@ New Orleans, LA
September 2024
This Vought F4U-4 Corsair soars over the main exhibit floor at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. This warbird was restored over a four year period by Vought retirees at the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation in Texas and added to the Museum collection in 2009. This aircraft is a “Franken-corsair” with pieces and parts from wrecked and scrapped aircraft, along with custom fabricated parts. The gull-wing design, a design solution to accommodate the 13 ft diameter Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller, makes the F4U one of the most distinctive fighters of World War II. First flown on May 29, 1940, it was the first single-engine fighter able to exceed 400 mph in level flight. More than 12,500 of these warplanes were produced.
