Word: vought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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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...
Avenger will shortly have a running-mate, a Vought-designed Torpedo-plane made by Consolidated Vultee. Already in production, it shows promise of even better performance, but airmen are withholding final judgment until the new craft, called Seawolf, gets its test in battle...
...Navy's most famed fighter plane-the hunchbacked, stubby Grumman F4F Wildcat-is a back number in aerial warfare. The Navy gladly made this admission last week. It could afford to. Besides its fancy, high-powered (2,000 h.p.) new Vought Corsair, it also has another brand-new fighter in service around the world...
...came out of the floatplane base on Poporang Island-there were six of us, five P-38s and one Vought Corsair-and we spotted the destroyer. It turned broadside to me. We were firing our four .50-caliber machine guns and one cannon...