This F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ served with NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), for 1:1 scale wind tunnel testing, before being transferred to the U.S. Navy.
NACA photo, 18JUL1951.Photograph from July 1951, F4U-4B with NACA tail band. The retired Corsair was put to use by NACA to research […] Continue Reading…