Is Sliač Airport becoming a new airbase of the Flying Bulls?

....following the list of aircraft participating in aviation days SIAF 2018 it is a good question. Apart from participants from the hangar No7 based in Salzburg, Austria, aircraft B-25 Mitchell adn P-38 Lightning, which have been introduced, also an attractive aircraft Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair OE-EAS RB will participate in SIAF. On 1 and 2 September at Sliač Airbase and Sliač Airport you are given the opportunity to admire the unique aircraft in colours of the post-war American Navy  participating in a plethora of the most wellknown airshows round Europe.

Corsair from the Flying Bulls hangar

Corsair, piloted by Eric Goujon or Raimund Riedmann at the first weekend of September, directly doesn´t belong to war  veterans. Although the aircraft F4U-4, a serial number 9149 was manufactured in 1945 it didn´t join WW2 fights. The aircraft after seeing service in the American Navy appeared in hands of  many owners, including in Honduras. Finally it landed in the hangar No7 of Siegfried Angerer at Salzburg Airport becoming a part of the Flying Bulls  fleet. Currently only 4 aircraft produced by the Chance Vought Aircraft Inc. have been flying throughout Europe. Approximately 15 aircraft of this type fly in the world.

Corsair – the successful WW2 American (carrier-based) fighter aircraft

When the prototype of the new American naval (carrier-based) fighter aircraft flew for the firts time on 29 May 1940 it became the second American fighter aircraft (after P-38) overcoming the speed of 644km/h (400knt). It was one of the reasons why this propeller aircraft powered by a piston engine was able to be used after WW2. After fights in the Pacific Corsair´ s pilots reached the considerable number of victories - 2,140 with minimum own losses of 189 aircraft. Initially, because of unsuitable undercarriage construction  and troublesome problems with landing on carriers these aircraft were used mainly from ground bases.  Modified aircraft of F4U-4 versions were delivered to the Americn Navy from the end of the year 1944.

Source: L+K 6/1017, Otto´s Encyclopedia of WW2 Aircraft,

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