I would have loved to see it in person!
I’ve seen Keith do a number of displays , but two times stick in my mind . One time at Omaka , a single pass ( on the Saturday of the show - not repeated on the Sunday) so low that I doubt the prop was much more than it’s own diameter off the ground . The second was a very breath taking formation aerobic display with Stu Goldspink ( flying a P40 ) . Two totally different aircraft doing such close formation aerobatics was really an incredible sight
Check out our channel and search for 'Corsair' -- we have video of Keith and Stu doing their Corsair-P40 double act. It IS awesome!
Now THATS a happy Corsair!
Sure is a happy Corsair, getting to blow out the cobwebs with plenty of power moves.
They dont really die just fade away but still lives in the heart of many of the older generation.
Lynda Careway I’m just super glad the US saves this things to put into museums once they can’t fly anymore...that doesn’t happen in a lot of countries unfortunately
We take care of our old toys
Just think the Corsair is a wonderful aircraft to watch and listen to in flight, lucky man who actually gets to pilot one. Great display 💯👍
My dad fought in the us army, second infantry, 72d tank battalion, in the Korean War from near the beginning in 1950 in 1951. He always spoke with emotion and reverence of the close air support his unit received from Marine Corsairs. He felt they saved his life many times. Watching this made me remember going to air shows with him when I was a girl and watching him watch a Corsair start up and run and fly. Thank you for that.
My dad flew the Corsairs in the South Pacific..I have no doubt he is flying one in heaven. Thank you, very much for this video
We get to hear WHY it's called "whistling death".
It never was. That was propaganda. The Japanese called the Corsair the Sikorsky - after Igor Sikorsky, who was apparently instrumental in its design.
The Corsair was an amazing fighter, the last piston engined fighter to score an air-to-air kill (in the Soccer War in 1969), and a Marine Corps icon - one Marine aviator even shot down a MiG-15 in a Corsair in Korea! But the "Whistling Death" nickname is nonsense. Semper Fi!
@@MrEvanfriend Someone read the Wikipedia page
So we are not to believe our ears eh Evan? The bird had several nicknames and yes whistling death and you do have a sound card right? Well turn it up and listen. That bird saved many a grunt in WWII and Korea. He's gone now but I had a good older friend who was at Chosin. When the weather cleared the close support came in and they were so close to the ground he would hear fellow marines yelp when a hot .50 case dropped into their coat. But Fred said he would never forget the sounds of screaming men on fire and the smell of the napalm runs. First Marine Division 1, China zero. Fred also said you could hearem coming Whistling down before you ever sawem. Good call George.
@@chrishill1286 The fact that the Corsair made a whistling sound or that it was a highly effective aircraft that saved many a Marine by providing close air support is by no means in question.
The only thing in question is the highly dubious claim that the Japanese nicknamed it "whistling death". No soldier has ever given enemy equipment that kind of cool sounding nickname. Soldiers either call enemy equipment by derogatory names or technical ones - for example, US bomber crews in Europe called the Me-262 jet fighters "blow jobs", and US Navy sailors in the Pacific called the Ohka suicide rocket plane "baka bombs" (baka being an insult in Japanese).
The Corsair was an excellent aircraft and a Marine Corps icon - and rightfully so. But the Japanese called it the Sikorsky, not "whistling death".
@@chrishill1286 By the way, I fought in Iraq with the First Marine Division, and would never say anything to disparage The Old Breed - the finest combat division in the world, then and now.
dad said that when he was working on them during WW2 that he knew they were coming back wounded because one would do the whistle attack at the airfield if someone was in trouble. They could hear that sound all over the airfield.
I saw in 2001(?) the Corsair, Spitfire, P51D and the P40 (🤔) from the Breitling Feighters above Europoort @ Port of Rotterdam.
Including the whistle.. Goose bumps!
Impressive display and sound!
18 yr olds were trained to fly this and preserve our freedom! Lucky! Thanks for your service all vets
My uncle was a Blacksheep. VMF214 1st Lt Fred “Ropetrick”Losch
Todd Bruce
Very Cool 😎👍
I observed a Corsair in Duxford Flying Legends in 2017. The dives were one of the most terrifyingly astonishing sounds I have ever witnessed. My respect to the men and women that have the skill to fly these planes in the modern age of aviation!
Zero pilot: "what's that noise?"
"oh f#%k"
Diane Pracy Lmaol 🤣😂🤣👍
In past life zero shot me down 2/14/43 in Pacific Ocean but my crew of 5 pilots were saved to fight another day. II Lt. Stewart
Zero; look a Corsair!!!
Corsair; hold my beer, this won't take long.
@@dukecraig2402 I know a man with your name, only reversed.
@@Bullzeye1000yds
Me in Bizzaro World.
What delightful sound!!!
Simply brilliant flying of one of the most beautiful & most distinctive aircraft to come out of WW2.........the Corsair F4U.
You forgot "POWERFUL!!!"
@@Bullzeye1000yds Big radials are always powerful, that's a given. But your right, it is a massively powerful aircraft in the same vain as the Hawker Sea Fury.
Beautiful? its ugly. Demodish nose, ugly canopy, ugly wing design... Griffon Spitfire and Bf-109s are much more beautiful.
@@nippon2003 "Beauty" is in the eye of the beholder, my friend.
@@nippon2003 Those are beautiful too, the P-40 was also one of my favorites. I find the F4u & FG-1D beautiful as well and beautiful from an eliant design stand. They look like nothing else but the proportions just look good to a lot of us. I also think my Cessna 182 is pretty in its own way as well.But when I get out my RC Corsair that is the one everyone wants to see fly hard.
Now that’s how you fly a Corsair! Well done, Sir!!!! 😎👍
Hi Allan, another epic mate, the whistle, wing tip streamers and great engine sounds thanks.
Forgot about corsairs being nicknamed the Whistler. Can see why. Such a great performer and ahead of it's time. I feel part of this era. Lynda C.
Finally, a real pilot with balls putting this old girl through the paces. This plane was designed to be flown this way and more. But you have to understand, some owners spend a fortune on restoration. Fear of losing their investment and a piece of history is to great to take the chance. It's just nice to see what a war bird can do, but even the best pilots can crash.
2004, Warbirds Over Wanaka! Corsair, Warhawk, Spitfire & Mustang in formation! And, since January 2008, I've been volunteering in the B-17G project in Urbana, Ohio. KEEP 'EM FLYING!!
Best Corsair demo I've seen.
I love seeing Whistling Death being put thru its paces!
I grew up watching Black Sheep Squadron and the F4U Corsair became my favorite plane and it still holds that position against many other magnificent war birds.
I have always loved this plane since I was a kid. I built a plastic model of it. It has a large engine and prop, prop is so big the pilots could not see the runway bring take off. Love the video, Thanks
Man! The engine sounds perfect. Really beautiful plane.
The radiators in the wings are what made the whistling sound
This was a great demonstration of piloting skill and of a great warbird.
My fav ww2 plane. First plane to hit 400 mph in level flight. So sweet.
Sherry Setliff --- Not quite true, do a little research, but a fantastic plane just the same.
Freshstart p-38 was the first I believe, correct me if I’m wrong though.
Bryce Stevens not sure. Always heard it was the corsair in level flight. Many had done this in a dive. Also, the f4 had the largest prop on ant plane until the osprey. Know the hellcat had the most kills but I love this plane.
The first plane to break 400 mph in level flight was a Supermarine S.6B racing seaplane on September 13, 1931... It took some doing by multiple aircraft of the type to finally reach 407.5 mph. And the rated top speed for the plane was actually 390 mph. But officially speaking, that was the one.
@@redbluesome2829 "The first plane to break 400 mph in level flight was a Supermarine S.6B racing seaplane on September 13, 1931"
Not bad for a seaplane with two huge floats underneath and a two-blade, fixed pitch wooden propellor. The Rolls Royce "R" motor used in that aircraft was later developed into the Griffon.
Thank you Gentlemen for the excellent display of the aircraft.
What a great pilot !!!!
Awesome. One of my favourite WW2 warbirds.
Raw. What a beast. Thank you for posting
Yes sir love the sound of those high speed passes
She definitely one of my two favorite WW II war birds tied with the P51 D Mustangs 😉👍
At first I though this was the fabulous Steve Hinton who has flown this same plane in lively demos before. The big deal is showing what the best WW2 fighters can do. You rarely see this done even with P-51s in their fairly large surviving numbers. Some of the German pilots will push a resurrected BF 109 to it's limits, and that is awesome. The Corsair is unbeatable!
Thank you for uploading this beautiful video.
Awesome, thanks for posting and posting without music.
Alan you should have posted a bit about the history of this Corsair. It is one of about 400 given to the RNZAF under lend lease by the USA in the Second World War and flew in the Pacific. The conditions of lend lease were that the planes had to destroyed or given back.
All the NZ Kittyhawks and Corsairs were flown into what is Hamilton airport and parked up.
A wrecker set up nearby and starting scrapping the planes. This very Corsair was parked in the wreckers yard for sometime and on trips past the yard I was allowed to get out of the car as a 5 year old and play in it. It subsequently was taken to Auckland and eventually back to the USA for restoration.
It was acquired by the Hanna’s and taken to the UK. Ray Hanna being a Kiwi restored it to RNZAF colours and Keith Skilling flew it as part of the Breitling Fighters display.
At some point it went back into US colours and was acquired by James Slade and he bought it back to NZ.
At its first display at Omaka James invited me to get back into it just as I had done 50 years ago.
That diving sound is right up there with the A-10 turbo fan for me. I can't explain why I love the A-10 sound. I think it's because it sounds so unassuming for such an effective aircraft.
You rarely see this kind of aggressive, "fly it like you stole it" flying display in the U.S. Cheers to the Captain for showing the public how a wartime Corsair would have been flown in combat! Awesome machine and pilot!
Great flying and camera work!!! And that sound!!!!
Ahhh Whistling DEATH!!!
Sweet Music to the ears!
Suchh as beautiful bird. Absolute EarGasm coming from the Whistling Pratt & Whitney Wasp 👊. Thank you for the upload and zero BG music.
“The Whistling Death”
I still live in Grand Prairie, Tx. where the Corsair was built.
It was enjoyable seeing some low level high speed passes, but it would be great to see a demonstration of the roll rate at various speeds. Ike Kepford of the Jolly Rogers is said to have flown his Corsair upside down so low that he ran cars off the road back in '43. Theses antics got VF-17 transferred from NAS Oceana out to the sticks on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, but they would still accost P-51s in training and beat them! Anyone interested in the Corsair must read the biography of VF-17 in WW2. They were equals to VMF 214, Blacksheep.
Fellow I started flight lessons from in 1961 flew the Corsair in the Pacific Theater during WW ll. He had some stories!
What a beautiful aircraft. The ORIGINAL Sound of Freedom!
That would belong to the Spitfire & Hurricane.
Paul Right....
Great video of a one Badass aircraft.
What a beautiful Corsair being flown like it was intended to be!!!
some one said the corsair is their favorite plane.I got tear in my i eye watching Keith flying like this.new found respect for the Corsair
That was one badass plane during WW2
We are poor little lambs who have lost our way. Baa Baa Baa. ;-)
Nice flying! Great filming, too!
That amazing howl of the F4U air intakes for the coolers is so epic. I've always wanted to take one of these and put an r-4360 in it to see what it would do performance-wise.
They did that back in 1945 but the war ended so the 3000 horsepower Super Corsair never went into production.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_F2G_Corsair
I'm not for sure about which engine but I think it's been done. They called it the super corsair
Wright's biggest was the 2 row 3350 in Connie's and Skyraiders.
Pratt and Whitney made the 4 row 4360.
@pete2778
The deck was 8000 ft density altitude.
HotRod Ray R-3350s were also in B-29s.
Slightly different handling characteristics then the 777. Awesome video
Pretty sure I saw this chap testing a recently restored Corsair at Hobsonville back in the 90’s. Even then an extraordinary display.
When they were first put into service the US Navy declared them unsafe for carrier landings but the RN who's carriers were smaller than the US ones and worked out a landing approach to be able to land on British carriers and taught the approach to US navy and Marine corp pilots which is why the Corsair become such a great fighter during the Pacific war .
Yes, indeed. As a kid in the 1950s I built models of lots of planes, but this one was my favorite. As I learned more about it later, I was pleased to discover that the F-4U was the most badass plane in the Pacific during WW2. Fast, heavy bomb load, six M-2 machine guns. That whistling sound was not something you wanted to hear as a Japanese soldier on the ground. This plane was a nightmare with wings.
Watch out Pappy...He's on your tail! Great video. 👍👍
I have a monogram 1/48 scale F4U4 model catching the wire on a diorama pocket carrier USS Sicily. There is a large DC motor running the prop.
I first saw this aircraft at the Classic Fighters Omaka 2015 air show and the commentator mentioned that this particular aircraft was the last ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force Corsair still in flying condition, although I'm not sure about that, having done some reading on it since. Anyway, when asked if it would one day be painted in RNZAF Pacific War markings he said it would cost $15,000, so probably not.
Very good display, loved it👍
I am a simple man, I see that as about the pinnacle of living right there.
the whistling sound is from the airflow splitters in wing root intakes
Whistling death! The Japanese were scared shitless of this bird.
Just sit back and close your eyes and listen to her purr then growl!
That was FANTASTIC!
This has been my favorite since I was a little kid. Such a bad a$$ looking aircraft!
3:02 thats gotta be my favorite pass from any F4U show
Hermoso, hermoso, video! 👍
My father flew the F4U Corsair, WWII, Pacific Theatre, USMC aviator. Mostly close ground support roll.
An aircraft that was way ahead of it's time when conceived in the 30's. The P-51 is the only aircraft that can out fly the Corsair as far as I know. I still have my flight school books but I know I'll never fly and it's sad.
I know the Mustang & Spitfire Get a lot of credit, but the Corsair coming at you at 400 mph is impressive.🇺🇸
I would like so much living in New Zealand. It seems like a paradise for airplane fans.
if you live in the US, try looking around Tx, they have the Commemorative Air Force, which flies a lot of the old WW2 planes around the country
That ominous whistle is NOT the dinner bell!! F@#king badass!!!!! Definitely in my top 3 of all time fighter planes!
The Whistling Death low passes are INSANE! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Beautiful. Intent, hate, malice and danger. The corsair was great too.
My uncle Keith flew one of these off the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12) during WW2.
SUPERBLY FLOWN!! 👏👏👏👏
These aircraft will ALWAYS be cool!
Just pure beauty & power!
Great display! Hopefully I'll get to see a flight display 1day
Beautiful machine! So much respect for them
Wow, it's nice to see it flying like it was meant to be flown.
Historical Aviation Film Unit --- I would love to here a P51 Mustang put through it's paces in the same manner please!, Thank You.
Beautiful engine music!
Outstanding!
I have a 48 inch, model. Just like the real thing. It drops a wing on take off. Watch Black Sheep squadron. You'll see it. Awesome plane. I saw Pappy at Oshkosh. Rip.
glen gerdes Use to watch the reruns when I was little back in the late 70s. Loved that show.
The 1st season of that show lasted longer than Major Boyington's 4 month tour before he was shot down in 1943 & sat out the rest of the war as a POW.
glen gerdes --- My uncle was a fighter pilot in the Pacific, who flew several different planes in the pacific, he had 17 1/2 kills. He said to me that they were station on this Island in the Pacific, I don't recall what the name was, but they had a emergency sortie alarm. Well as they took off two of these pilots that took off had very low hours in the Corsair, & under attack they pushed the throttle all the way forward, which caused the planes to torque over into the jungle killing both pilots.
That was awesome thankyou.
Such a sweet plane! Definitely up there with the coolest
Looks like he is having so much fun just flying the crap out of that plane .
Pretty awesome to watch!
A beautiful bird.
I know the wistle is from the air intakes but what about the hum sound when its diving
BEAUTIFUL creature!!!!
Skilling a name that sounds almost tailored for what he does. Very skilled pilot indeed.
Absolutly beautiful
Fabulous aircraft- Fabulous pilot!
My favorite fighter of WW2
Another great plane is the P-40 Warhawk.👍
I could never afford to purchase a real Corsair, but I do have a 1400mm RC F4U-4 RC Airplane and I love flying it. Thank you for the Great video.