Corsairs Over Connecticut ;-)

Corsairs Over Connecticut
Took place on 03 to 05 June 2005 at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Connecticut where thousands of Corsairs rolled out of the factory, across Main Street, and on to the tarmac of the airport for their first flight.

A rare gathering of the people that built them, the people that flew them, and five Corsair from Chance Vought and Goodyear were on show and in the air during the weekend.

To honor the war effort and achievement of Connecticut’s aircraft workers at United Aircraft, Pratt and Whitney, Hamilton Standard and the Vought-Sikorsky companies in the production of the only major combat aircraft of World War II that was the product of a single state, Connecticut.

About 12,500 Corsairs were built between 1938 and 1945 – the longest continuous production of any World War II-era aircraft.

When you see the tartan above you may say, what dose the tartan have to do with the Corsair? Well nothing, but it has to do with Connecticut. The tartan is the State of Connecticut's Tartan. So now you know what the Connecticut Tartan looks like. Not many people do.

State of Connecticut web site for the Corsair

The pages on the Corsair are taking longer then I hoped, so I will publish what I have so far and will continue to up date as I add more pictures and information.

Last revision to the site was on 26 April, 2008