“F4U was one heck of a bird...”
No kidding! As a kid I would watch “Blacksheep” and fell in love with that elegantly-shaped aircraft. I don’t know how many crayons I expended drawing Corsairs over and over and over.
I wonder how many are still around and flyable.
Maybe a couple dozen. But not even close to the number of flyable P-51s
Generally the Air Races held annually at Reno sees one or two, and the OshGosh Fly-In often has one. Very expensive toy to keep flyable - keeping the radials engines operating - big bucks.
The last variants were built by Goodyear (e.g., FGs) and I believe Breswter (IIRC F3As).