The F4U Corsair. My favourite aircraft.

One day I would love to fly one ... preferably with the wings lowered ...

Contractor: Vought
Engine: 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8 radial piston engine
Length: 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Height: 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Empty: 9,205 lb (4,175.3 kg)
Maximum Takeoff: 14,670 (6,654.2 kg)
Speed: 446 mph (717.75 kph) at 26,200 ft (7,985.8 m)
Ceiling: 41,500 ft (12,649.2 m)
Range: 1,560 mi (2,510.5 km)
Armament
Six .50 cal (12.7 mm) Colt-Browning M2 machine guns (some variants had four 20mm cannon)
Two 1,000 lb (453.6 kg) bombs or eight 5 in (127 mm) rockets.

These photos were scanned in from old negatives. I took these when we were in Hamilton filming the maiden voyage of the Lancaster.