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...good until it has met and passed the final test of battle. Last week the U.S. had a glow ing report on the first combat performance of its newest fighter plane, the Navy's Grumman Hellcat (F6F). It also got a well-documented secondary report on the Vought Corsair (F4U), already one of the hottest things in the Pacific...
...Fred Riebel had tried to wriggle out of the strait jacket, but he was soon laced in tighter than ever by the rough & tumble Brewster union. He had no time to untangle the materials mess Result: Brewster failed in production on the Navy's Corsair fighter, although production of the so-so Brewster dive-bomb er picked up. In August, month of Brewster's latest strike, not a Corsair was delivered...
Navy flyers in the South Pacific reported that a "Type 3" Jap fighter, probably equipped with a self-sealing gas tank, did not burn and explode as readily as the light Zeros do. But they also said that Type 3 was no match for the new Vought Corsair...
...Corsair (Vought F4U). Familiar to aircraft spotters because of its upswept wings, the Corsair was built and is used as a carrier fighter but it is also a era ~k land-based aircraft, so used in the main by the Marines. About as fast as anything in the air, it has great high-altitude performance, is also (because of its high horsepower) versatile enough to carry heavy bombs, torpedoes, or a belly tank...
...Said the Philadelphia Inquirer: "The company has not delivered a single plane to the Navy under its $15,000,000 contract since the recent strike ended there Aug. 26. Production of dive-bombers and Corsair fighters is 'virtually at a standstill...