Nearly a dozen were military-surplus Vought F4U-4, F4U-5, and F4U-5N Corsairs bought privately and imported through American aid programs. Several had flown in the Korean War. The Salvadoran air ...

At the time, VC-3 was deploying teams in either Vought F4U-5N Corsairs or McDonnell F2H-3 Banshees. After flying the F4U and the SNB-5 Twin Beech, I checked out in the F2H-3. It was a nice-flying ...