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\u201cWith only about two dozen flying examples of the Corsair\nremaining in North America, the opportunity to bring together the\nlargest-possible group of these unforgettable aircraft at Oshkosh was one we\nhad to organize,\u201d said Rick Larsen, EAA\u2019s vice president of communities and\nmember programs, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions. \u201cThis\nairplane recently marked the 80th anniversary of its introduction to the U.S.\nmilitary and remains a favorite warbird among many enthusiasts. Our goal is to\ncreate a memorable program with several activities that feature the Corsairs on\nground display and in the air.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Corsair owners are encouraged to join this unique reunion by\ncontacting Chris Henry at the EAA Aviation Museum (CHenry@EAA.org) for further\ndetails and registration information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Corsair received heightened attention at the end of 2022\nwith the release of the major motion picture \u201cDevotion,\u201d which recognized the\nKorean War exploits of Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner and his wingman\nJesse Brown, the first Black U.S. naval aviator. That movie will be played\nduring AirVenture at the event\u2019s Fly-In Theater, with descendants of the Brown\nand Hudner families invited to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, visitors will have the opportunity to visit the\nnewly opened Corsair display inside the EAA Aviation Museum, which is open to\nall attendees as part of their AirVenture admission. The exhibit honors both\nBrown and Hudner, including a Corsair flown by Hudner on his subsequent\ndeployments in the early 1950s and painted with his VF-32 squadron markings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was first flown in 1940 and\nintroduced to the U.S. military on December 28, 1942. Its unique gullwing\ndesign came as a way to allow use of the powerful Pratt & Whitney R2800\nDouble Wasp engine and allow shorter, more rugged landing gear for use as a\ncarrier-based aircraft. With those attributes and a top speed of more than 450\nmiles per hour, the aircraft became renowned as a naval aviation fighter and in\nsupport of ground forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reunion of the Chance Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, the unique gullwing fighter aircraft best known for its exploits off U.S. aircraft carriers, will be among the warbird highlights at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023. The 70th edition of the Experimental Aircraft Association\u2019s fly-in convention is July 24-30 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. \u201cWith […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-wisconsin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2681edit2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24861,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856\/revisions\/24861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}