The outer wing panels, essential to the Corsair's distinctive gull-wing shape ... He has also overseen the restoration of an F4U-4 (Bureau Number 97382), owned by Duane Doyle.

The left wing lost lift first ... In September of that year, Captain Jesse Folmar plunged his aging F4U-4B Corsair fighter into a turning dogfight with a MiG-15 jet. He came out on top, downing ...

In 2005, the Connecticut legislature unanimously declared the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, the renowned World War II fighter with an inverted gull wing, its Official State Aircraft. “It was a no ...