Chance Vought LTV Wikipedia link
Amazing Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV)
Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a large US conglomerate which existed from 1961 to 2000. At its peak, its component parts were involved in aerospace, airlines, electronics, steel manufacturing, sporting goods, meat packing, car rentals, and pharmaceuticals, among other businesses.
It began in 1947 as Ling Electric Company, later named Ling-Temco-Vought, followed by LTV Corporation and eventually LTV Steel to its end in the early 2000s.
The first incarnation of Vought was established by Chance M. Vought and Birdseye Lewis in 1917. In 1928, it was acquired by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which a few years later became United Aircraft Corporation; this was the first of many reorganizations and buyouts. During the 1920s and 1930s, Vought Aircraft and Chance Vought specialized in carrier-based aircraft for the United States Navy, by far its biggest customer. Chance Vought produced thousands of planes during World War II, including the F4U Corsair. Vought became independent again in 1954, and was purchased by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) in 1961. The company designed and produced a variety of planes and missiles throughout the Cold War. Vought was sold from LTV and owned in various degrees by the Carlyle Group and Northrop Grumman in the early 1990s. It was then fully bought by Carlyle, renamed Vought Aircraft Industries, with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. In June 2010, the Carlyle Group sold Vought to the Triumph Group.
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Classes
Fighters: LTV A7E Corsiar II / Chance Vought F8U Crusader / Vought F6U Pirate / Vought F7U Cutlass
WW2 Fighters & Others: Vought Kingfisher / F4U Corsair / Vought XC-142 /
Goodyear F2G Super Corsair / Vought SB2U Vindicator
Product list Military Wiki links (date information from Vought)
| Vought VE-7 | 1917 | 128 | Piston engine biplane trainer and fighter |
| Vought O2U Corsair | 1926 | 580 | Piston engine biplane observation aircraft |
| Vought FU | 1927 | 20 | Piston engine biplane fighter |
| Vought XF2U | 1929 | 1 | Prototype piston engine biplane fighter |
| Vought O4U Corsair | 1931 | 2 | Prototype piston engine biplane observation aircraft |
| Vought XF3U | 1933 | 1 | Prototype piston engine biplane fighter |
| Vought SBU Corsair | 1933 | 125 | Piston engine biplane dive bomber |
| Vought O5U | 1934 | 1 | Prototype piston engine biplane observation floatplane |
| Vought SB2U Vindicator | 1936 | 260 | Piston engine monoplane dive bomber |
| Vought V-141 | 1936 | 1 | Prototype piston engine monoplane fighter |
| Vought XSB3U | 1936 | 1 | Prototype piston engine biplane dive bomber |
| Vought OS2U Kingfisher | 1938 | 1,519 | Piston engine monoplane observation floatplane |
| Vought XSO2U | 1939 | 1 | Piston engine monoplane observation floatplane |
| Vought F4U Corsair | 1940 | 12,571 | Piston engine monoplane fighter |
| Vought TBU Sea Wolf | 1941 | 1 | Piston engine monoplane torpedo bomber |
| Vought V-173 | 1942 | 1 | Experimental piston engine "circular wing" aircraft |
| Vought F6U Pirate | 1946 | 33 | Jet engine monoplane fighter |
| Vought XF5U | 1943 | 2 | Prototype piston engine "circular wing" fighter |
| Vought F7U Cutlass | 1948 | 320 | Jet engine monoplane tailless fighter |
| Vought XS2U | N/A | 0 | Unbuilt piston engine monoplane anti-submarine aircraft |
| Vought F8U Crusader | 1955 | 1,219 | Jet engine monoplane fighter |
| Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III | 1958 | 5 | Prototype jet engine monoplane fighter |
| LTV XC-142 | 1964 | 5 | Prototype turboprop tiltwing cargo aircraft |
| LTV A-7 Corsair II | 1965 | 1,545 | Jet engine monoplane attack aircraft |
| LTV L450F | 1970 | 1 | Prototype turboprop monoplane reconnaissance aircraft |
| LTV YA-7F | 1989 | 2 | Prototype jet engine monoplane attack aircraft |
| Vought Model 1600 | N/A | 0 | Unbuilt jet engine monoplane fighter |
Chance Vought years 1917–1928
In 1917, the Lewis and Vought Corporation was founded by Lewis and Vaught, a former chief engineer of the Wright Company. They sought to take advantage of the growing field of military and civilian aviation after World War I. Operations began in Astoria, New York; in 1919, they moved to Long Island City, New York. After Lewis retired in 1922, it was renamed the Chance Vought Corporation.
Vought made history in 1922 when the Vought VE-7 trainer made the first takeoff from the deck of the USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier. Later came the VE-11 naval fighter and the Vought O2U Corsair, the first of the Corsair aircraft.
In 1928, the company was acquired by the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, but stayed its own separate division among the lines of Pratt & Whitney and Boeing. Vought died from sepsis in 1930, having seen his company produce a variety of fighters, trainers, flying boats, and surveillance aircraft for the United States Navy and the United States Army Air Service.
Vought was the name of several related American aerospace firms. LTV
The Vought O2U Corsair was a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft.
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The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily.
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier jet
The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter
Role Observation
National origin United States
Manufacturer Vought
Introduction 1926
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