F4U Corsair Tour: Arsenal of Democracy (MSFS2020)

Come along on a guided tour of Connecticut and the Long Island Sound that includes the history of the Corsair, Vought, Republic, Pratt & Whitney, Grumman, Brewster, and more... References: Gustav Whitehead https://www.npr.org/2013/03/19/174634... History of Vought Aircraft https://library.utdallas.edu/specialc... Eugene Ely and Curtiss- first Navy takeoff and landing https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-n... The Hartford Speed Run https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag... http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2008/10/... http://rememberedsky.com/?p=2658 “Trap” Trapnell’s 400 mph flight Trapnell, F.M. Jr. & Tibbitts, D.T. (2015). Harnessing the sky: Frederick “Trap” Trapnell, the U.S. Navy’s aviation pioneer, 1923-1952. Naval Institute Press. Rentschler Field- Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton-Standard https://connecticuthistory.org/the-ea... https://www.prattandwhitney.com/History/ http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CT/A... https://www.notplanejane.com/hamilton... https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/10/ob... New England Air Museum https://www.neam.org/shell.php?page=h... http://www.neam.org/shell.php?page=hi... Bradley POW Camp https://www.courant.com/hartford-maga... The Corsair https://www.worldwarphotos.info/galle... https://issuu.com/arielbarbuio/docs/o... Sperry Bombsight https://csh.rit.edu/~lueking/citation... Grummand Bethpage Airport http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/A... Brewster Aircraft and Brewster Field https://www.nytimes.com/1940/02/19/ar... https://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.... https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-... Additional general information from Wikipedia. 0:00- Vought-Sikorsky Factory, Stratford, Ct 2:40- Vought History and Startup 8:30- Takeoff 13:20- Hartford Speed Run 20:50- Hartford 21:30- Rentschler Field, Pratt&Whitney, Hamilton-Standard 25:30- Connecticut River run 27:20- New England Air Museum 29:40- Hamilton Standard and Bradley POW camp 32:18- Enfield, Ct and Thompsonville 36:00- Springfield Armory 38:20- Riverside Park 39:30- Returning to Hartford 42:45- Colt Armory 44:20- History of the Corsair 50:25- Thames River 51:00- US Coast Guard Academy 52:25- New London Submarine Base and Electric Boat 54:35- Along the coast 56:58- New Haven 59:30- Grumman’s Calverton Plant 1:03:30- Brookhaven National Labs 1:05:10- Sperry Corporation 1:07:00- Republic Airport 1:10:40- Grumman Bethpage Airport 1:16:16- Floyd Bennett Field 1:18:35- Brewster Aeronautical Corporation 1:24:30- Brewster Field/ NAS Johnsville 1:27:40- NAS Willow Grove 1:29:40- Trenton Airport and GM Avenger Plant 1:31:00- Flyby and Landing #Connecticut #history #WWII