Korean War ChanceVought F4U5NL Corsair “Devotion”, flight training with Pilot Georg Raab at Siegerland Flughafen. Listen to the mighty R2800 18 cyl. radial engine stating up. Conditions were super windy, so camera footage is quite shacky, hope you can still enjoy the Corsair.

SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 10,66 m
Span: 12,49 m
Height: 4,60 m
Engine: 1 × Pratt& Whitney 18 cyl. R2800CB3, 2400hp
Topspeed: 656 km/h
Serviceceiling: 12.600 m
Range: 2074 km
Empty weight: 4329 kg
Takeoff weight: 6398 kg
Armament: four 20mmcannons mounted in the wings / various rocket and bomb combinations on the wing

Aircraft History:
ChanceVought F4U5NL Corsair “Devotion”

Particularly noteworthy about this aircraft is that #124541 has a verifiable history. The history can be traced on the basis of the still existing “History Card” (Curriculum Vitae or CV), which was available for all Navy/Marines aircraft. Unfortunately, these CVs have often been lost – not so with #124541.

Following the history card, #124541 flew with “VMF513” over Korea. The “VMF513” is one of the most famous operational units of the U.S. Marines and was nicknamed “Flying Nightmares” at the time. The history card was later provided to MaxAlpha Aviation by the son of the former operational pilot Al Sadeski.

After around 25 years in an Argentinian museum, the aircraft was sold in Argentina in 1991 and then taken to Le Castellet in France in 1994. There, the Corsair was rebuilt over many years of painstaking work. As part of this restoration, the F4U5 was converted to the F4U7 series to represent an aircraft of the Aéronavale (the French Navy). The F4U7 FAZYS was flown by Ramon Josa, who was a Corsair pilot with Aéronavale during his active service. In keeping with the 7 series, the Corsair was also given a matching serial number, #133704. The FAZYS was a welcome guest at various airshows and was very well known.

In December 2009, MaxAlpha Aviation GmbH acquired the FAZYS and the aircraft was transferred to its new home airport in Bremgarten (EDTG) on December 2nd by the aforementioned Ramon Josa. In 2010, the FAZYS was flown intensively and was also a guest at the “Flying Legends” airshow in Duxford, now with the nose art “Cielito”. After finding out the unique history of this special Corsair, the original condition of the 5 series was restored by MeierMotors and finally painted in its original colors. It was then given the registration DFCOR, which it still bears today.

In November 2023, Flying Legends GmbH acquired the Corsair. Since then, the DFCOR has been stationed at Siegerland Airport and is part of the Flying Legends collection.

Visit:
https://www.flyinglegends.eu/chance...

Music:
METEOR DCS: F4E OST Of Ghosts and Thunder "Bolo"
   • METEOR DCS: F4E OST  Of Ghosts and ...  

0:00 Startup
1:18 unfold Wings
1:40 Flaps up
1:55 clear pitot tube
2:02 Chocks away
2:22 taxi
3:10 Takeoff
3:31 aerobatic training
5:36 Landing
6:08 taxi
6:43 Wings foldunfold
8:10 shutdown
8:30 Details