The Corsair no doubt appears at the top of the list of mythical aircraft

which have left their mark on aviation history.

As I am more particularly an illustrator, I have given priority to the illustrations

and iconography, followed by explanations which are deliberately concise but as rigorous

as possible. The aim was to tell the thirty year story of the Corsair's extraordinary career

from its baptism of fire in the Pacific to African skies, passing through the Far-East and a less

martial but nonetheless virile interlude in the colourful and exhilarating world of the Pylon Races

This work does not claim to be exhaustive and is destined as much to the enlightened amateur

as to the neophyte, in whom perhaps will appear

a new love for the fabulous Bent wing Bird

Bruno Pautigny