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The Corsair no doubt appears at the top of the list of mythical aircraft which have left their mark on aviation history. As I am more particularly an illustrator, I have given priority to the illustrations and iconography, followed by explanations which are deliberately concise but as rigorous as possible.The aim was to tell the thirty year story of the Corsair s extraordinary career from its baptism of fire in the Pacific to African skies, passing through the Far-East and a less martial but nonetheless virile interlude in the colorful and exhilarating world of the Pylon Races. This book,...

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair is one of the most prestigious aircraft in the world. It was built in more than 12,000 specimens in six major versions, used by some air forces up to the 1970s. The Corsair, after difficult starts, was one of the architects of the success of the US naval air force during the Second World War. With 144 pages, nearly 200 unpublished profiles of this legendary aircraft have been produced by two great world aviation specialists and illustrators.

From the Battle of the Marne to the end of the Vietnam War, this "first half" of the 20th Century must undeniably be considered as quite representative of aerial warfare. With the 400 profiles and illustrations contained in this book, Bruno Pautigny, the world famous illustrator, paints the technical portraits of the most famous fighters and bombers of all the great conflicts of the previous century: First and Second World Wars, Indochina, Korea and Suez, Algeria, Vietnam, etc.