Greater air pressure in the airplane’s landing gear oleo easily eliminated ... When the bugs were ironed out, the F4U hit its stride. Vought’s venerable “U-Bird” went on to become one ...

The Vought F7U Cutlass carrier-based jet fighter was one of the most unusual designs ever produced for the United States Navy, ...

The first fighter to fly with the 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine, the Vought F4U Corsair was also ... which reached down to meet the landing gear struts, kept the fighter’s chin ...

During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft ... Further minimizing drag was the retractable landing gear—a first for a Navy aircraft.

The tests scheduled between January and April should verify that the landing gear and airframe can survive repeated landings on aircraft carriers, Vought says in a press release issued on 11 November.

Conceived as revolutionary and advanced naval fighter, its design fueled by the rapid advancement in aviation technology at the time, the Vought XF5U ... fixed main landing gear and a tiny tailwheel.

One of those planes was the Vought F7U Cutlass ... Second, the front landing gear was abnormally tall and prone to breaking under stress — not ideal when landing on the deck of an aircraft ...

STRATFORD -- For the past six years, a team of about a dozen volunteers have been engaged in restoring the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair ... separate restorations. Landing gear, including the tail ...

Conceived as revolutionary and advanced naval fighter, its design fueled by the rapid advancement in aviation technology at the time, the Vought XF5U ... fixed main landing gear and a tiny tailwheel.