Whistling Death: FG-1D Corsair burning up the field [YouTube]

Not much Whistling Death in that video. I shot this a couple years ago at my airport. Sorry it was before HD was real affordable.

3:25 jumps right to the dive.

At 4:30 there is a different kind of whistle.

 
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The magnificent Corsair and her variants. There is a sort of grace and beauty, even in a fighter. What a marvelous aircraft. The P&W Double Wasp engines. The first bird that could face and take on the Zero. Beyond the carrier decks, she cut a swath through the Pacific Theater like no other. Downing over 2,000 enemy aircraft by the end of WWII and with the largest amount of kills by Major Boyington. Cool video. Thanks for posting.
 
A Life Aloft said:
The magnificent Corsair and her variants. There is a sort of grace and beauty, even in a fighter. What a marvelous aircraft. The P&W Double Wasp engines. The first bird that could face the Zero. Beyond the carrier decks, she cut a swath through the Pacific Theater like no other. Downing over 2,000 enemy aircraft by the end of WWII and with the largest amount of kills by Major Boyington. Cool video. Thanks for posting.
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I appreciate the Mustang, but I love the Corsair. My great uncle was killed at Pax River testing dive bombing angles in the F4U in 1944.
 
milleR said:
I appreciate the Mustang, but I love the Corsair. My great uncle was killed at Pax River testing dive bombing angles in the F4U in 1944.
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It's a difficult choice because really they were both such terrific designs and had their unique capabilities.....but yeah....I do love the Corsair and the Hellcat. The Corsair to me really was the best bomber and fighter. But there were really other marvelous aircraft in that class that came out of the war like the Lightning, the Spitfire, etc. The Corsair though was so accurate, had a good turning ability and was so capable against anything the Germans had in Europe. She, like the Mustangs and Spitfires could more than hold their own. They all had good speed and were very maneuverable. Something that the Luftwaffe would come to hate.

But where she came to shine was against the Japanese. She was big, but damn fast. She had a very high kill ratio and I believe, along with the P-38, really helped to turn the tide in the Pacific.

That's amazing about your great Uncle. He was a Navy test pilot at Patuxent? Damn. That is really something to be proud of.
 
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A Life Aloft said:
It's a difficult choice because really they were both such terrific designs and had their unique capabilities.....but yeah....I do love the Corsair and the Hellcat. The Corsair to me really was the best bomber and fighter. But there were really other marvelous aircraft in that class that came out of the war like the Lightning, the Spitfire, etc. The Corsair though was so accurate, had a good turning ability and was so capable against anything the Germans had in Europe. She, like the Mustangs and Spitfires could more than hold their own. They all had good speed and were very maneuverable. Something that the Luftwaffe would come to hate.

But where she came to shine was against the Japanese. She was big, but damn fast. She had a very high kill ratio and I believe, along with the P-38, really helped to turn the tide in the Pacific.

That's amazing about your great Uncle. He was a Navy test pilot at Patuxent? Damn. That is really something to be proud of.
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The P-38 is an amazing aircraft as well. Absolutely gorgeous.

I got to sit in a Corsair once about 10 years ago and all I remember is looking out the front and seeing roughly two miles of nose, a prop that looked like it had been transplanted from a Dutch windmill and blue sky. You could feel the power just sitting there, truly awesome.

Yup, he was test pilot at Pax, has a road named after him and everything. A friend did some research and found this a little while ago.



Before that he was stationed on the Salt Lake City. One night at Guadalcanal when he got shot off the cat a case of flares came loose and ignited in the plane. He ditched and spent three days in a raft during the battle. I found a good writeup a number of years ago on the Salt Lake City website.

http://ussslcca25.com/jaeke04.htm#top

My other uncle was on the Yorktown at Coral Sea and Midway, but that's another story :)
 
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fholbert said:
Not much Whistling Death in that video. I shot this a couple years ago at my airport. Sorry it was before HD was real affordable.

3:25 jumps right to the dive.

At 4:30 there is a different kind of whistle.

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Please more F7F <3<3 My second favorite airplane... behind the A-26.

-Fox
 
Acrofox said:
Please more F7F <3<3 My second favorite airplane... behind the A-26.

-Fox
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This sat simi hidden in the back of a hangar behind a B-25 being restored for 4 or 5 years I thought it was an B-26. One day I stopped by after work to get something from my hangar and this was in the pattern. I think it's still the only one flying. This one-ups an A-26.

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fholbert said:
This sat simi hidden in the back of a hangar behind a B-25 being restored for 4 or 5 years I thought it was an B-26. One day I stopped by after work to get something from my hangar and this was in the pattern. I think it's still the only one flying. This one-ups an A-26.
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Ah, the A-20. I don't think it ups the A-26, though.. veteran of three wars, a total MILF...
 
milleR said:
The P-38 is an amazing aircraft as well. Absolutely gorgeous.

I got to sit in a Corsair once about 10 years ago and all I remember is looking out the front and seeing roughly two miles of nose, a prop that looked like it had been transplanted from a Dutch windmill and blue sky. You could feel the power just sitting there, truly awesome.

Yup, he was test pilot at Pax, has a road named after him and everything. A friend did some research and found this a little while ago.



Before that he was stationed on the Salt Lake City. One night at Guadalcanal when he got shot off the cat a case of flares came loose and ignited in the plane. He ditched and spent three days in a raft during the battle. I found a good writeup a number of years ago on the Salt Lake City website.

http://ussslcca25.com/jaeke04.htm#top

My other uncle was on the Yorktown at Coral Sea and Midway, but that's another story :)
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This is truly amazing and so terrific that you were able to learn of their histories. Coral Sea- holy hell- I posted an old photo of that battle in the Memorial Day thread. It was one of the largest sea battles fought and it was fought between the US and the Japanese carriers. Our Navy kicked some serious ass. It was also the first real defeat of the Japanese. They underestimated our Navy, our ships, our training, our fire suppression abilities and our nads.

Then he was at Midway? Good Lord. He didn't miss much did he? Midway was our most stunning victory in the Pacific. The Doolittle Raid had taught Japan a serious ass lesson. The Japanese sent almost it's entire Imperial Fleet up against us. He must have stayed on the Yorktown then because after some repairs at Pearl, she was sent right the hell back and fought at Midway. We lost a helluva lot of planes and pilots, a helluva lot, the first day because we fought at low altitudes to try and draw out their planes. But then we sent our heavy dive bombers in, heavily damaged their ships and sent them packing.

Your Great Uncle was at Guadalcanal ??? Bejebus. That was our real first offensive battle victory. IMO, it remains one of the greatest battles that the Marines fought and it showed the world just what tough bastards they really were. Guadalcanal began shortly after Midway. It was a major offensive move by the US and our allies. Over 3,000 Marines landed on the beaches the first day. They went for the seaplane bases and in one damn day, had the Japanese retreating. We fought for months, Navy, Marines, and Army. The book and movie The Thin Red Line portrays this battle and is pretty good.

Anytime you want to share the stories of your warrior relatives and their participation in the Military, feel free. I'd love to hear more.
 
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