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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vought O2U Corsair over Cavite in 1930: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. AL77B-055 Vought O2U-2M Corsair Mexican Air Force Ensenada c1934 (14541101633): San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives· Public domain
- 3. US Navy Vought SU-1 Corsair biplane: National Weather Service· Public domain
- 4. Vought O2U NACA 1930: NACA· Public domain
- 5. Vought O2U-1 Corsair in 1926: U.S. Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Vought O2U Corsair is a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft. Developed by Vought Corporation, the O2U was ordered by the United States Navy (USN) in 1927. Powered by a 400 hp (300 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engine, it incorporated a steel-tube fuselage structure and a wood wing structure with fabric covering.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,095 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1926
- number built
- 580
- role
- observation
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1690-42 Hornet
- length
- 8.4 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,161 kg
- top speed
- 269 km/h
- range
- 1,095 km
- ceiling
- 5,669 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3100680, Wikipedia: Vought O2U Corsair (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.