{"id":1345981,"date":"2026-05-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/f4u-corsair-first-flight-may-29-1940-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:32:01","slug":"f4u-corsair-erstflug-29-mai-1940-jahrestag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/f4u-corsair-first-flight-may-29-1940-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Heute vor 86 Jahren: Die F4U Corsair absolviert ihren Erstflug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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The Corsair was airborne.<\/p>\r\n<p>It would go on to become one of the most successful, most recognisable, and most beloved fighters of the entire Second World War.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f7fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.65;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold; color: #222;\">Quick Facts<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Vought F4U Corsair<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>First flight:<\/strong> 29 May 1940 \u2014 86 years ago today<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Test pilot:<\/strong> Lyman A. Bullard Jr., Vought-Sikorsky chief test pilot<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Iconic feature:<\/strong> Inverted gull wing \u2014 designed to clear 4-metre propeller<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Production:<\/strong> 12,571 airframes \u2014 longest production run of any US piston-engined fighter<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Combat record:<\/strong> claimed 11-to-1 kill ratio in the Pacific<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Rw_eQ4S_OM\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<figcaption>Inside the F4U-4 Corsair \u2014 detailed walkthrough of the legendary fighter (3.9 million views)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Wing That Solved an Impossible Problem<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Corsair's signature inverted gull wing was not an aesthetic choice. It was an engineering necessity. Vought's chief designer Rex Beisel had committed to a fighter built around the most powerful radial engine in production \u2014 the Pratt &amp; Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, producing 2,000 horsepower. That engine needed an enormous propeller \u2014 over 4 metres in diameter \u2014 to convert its power into thrust efficiently.<\/p>\r\n<p>A 4-metre propeller, mounted on a conventional low-wing fighter, would either drag on the runway or require an absurdly long landing gear. Beisel solved the problem with geometry. By bending the wings downward at the root and then back up at the outer panels, he could mount the landing gear at the lowest point of the wing \u2014 keeping the legs short and strong while clearing the propeller.<\/p>\r\n<p>The result was unmistakable. No other fighter looked anything like the Corsair. Pilots called it \"the bent-wing bird.\" Japanese pilots called it something less affectionate.<\/p>\r\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #0073aa; padding: 15px 20px; margin: 20px 0; background: #f8f9fa; font-size: 1.1em;\"><em>\u201cI learned quickly that altitude was paramount. Whoever had altitude dictated the terms of the battle. The F4U could outperform a Zero in every aspect except slow speed manoeuvrability and slow speed rate of climb. Of my 21 victories, 17 were against Zeros, and I lost five aircraft in combat.\u201d<\/em><br \/><strong>\u2014 1st Lt. Ken Walsh, USMC, first Corsair ace and Medal of Honor recipient<\/strong><\/blockquote>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">First Flight, First Records<\/h2>\r\n<p>Bullard's first flight lasted less than 40 minutes, and it proceeded normally until the elevator trim tabs failed because of flutter, forcing a hurried landing. Five months later, on 1 October 1940, the same prototype averaged 405 miles per hour on a flight from Stratford to Hartford, making the Corsair the first US single-engine fighter to fly faster than 400 mph.<\/p>\r\n<p>That speed alone was a generational leap. The Curtiss P-40, then the US Army's frontline fighter, topped out around 360 mph. The <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/supermarine-spitfire\">Spitfire<\/a> Mk II was barely faster.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9zPKQilC-s\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<figcaption>Corsair Crazy! Eleven F4U Corsairs flying together at Thunder Over Michigan 2019 (1.7 million views)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Trouble With Carriers<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Corsair was designed for the US Navy, which intended to operate it from aircraft carriers. That intention ran into trouble. The long nose blocked forward visibility during the approach. The narrow-track landing gear made deck landings tricky. Early carrier trials in 1942 were a disaster. The US Navy initially refused to qualify the Corsair for fleet carriers, sending it instead to the US Marine Corps for land-based operations in the Pacific.<\/p>\r\n<p>It was the Marines who turned the Corsair into a legend. From Guadalcanal forward, Corsair pilots claimed an 11-to-1 kill ratio against Japanese aircraft. The Royal Navy, less risk-averse than the US Navy, qualified the type for carrier operations almost immediately and proved it could work.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R4aPk4fledU\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<figcaption>Flying the Vought F4U Corsair Fighter \u2014 original 1944 USMC training film (1 million views)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #0073aa; padding: 15px 20px; margin: 20px 0; background: #f8f9fa; font-size: 1.1em;\"><em>\u201cBeing the first unit to go into action in the Corsair, we didn\u2019t know exactly how to employ it, so we had to establish a doctrine.\u201d<\/em><br \/><strong>\u2014 Ken Walsh on VMF-124\u2019s combat debut with the Corsair at Guadalcanal, February 1943<\/strong><\/blockquote>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A Long, Long Career<\/h2>\r\n<p>Corsair production continued until 1953 \u2014 eight years after the war that made it famous ended. The aircraft flew combat in Korea, fought in the Football War between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969, and remains in airshow service today in the hands of dozens of warbird operators.<\/p>\r\n<p>Eighty-six years after Bullard's first flight, the Corsair is still flying, still drawing crowds, and still recognisable from half a kilometre away by that bent silhouette and the unmistakable whistle of air through its wing root inlets. 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