Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I own it too, but even I would say it’s a pug-ugly aeroplane. Not an aerodynamic line on her and just look at that pot belly underneath!
Hmm, perhaps it’s male not female!
It’s all a matter of perspective. Compared to the Pilatus PC-6 or the Sikorsky S-55 it’s an absolute looker 
The Corsair is one of those really stunning aircraft. Not exactly beautiful (like a Mustang) and certainly not sleek (like a Zero) but certainly very impressive and immensely cool.
I would like to disagree with you in a most friendly manner….
The P51, looks sleek, but the inverted Gull Wings make the corsair unique, and when its full clean with no ordinance, its the most beautiful human-made thing in the skies.
The Zero, sure was fast, but the Corsair could out-dive and out-climb (if it had the energy).
I know other would disagree with me, but that’s how I personally feel.
nah…the Spitfire beats them all!!!
And i thought @ScottMDA was talking about his dog 
. You ’ re so right
Well that’s all a matter of taste. To each his own. I’m very fond of the Corsair too.
But I have to disagree as well. In 1941 compared to the Wildcat and the P-40 - yes, the Zero was kinda fast. But her party trick was manoueverability. It was easily more nimble than anything out there on the allied side. But the Zero was never exceptionally fast. It did about 530 kph (330 mph). That’s about the speed of a 1939 Hurricane Mk.I or Messerschmitt Bf 109E. So by European standards the Zero was already outdated in 1941.
Luckily for the Japanese the American Navy and Army Air Forces were terribly behind in development at that time as well, having neglected development in the 1930s, and thus not being up to date in aeronautical design and especially V-engine development. The Wildcat, P-40 and P-39 were all pre-war planes and were about equal to the Zero. They were all less manoueverably than the Zero, had about the same top speed, were mostly faster in a dive due to being heavier and had slower rate of climb. However they all had one advantage. They could take far more punishment with armored cockpits and self-sealing tanks, while the A6M-2 Zero was a tinderbox that would burst into flames with one single lucky shot (remedied in the 1943 A6M-5).
So when the Mustang (with license built British Merlin engines from the Spitfire), Lightning, Hellcat and Corsair came along around 1943 the Zero became immediately and painfully obsolete. Every single one of these American planes could outmatch even the contemporary Zero A6M-5 in speed, durability, range and rate of climb. In fact the Corsair was one of the fastest planes of the war and could do over 710 kph (almost 450mph)
Casual Friday on the uniform dresscode there? 