Night Corsair F4U Model Airplane

An Excellent, Museum Quality F4U-5NL Night Corsair Model Airplane Will Greatly Valued By Enthusiasts and Model Collectors

Our F4U-5NL Night Corsair model airplane is delicately handcrafted and made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Painstakingly and passionately worked by our master craftsmen on the F4U-5NL Night Corsair model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

Our museum-quality F4U 5NL Corsair model plane is truly unique and not constructed from kits. The F4U 5NL Corsair model plane comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality F4U 5NL Corsair model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

The single-seater Vought F4U-5NL Corsair is definitely one of the most distinctive designs ever employed by a fighter aircraft. It lives as one of the most famous fighters built during WWII. Its gull-wing design to allow the propeller to rotate without hitting the ground made it an icon for a generation of plane "buffs" who knew the stories of such groups as the "Black Sheep Squadron" who utilized the F4U-5NL. Used in Korea as a carrier-based fighter and night fighter, the Corsair showed it technologically advanced features to survive in an era where propeller-driven fighters were being replaced by jets. F4U-5NL Corsair is powered by Pratt and Whitney R-2800-32. It has an empty weight of 9,683 lbs. and maximum weight of 14,106 lbs. As for its performance, it has a max. speed of 408 mph, service ceiling of 41,400 ft and range of 1,120 miles.

In March 1943, the Marines introduced the F4U-5NL to its debut combat. Eventually it was put into service with the USN in January 1944, after the British proved that it was able to operate safely from carriers. The plane was not slow to prove its fighting ability and succeeded in gunning down 2,140 enemy aircraft while losing only 189 F4U's during the Second World War.