Goodyear F2G1 Super Corsair
by Jim Thompson
Title
Goodyear F2G1 Super Corsair
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Jim Thompson
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Photograph - Photographic Art
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Big, robust, and fast, the Goodyear F2G was often referred to as the "Super Corsair" for good reason. Designed and produced by Goodyear rather than Vought, the F2G design mated the Corsair airframe to Pratt & Whitney's huge R-4360 engine rated at 3,000 horsepower. Other changes were a bubble canopy and a taller vertical stabilizer with auxiliary rudder to compensate for the engine's extra torque. Some 418 F2Gs were ordered, but only five F2G-1s and five folding-wing "dash twos" were manufactured.
Ironically, the F2G Corsair made its name in the peacetime world of air racing. Navy pilot Cook Cleland obtained four surplus F2Gs and substantially modified one, clipping six feet off the wingspan. He won the 1947 Thompson Trophy race at 396 mph while two years later the Super Corsairs scored a clean sweep with Cleland, Ron Puckett, and Ben McKillen taking the top three spots. In ten starts over three years the F2Gs scored two wins, two seconds, and a third-place finish.
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July 2nd, 2014
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