But it was the British Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm who came up ... In September of that year, Captain Jesse Folmar plunged his aging F4U-4B Corsair fighter into a turning dogfight with a MiG ...

In short, the Navy wanted something that could fly fast, fly far, land on carriers, and inflict plenty of damage. Vought’s answer was the F4U Corsair. The Corsair became the first single-engine ...