CAP Squadron 80 Aerospace Education

This site is intended as a log of Aerospace Education activity in the Civil Air Patrol,
California Wing, San Jose Senior Squadron 80. As such, it will probably be of limited
interest to anyone outside of that organization (and even to many within it), but feel
free to poke around anyway.

We apologize in advance for the utter lack of salacious content. But since there is no shortage
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29 November 2021

Presentation: November 2021

This month's AE presenter: Jeff
Date of presentation: 29-Nov-2021
Subject: The Vought F4U Corsair
Description: In this month's ~~ordeal~~ presentation, Jeff talked a bit about one of the most prominent fighter aircraft ever to see service in World War II - the F4U "Corsair". Noting its "gull-wing" shape and its powerful capabilities, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that due to several initial flaws, including a nasty tendency to stall one wing (but not the other) on short final, this aircraft almost didn't see service at all. But these flaws were quickly worked out, and the plane went on to have the longest production run of any piston-engined military aircraft, not to mention a very impressive career as both a fighter and a bomber. The last ones in military service were used (by BOTH sides!) in the so-called "Football War" between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969.