Restoring a Legendary WWII Fighter Plane: The Corsair

Insane aircraft Restoration 1943 Corsair Birdcage. Explore the fascinating world of aviation restoration at the NAS Museum in Pensacola, Florida! Get up close and personal with a 1943 Corsair 'Birdcage' after its remarkable recovery from the depths of Lake Michigan in 2020. From historic aircraft to meticulous craftsmanship, this video offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process. Discover the passion and precision that goes into preserving aviation history!

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[jimroberts]

So many beautiful old (and so old) warbirds. You've gotta love Corsairs! I live in the UK and we have many really good aircraft museums but this place makes me jealous. 😊😊😊

[sreed]

For them to find them in a barn or a field is one thing but to be able to pull them from a lake after all those years and still do such an incredible restoration is mind boggling, I color myself boggled!

[stevemccarty]

I was a member of VMA-214 in the 70s flying brand new A-4Ms. We did a lot of dive bombing, some straffing and dog fighting. The "M" had a larger canopy than other models of the Skyhawk which was neat and it had a self-starter that almost worked most of the time. It also sported a drag chute which was a beast to repack so we seldom used it. The Plane Captains refused to repack it demanding that the pilots who had deployed it do. So we didn't do it again. They gave us a baseball bat to try to jam it back into its canister in the tail of the aircraft. Instead of deploying the drag chute we just dropped the hook and took the arresting gear that was stretched across runways in the middle and at the end.

[wadegrant]

Holy crap! I live in P'cola and go to the Museum a few times a year and had no idea they had a Birdcage in back. It is my favorite aircraft and variant of all time!! I need to get out there in the next few weeks to check it out. Thanks for the video, would have never known otherwise.

[wmsollenberger]

So gracious of them to let us see this stuff! Nice walk thru, THANKS!

[flyingfortressrc]

Man that was awesome.
Thank you so much for the tour.
Years ago I worked at Pima Air Museum and I really miss touching old warbirds every weekend..

[postulator]

I have heard that there is a birdcage at Cameron Park, CA. O61

[VAINVALENTINE]

my god it is literally my dream to work in aircraft restoration. I pray one day I can come take a look at this facility when I'm able!!! The birdcage was such unamazing thing to see you cover, Can't wait to see it finished too! Thank you!

[stevemccarty]

When I was a pilot in VMA-214 we were home based in NAS El Toro which was in So Cal. Boyington lived not too far away. He was a serious drinker and his wife would not let him visit his old squadron knowing that we'd have plied him with drink. Earlier, when 214 was stationed in DaNang or somewhere around there the squadron found out where he was living and provided him with a ticket to fly out there. When he arrived they sat him on a table in the Ready Room and kept him supplied with bourbon and he regaled the guys with war stories. They even put him on the Flight Schedule which PO'd the Co, who was taking the War seriously, the squadron pilots not so much. Soon befored he died, Boyington showed up at the air shows in NorCal for a few years. I got a signed copy of his book, "Ba Ba Blacksheep". He had quite a life....muddled by massive quantities of strong drink.

[Syler]

fantastic i love to see these old war birds be given a new life/ will follow and see how progresses. thank you

[OlJarhead]

That would be my dream job… restoring warbirds.

[richardbrowne]

Wow! A real birdcage, Corsair! Pensacola, Florida has a aircraft museum? I lived in Florida for 31 years and moved out and never knew there was a aircraft museum there. I knew there was an aircraft museum off of I 4 down by Plant City, Florida. I wish I could of went there while lived in Florida.

[enricomandragona]

I was on the carrier that the C-130 landed on!! Nice to know it's still alive!!

[SATRAT-]

Hello and greetings from Australia, thank you for sharing and making this video, big fan of the F4U watching Baa Baa Black Sheep as kid growing up!

[jeremiahwasabullfrog]

I love the salmon color anti corrosion primer on those early Corsairs.

[warbirdflyerFU]

What an awesome tour of an amazing museum and restoration facility I am a big corsair fan Thank you for sharing this video and I hope you will keep us updated on the progress of the corsair 😊

[ZenZaBill]

I could spend a week there, exploring... and the various machine tools...

[ChizAfterHours]

Awesome tour! I didn't realize they were restoring that birdcage! If you're ever up in PA, check out the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. They're restoring one of the 4 remaining P-61 Black Widows for flight. It's been a long restoration but their team of volunteers are amazing and have made some leaps in the last few years.

[lyndonhenderson]

I retired from LTV aircraft in Dallas Texas, in 2013 they had a retire group that the same thing we even repainted a Vought F4U Corsaire 😊😊😊😊❤

[victorfer]

where that airport is located, I would like to see old airplanes, especially those of the second world war like the B-17 bomber and the Corsai