Corsair has taken delivery of its first A330-900, on lease from Avolon, to join the French airline’s fleet. By selecting a total of five Airbus A330neos, Corsair is executing its strategy to become an ...

On July 11, 1940, the only Vought Corsair prototype crash-landed on a Connecticut golf course, nearly ending the program ...

French leisure carrier Corsair has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900 on lease from Avolon, becoming the first operator to receive the higher-weight version of the widebody. The airline is ...

Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered ...

The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio of over 11:1. During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought ...

STRATFORD -- For the past six years, a team of about a dozen volunteers have been engaged in restoring the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair that used to sit atop a pedestal in front of Sikorsky Memorial ...

Five weeks after taking his wedding vows, Navy pilot Loren Isley was at war with Japan — a 21-year-old Missourian on March 18, 1945 — making what would be his final mission off the vast USS Intrepid ...

Pitching decks can make a carrier trap landings extremely dangerous…. The video in this post was filmed aboard USS Midway on Aug. 21, 1984. It shows U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair II (BuNo 157495) belonging ...

HARTFORD The Stratford-born F4U Corsair, a famous World War II fighter that earned the nickname "Whistling Death" from its Japanese foes, will soon become Connecticut s official state aircraft.

While the average member of the public may not track military aircraft, most seem to have a general awareness of the basics. Many aircraft gain some mainstream traction either through their use in ...

With a crane and great care, a new light-attack jet was lifted onto the USS Midway Museum’s flight deck in San Diego Wednesday – a new addition that has taken two years to restore. A 50-year-old U.S.

The aircraft features 352 seats in a three-class layout, providing all the comfort and amenities of Airbus’ leading ‘Airspace’ cabin, including state-of-the-art passenger in-flight entertainment (IFE) ...