N43RW - Chance Vought/ezell Avia INC F4U-5 Aircraft Registration

N43RW is a Chance Vought/ezell Avia INC F4U-5, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, TX. The registration certificate was issued on September 10, 1993. The registration is set to expire on August 31, 2028. The aircraft is configured with 1 seat. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A52251 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N43RW was last updated on June 3, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The F4U Corsair was America's most successful carrier-based fighter of World War II, achieving an extraordinary 11-to-1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. First flown in 1940, it was a single-seat, low-wing monoplane powered by a massive Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engine producing up to 2,450 horsepower. Spanning 41 feet with a length of 34 feet, the Corsair could reach 453 miles per hour and carry 4,000 pounds of bombs or rockets. Manufactured by Chance Vought Corporation, with additional production by Goodyear and Brewster, a total of 12,571 Corsairs were built during the longest production run of any U.S. piston-engined fighter. AviatorDB tracks 1 Chance Vought/ezell Avia INC aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is CORS.

AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N43RW. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.