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The last time more than five Corsairs gathered together was at the Corsairs Over Connecticut air show in 2011 (five of them are here from the 2010 event), but it has been decades since an air show could boast ten or more... and that just may happen at this year's Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run, which has just confirmed its tenth participant! (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt)
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Thunder Over Michigan, organized by the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan is one of the most popular air shows in the United States. This year the organizers are arranging what could be the largest Corsair gathering in decades. In fact, Michael Luther, the air show’s director, just announced the 10th Corsair on the list of expected participants! “We are very excited to organize this gathering. The Corsair is one of the favorite WWII aircraft for many enthusiasts. We have invited every U.S.-based operator and the European as well. We are very excited to now have ten airplanes confirmed. However, we won’t stop here and we will try to add a few more!”
Gentlemen – start your engines… Can you imagine such a scene featuring ten Corsairs!!! (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt)
Three of the bent wing birds lining up for their photo-call at Corsairs Over Connecticut in 2005. (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt)
John O’Connor made a few fly-bys of Peru, Illinois in his freshly overhauled Chance-Vought Corsair. He has had the aircraft painted in the gull grey livery worn by a handful of (now extinct) AU-1 Corsairs at Marine Corps Air Station Quantico in Quantico, Virginia at the very end of the Corsair’s service life in the USA. This aircraft is actually one of three surviving F4U-7 variants, all of which once served with the French Aeronavale. (photo by Greg Morehead)
Restored by the late Gerry Beck, Vought F4U-4 Corsair Bu.97388 is flown under the aegis of the Wings of the North Museum these days. It’s great to see her in the air again. This magnificent naval fighter was one of two of the type performing at the air show. (photo by John Chvatal/Gazing Skyward TV)
The CAF Dixie Wing’s FG-1D Corsair. The fighter will be flying to Macon, Georgia on Sunday August 25th to reunite a former VMF-214 mechanic with one of the aircraft types he worked on in the South Pacific Theatre during WWII. (Photo by Luigino Caliaro)
With your help, Jim Tobul in his magnificent F4U-4 will be flying over Pearl Harbor to celebrate VJ-J Day. (photo via Greg Leach)
The Erickson Aircraft Collection’s F4U-7 Corsair over the beautiful Pacific Northwest during the Air2Air Experience in 2014. (photo by Matt Booty)
John Fuentes flying the Military Aviation Museum’s FG-1D Corsair. (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt)
The Collings Foundation’s F4U-5N. (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt)
Born in Milan, Italy, Moreno moved to the U.S. in 1999 to pursue a career as a commercial pilot. His aviation passion began early, inspired by his uncle, an F-104 Starfighter Crew Chief, and his father, a military traffic controller. Childhood adventures included camping outside military bases and watching planes at Aeroporto Linate. In 1999, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, to obtain his commercial pilot license, a move that became permanent. With 24 years in the U.S., he now flies full-time for a Part 91 business aviation company in Atlanta. He is actively involved with the Commemorative Air Force, the D-Day Squadron, and other aviation organizations. He enjoys life with his supportive wife and three wonderful children.
