Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair on static display in the Great gallery of the Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle

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Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair on static display at the Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle. The Goodyear F2G "Super" Corsair was a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company from the FG-1/F4U-1 Corsair design as a special low-altitude version of a fighter equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 twenty-eight cylinder, four row radial air-cooled engine. Although often cited that the origin of the aircraft was as an interceptor of low-flying Japanese suicide airplanes, its actual beginnings came about in 1939 when the Pratt and Whitney company first proposed its enormous new engine. Thus the F2G lineage was tied to its engine design rather than tactical requirements.

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Size: 5050px × 3360px
Location: Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington 98108
Photo credit: © John Gaffen 2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aircraft, corsair, fighter, military, navy, propeller, tail, undercarriage, wheels, wings