Check Flight "Corsair" (CD)

These state-of-the-art recordings use the highest quality microphones and digital production technology available to give you the thrilling sounds of aviation. Every CD is over an hour long and packed full of super sonic thrills and spine-tingling sounds.

The "Bent Wing Bird", as the F4U Corsair is known to many, was one of the most famous American carrier based fighters in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Its success carried it to service well into the Korean Conflict. On this beautiful special 2 CD set we've got lots of Corsair music prepared for you. You'll hear group engine starts and take-offs, single and formation passes, aerobatics, a 400+ mph, "throttle to the firewall" pass, as well as landings and taxiing. There's a back seat recording so you can feel what it's like inside the cockpit. A "Friends and Foe" section features passes by the Corsair, Mustang, Lightning, Zero, Bearcat, Wildcat and the Super Corsair. On disc 2 Corsair pilot Steve Bakke tells us how everything works and, last but not least, we are honored to hear Corsair tales told by the heroic pilots who flew the Corsair in combat.

Disc 1 Menu: Continue scrolling to see Disc 2 Menu: CORSAIR SOUNDS

1. 400+ MPH Passes [It'll knock you over.]
2. Group Engine Start [The ground shakes.]
3. Take-offs [Right in front of you.]
4. Passes [On top of you, low and fast.]
5. Landings [So beautiful.]
6. Taxi-back and Shut-down [Closer and closer and closer...]
7. Solo Engine Start [You can count the cylinders firing.]
8. Aerobatics [When you hear it, you can see it.]
9. Landing [Tire chirps and engine crackling.]
10. Taxi-back and Shut-down [Nice.]
11. In-cockpit Flight [You are there. The microphone was in my lap in the back seat.]
12. Friends and Foes [Can you name them without reading the menu? There's a surprise in here for you too.]

Disc 2 Menu:
1. Steve Bakke Conversation/

VOICES OF THE LEGENDS
2. Rob Reider Introduction
3. Henery Bourgeois
4. Glenn Bowers
5. Ned Corman
6. Tom Emrich
7. Ed Harper
8. Bill Heier
9. Jim Hill
10. Fred Loesch
11. Bruce Matheson
12. Al McCartney
13. Bob McClurg
14. Dean Caswell
15. Archie Donahue
16. Jim Swett
17. Cook Cleland
18. Harold Bitzegaio
19. William Landreth
20. Toughest Enemy
21. Best and Worst

Click to hear a sample of a Corsair high speed low level pass.

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