WW2 Corsair fighter - low level and fast
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- World renown WW2 warbird fighter pilot Keith Skilling puts the Old Stick and Rudder Company's Goodyear FG-1D Corsair through its paces at the Classic Fighters airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand in 2005. This is one of two surviving Corsairs that actually saw service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World war Two.
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My father flew the Corsair in the south pacific in WW II...man, he loved it.
Me too
My respects to you and your father, and my gratitude for his service. From the nephew of a Cold War Marine, Semper Fi!
So did my grandfather, RNZAF 16th squadron
My great great grandpa served in ww2 and he really loved! To try a Corsair man he so excited to try it!
How lucky was your father !!!! Despite of the risks..
Man, the sound of that engine makes my knees weak.
I was 10 back in 1971. one of the last years they would fly these at full power ( air frames got to old after that ) One did a full power pass at about 350 and I droped down to the ground. The ground shock like an earth quake. No jet will impress you more..Really. Horrifying that we used these things to kill people.
we are poor little lambs who have lost our way baa baa baa
@@hondo1032 We are poor Black Sheep who have gone astray,
Baa baa baa...
The Japanese called it "whispering death."
@@hondo1032 My absolute FAVORITE show when I was little!!! I used to cry at the end of every episode, lol
Wow. Just such an amazing aircraft. To be able to get behind that stick just for 30 minutes would make me the worlds happiest man
Andrew Griffith y
Andrew Griffith I have a major dream of learning to fly every would be orgasmic for me to fly either the P-51 or the F4U how awesome that would be both planes are that that I dream of
Andrew Griffith Only if you’re a pilot!
Corsair: makes scary noise
Stuka: *gets jealous*
Whistling Death
The Corsair was designed to chew up and spit out Japanese Zeros which it did better than any other fighter.
Such a pretty bird! And that sound!!!
though deemed difficult to fly compared to others, in seasoned hands she was second to none. was always my favorite, a truly magnificent plane
OMG, what a beautiful plane! I have always admired the Corsair.
Oh, he certainly knows how to do her justice! She's a real beauty!!!
The narrator skipped over the corsair being a deadly fighter, the fastest Prop plane of WWII (451 MPH @ 19000 ft level flight) with 6x .50 or 4x 20mm (as well as several other variants it was extremely lethal in the right hands
I love to fly the puppy in war thunder sim.
523 mph dive speed. Turns very sharp if you ease into it. I would say about as fast as a spit or zero. And increased control as you gain speed. Much better handling at low speeds then the p51s. 109s. 190s.. even tho for how heavy it is.
Very deadly one of my fave to fly rn
The Dornier Do 335 Arrow was the fastest prop plane of WWII and my favorite. The Corsair is my second favorite prop plane of WWII, though.
Dominic Viner when you reach 230 kmh in a P-51D In combat you’ve basically pulled your pants down and painted a red target on it
It was the first fighter, (or maybe any aircraft) to reach 400mph in level flight. And it was I believe the only american fighter to serve beyond WW2
@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 As much as the Dornier was fast, it was to heavy to become a fighter due to it's poor rate of climb.
My father was a Marine fighter ace in WW2 with 5.5 kills in the Corsair ... assigned to Guadalcanal and Okinawa ...he loved flying this bird !
Sorry if I sound stupid but how do you get .5 of a kill
Love that whistling sound to it!
i actually got chills from the video
Loved that plane ever since I was I kid when I used to watch on the TV show Black Sheep Squadron late 1970s.
That was super fantastic. A great demonstration of the aircraft. And I loved the greaser landing!
Some nice "Spirited" flying there. Thanks for the video!
The Corsair is genuinely fucking terrifying and I *love it.*
The Stuka’s got nothing on this yeetus.
This is so awesome the whistling death originally flown by the greatest generation. Excellent daring flying great display
That was beautiful.!! Can never beat the engine sounds of WW2 aircraft.
The corsair was originally with the navy but it was not good for landing on carriers,so the marines adopted the corsair and was Air support for the marines during okinawa,guadalcanal, and on two jima
the RN flew corsair of carriers from day one they sort out all the issue and showed you guys how to do it 8 months before the USN
The Navy had problems with main tires bursting on landing as well as the shock absorbers not dampening bounce when first deployed. Pilot landing technique changes and adjusting the dampening within the oleos (shocks) sorting out the landing issues. She was still a handful at low speeds due to the torque.
I totally love the F4U Corsair, starting 70 years ago when I was 5. Glenview Naval Air Station.
The sound of it's Pratt & Whitney is like a soundtrack
A truly fearsome and magnificent aircraft from an era where true skill was what won the day.
A beautiful airplane that has a unique and unmistakable appearance. Pappy Boyington and the Black Sheep would have been proud to see this bird flying again. 🇺🇸👍👏
Just love corsairs fav war bird and that sound man a real war bird to fear
That is one fast and beautiful bird!
Love the sound of this nifty little fighter!
Beautiful landing !!
Like a stroke from a tender paintbrush !!
They even look awesome landing!
No 250 knot limit flown here. This Corsair KICKS ASS.
for people that don't know. The f4u-4 could maneuver as good as the spitfire or Yak3. But it could carry more bomb load than a p-47. The only candidate for best pure fighter and also, fighter/bomber of the war.
+skyfix actually the P-47 N could carry more bombs 2x1000 +1x 500 bombs + rockets & 8x.50cal But the Corsair was faster, more manueverable and could be use from carriers- definetly this old Marines favorite bird !
Mate as the spiitfire? hahaha please the only thing the spitfire could do and was best at was to maneuver!
Actually, the corsair could keep up with a zero coming out of a dive, at lower speeds however, they were less maneuverable.
That's one hell of an awesome sound!
Must say, Excellent camera work !
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They called her The Ensign Elimanator, she was tough to learn..nice video,good pilot!
As a child, I read the memoirs of a chap Who Flew an F4U in WWII. He Claimed the flight manual said that the glide-characteristics were SO poor, that if the engine stopped, you should bail-out (if high enough) ... OR 'Whistle A Tune and Kiss Yer Ass Goodbye '! ... Because a 'dead-stick "landing Was very iffy.
My favorite plane if all time!
I love the bend in the wing on those carrier based planes
Fantastic plane.My favourite with the Spit MK 9 !!! Beautiful landing ! Thanks for this video.
That was quite something! The pilot was really wringing it out! Loved the wingtip vortices!
You gotta love that high pitched howl!
That beautiful harmony...
You would not have wanted to see this bird coming after you back in the day.
Magnificent.
Thank you for this.
WF
UK
Beautiful mate! ✈️👍🇳🇿
Indeed it is!
Can you imagine that coming at you with 6 50’s hammerin away?
great edit job , well done
Thanks -- appreciate your comments.
Love that sound!
Great video. Interesting information. Thanks for sharing it!
That was beautiful! 😊
Glad you think so!
2 thumbs up. Thank you.
What a beautiful, magical aircraft!
US Corsair Fighter airflow dive whistling gives German Stuka dive bomber sirens some serious competition for the history books , Japanese in Pacific war had very good reason to nickname the Corsair Whistling Death
Beautiful bird
Man o man... huge HP +big prop... but where's the whistling death?
you can hear it at 1:24 and 2:34. I think the plane needs to be at high speed
Coxy said zeros were scarce but when they saw them they were fleeing not wanting to tangle with Kiwi corsairs
By 1945 most Japanese pilots were so green they knew not to tangle with any Allied aircraft. The exception was the few surviving veterans who'd been recalled to Japan to help train new pilots. When carrier raids on the Japanese mainland began some of these vets tangled with the Allied fighters singlehandedly... and surprised the hell out of them.
plz show the cockpit of that build im building a giant scale of that bird
Beyond pretty...just plain scary looking and sounding. BTW...did anyone ever do any serious aero analysis on the gullwing configuration as pertaining to turn or climb performance?
favorite plane
My Grandpa also flew a corsair his kill rasho was 20 at end of ww2
The Flaps on these birds just kill me, Every time I see them its like... ..... ...... .... Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
ZOOOM and the hellcat was also great fighter wich was bigger than the Corsair it had more wing surface than the corsair,p47 thunder bolt-p38 lightning,, so it could carry more payload. and had same climb numbers but speed was just a little slower...the hell cat could land greatly on an aircraft carrier and had lots of duties and lots of Extremely Brutal numbers:: They referred to the F6F Hell Cat as the Big Blue Blanket of the Pacific...
I'm gonna say thats the softest landing I've ever seen in a corsair..
Ooof, the rumble of that engine though
If Howard Hughes could have seen the aircraft of today, he would be creamin' his pants.
is there still one in a swamp near hamilton airport ???
best bird ever *.*
That was great!
Beautiful bird.
My father, Ed Libby, was a test pilot during WW2. He put the first 2 hours on the planes when they came off the assembly line in Akron, Ohio, where I was born in 1944.
that pilot, doing those low, fast passes, must have felt like he was in a real dogfight
Its lloks like its a british RN specification model of Corsair, because it has shortened wingtips, like exactly Corsair Mk1.
So, if im right its not exactly plane delivered directly to New Zealand, but to british RN. Im i right?
No. All historical evidence about this aircraft indicates it was one of the FG-1D's delivered directly to the RNZAF by the US.
@@HistAvFilmUnit Thanks for answer. So, i would like to ask anyway - is it plane with shorter wings like Corsair MK1 for british RN ?
The VFM flew these planes like no one else
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Goodyear didn't start production of these aircraft until 1943 so the 1941 date on the video is wrong.
@ Skyfix ... You are Right ... Only plane Equal to the Corsair , was the P - 51 in the Interceptor Role , [ With / Merlin - Liquid Cooled / Engine ] & in Ground Attack with / Air cooled Engine was Unequaled ... These Two Incredible Aircraft were Held Back by minor Glitches , / fickle ' Top Brass ' , Army & Navy & could have Come Online 12 to 18 months sooner ... That said , their True Impact was Not Measurable ... They Largely were Responsible for Controlling the Skys in the Pacific & Europe ... Their Enemies Certainly Knew ... The F4 - U Cleaned up Most of the Experienced Japanese Pilots left from early War Advantage , [ Solomons, Campaign ] before the F - 6 F , Hellcat came online ... Begs the Question : ?? .. Why Wasn't the Corsair in Europe ...?? Its Performance in Every Category , Outpaced , the P- 47 & / the Typhoon ... Ground Attack , Escort Duty & even Long - Range - Interceptor would have Been Suitably Superior to Anything the Germans Had ... Would have shortened the War & Saved , 10s of Thousands of more Lives ...
Brilliant!!
Akron’s bent wing bird
woah cool
That bird is like a nice looking blue eyed blond with all them nice looking curves.
Snobear... I thought a Hawker Seafury was fastest. Do you have stats for comparison?
My question though, do radial-engined fighters such as this have similar "torque-steer" that Mustang pilots must compensate for, upon roll-out?
Pretty much any prop driven aircraft has that issue to some extent, unless it's something with twin engines with counter-rotating props.
I FEEL IT, MUST OF FLY HER.....JR
Yes, I do believe. I believe that these F4U NASTY prop planes were still used for ground support of troops in Nam in the late 60's. While Phantom jets were in, out and gone the F4U was taking up the difference between the supersonic jets and the helicopters. Fast enuf to be an elusive target for ground fire, slow and low enuf to deliver massive destructive cannon fire and bomb loads with pinpiont accuracy. The only WW2 airplane used in Nam. Long after the "Mustang" was phased out the Corsair was still flying.
Watch the You Tube " How to fly the F4U" video to see just what the pilots had to deal with.
I think you're thinking of the A D 1 skyraider it was a prop plane....The was also a single engine jet in Nam named the A-7 Corsair 2
+brdwonder
A Honduran F4U pilot shot down two El Salvadorian F4Us and a Cavalier Mustang during the Football War in 1969. Both sides operated the Corsair, and that was the last time they saw combat.
But yeah, no Corsairs served in Vietnam. You're thinking of the A-1 Skyraider. The A-1 never saw combat in WWII, though its first flight was a couple of months before the war ended.
Super!
that is a scary sound
I would have hated being a Japanese soldier and looking up to see THAT coming at you.
Thats Gonna wake people UP in the Morning LMFAO.
Nah, actually it's gonna wake people DOWN over there.
Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
I'm pretty sure I fudged my undies......
Not to brag, well I guess it wouldn't be since it wasn't me, but my Dad flew a tour in Korea in the -4 Corsair, he was a Marine.
imo the usaaf had trash design specifications for the aircraft they wanted ending up with a vast amount of aircraft that werent really suited to their roles, the us navy though specified designs that worked pretty well for their intended purpose
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i wish that guy would shutup, i would rathet hear the Corsair
If you buy the DVD (from us) you can actually turn the narration OFF, but still listen to the aircraft sounds -- how many aviation DVDs have you seen with that feature?! Alternatively check out our channel and you'll find other Corsair videos without narration...
wisleing death for a reasion
Zajekurwabiste!
If this is the last RNZAF Corsair, why doesn't it have NZ air force markings!!!
+slooob23 Because at the moment there's no money available to re-paint it.
+slooob23 To be fair, VF-17, the squadron which this F4U currently represents, was arguably the greatest Hog squadron of the war. A squadron that was hugely instrumental in running the Japanese out of the Solomans and neutralizing Rabaul.
Not exactly an embarrassment until they're able to repaint it.
Because it looks better in U.S. markings
@@Chris-jv7im I don't agree. It's not a fashion statement. It depends on what you want to represent. If you want to represent a US Navy or Marine squadron aircraft, fine. If your representing the actual history of this particular aircraft, then its RNZAF. Its not better or worse. Just different! And historically relevant to this aircraft. After all, they fought, along with the Americans, British, and Australians in the Asia/Pacific war to.
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BAA BAA BAA BLACKSHEEP !!!!
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new zealand air force had heaps better planes than australian air force !
I see six libs gave a thumbs down.
Nah just Trump thinking this plane was from North Korea!
Cameraman needs lots more practice..........
paul rogers You're kidding right?
maybe not LOTS more, but def more practice. I do a fair amt of videography myself, & can hold a plane in the center frame better than that.
Sorry bub
paul rogers No one cares if you can film it better unless you have.
I myself could care less whether I could do it better or not; you missed the point, and that is the videography needs improvement
paul rogers Coming to a random video and saying, "This should be better, I could do better." is a waste of time and space. That's why no one cares.
You clearly missed my point.
Any world war II veterans who are here with us right now and flew these beautiful aircraft so we can all still speak English. I just want to say thank you. I am a USMC veteran from 1987 until 1995. Thank you for paving the way. My dream was always to be a fighter pilot. Somehow I lost focus. I became an artillery man and fought in the Gulf war. But a lot of the times I was a rifleman also as all Marines are. My biggest dream was to be able to fly. I guess I should say my biggest dream is to be in the cockpit of an F4U Corsair. I don't know if they make two seaters or not. If they don't then just strap me to one of the wings or the cowling. I want to have a good ride. It could be my last and I would love it. If there are any fighter pilots or pilots of any sort reading this, thank you for flying. When I was on the ground, we'd love to see the pilots come over top of us because they would protect us on the ground. The biggest dream I ever had was to fly in an F4U Corsair.
That sound and that whistle give me a chill down my spine every time
At the Flying heritage Museum at Paine Field Everett, Wash. There's a corsair engine on display.
F4U was possibly the most touchy WW2 plane to fly. Engine torque had to compensated at all times. It flew left wing heavy due to engine torque and the power of that huge 4 blade propeller. It was capable of a big bomb load and 6 wing cannons made it deadly in a dogfight. Pilots who flew it tell me they could pull 7g's in a turn and overspeed it in a dive to damn near mach one. Not sure I believe that.
It's not a stretch, my grandfather flew them in the USMC. He did say that the later model Corsairs in a clean configuration, no external tanks or weapons, would hit high subsonic speeds in a steep full power dive.
brdwonder I received a 16mm film that showed P-40 planes taking off the deck of a carrier . This was how they were shipped to North Africa. These planes had the same engine torque problem. My principal was part of the group that was on that carrier.
@soaringtractor...F4U-4 and on had the four bladed prop. Earlier versions had the 3 bladed propeller. Experiments with the 4 bladed prop were conducted on the F6F, late war but never put into production.
I think it had more to do with aerodynamics rather than the prop. The inverted gull wing on the F4U was the difference. the prop on the Hellcat was of 13'1" diameter, same as the Corsair versions with the 3 bladed prop. Grumman was looking for superior performance at selected altitudes and considered the extra blade a small price to achieve this end. More blades mean more drag. All of this was factored in. The P-47's advantage was the turbocharger, (in my view anyway) as exhaust gas turned the aux. supercharger impeller rather than power being sapped from the engine to do it. The main and the aux. blowers were powered by the engine in the Hellcat and the Corsair. I love all three planes.
DUUUHH!!!! The engine doesn't run the turbocharger DUUUHHHH!!!! The exhaust gas does!!!! DUUUHHHH!!! Anything the engine turns lowers BHP DUUUHHHH!!!! The P-47's engine turned the main blower only DUUUUHHHHH!!!! F6F and F4U engines didn't HAVE turbochargers DUUUHHHH!!! You think the Vought engineers designed the inverted gull wing to look cool? DUUUUHHH!!! Should have known better than to try to have an intelligent conversation with a fucking insecure moron.
Japanese soldier hearing the terrifying engine sounds of the corsair flying toward him: O__o
Thanks for posting this
Thanks for not mucking it up with silly music or overdone narrative
NICE LANDING!!