Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Pretty impressive stuff but @USMRiversine would like a word with you. Even @TangoMikeMike never saw anything as badass as Grinolds, Fetters and Ecklund stalking teen bois and sharing their worthless opinions all year long while simultaneously maintaining their lemon party despite occasionally taking criticism from the one or two subscribers left who isn't a full blown doog. #Courageous
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
He was the butt of the joke in Breakfast Club. He was completely un tuff.
Emilio Estevez was tuff
It's about the arrogance. The posture. And the tough talk. I.e., Authoritative Asshole, like the clip says. And his relentlessness is a thing of beauty.
Sounds like turdbuffer's into kickass pressers.
Is there anything better than Leach's pressers, where he throws his team under the bus after every loss? Those can't be beat.
One other thing, he was actually holding his intestines inside his body with his hand (gutted by bayonet) and was actually pronounced dead and put in a body bag. This motherfucker is probably the only person to ever break the @SpiritHorse and ride him.
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NOC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that.
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
"Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that."
I'm down with this type of "badass" racism.
The Student Government at the UW voted down a proposal to put a statute of Boyington on campus, saying: "We don't need a statue of another dead white guy on 'our' campus."
When people ask me where I went to school I tell them I don't have a degree. Way less embarrassing than admitting I went to the Seattle School of Micro Aggression Triggering and All Things Faggy (UW)
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that.
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
Pappy's a redskin savage from the wilds of Spokane/Coeur d'Alene. At least they're not faggot/lesbo pussies in North Idaho like those pinkos on the upper campus.
"Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that."
I'm down with this type of "badass" racism.
The Student Government at the UW voted down a proposal to put a statute of Boyington on campus, saying: "We don't need a statue of another dead white guy on 'our' campus."
I'm not down with that type of pussy racism.
The Boyington statue thing was a god damned disgrace.
Winning again at Football should, at least, off-set some of that which is lame about our university.
I'd wager that there has never been a better 10-15 minutes of profanity in the history of cinema than R Lee in Full Metal Jacket. Hell, I like you @89ute. You can come over and fuck my sister...that is if you're not too busy practicing the sacred principle of plural marriage.
Throw in your mom and we got a deal!
No deal. My daddy is a mean old sonuva bitch who still lives down in the Wasnatch Range.
I'd wager that there has never been a better 10-15 minutes of profanity in the history of cinema than R Lee in Full Metal Jacket. Hell, I like you @89ute. You can come over and fuck my sister...that is if you're not too busy practicing the sacred principle of plural marriage.
Throw in your mom and we got a deal!
No deal. My daddy is a mean old sonuva bitch who still lives down in the Wasnatch Range.
Okay, I got greedy. I'm good with the original deal. Wasnatch ... excellent, thank you. Been here most of my life and I never saw or thought of that. I should have! Good work.
I'd wager that there has never been a better 10-15 minutes of profanity in the history of cinema than R Lee in Full Metal Jacket. Hell, I like you @89ute. You can come over and fuck my sister...that is if you're not too busy practicing the sacred principle of plural marriage.
Throw in your mom and we got a deal!
No deal. My daddy is a mean old sonuva bitch who still lives down in the Wasnatch Range.
Okay, I got greedy. I'm good with the original deal. Wasnatch ... excellent, thank you. Been here most of my life and I never saw or thought of that. I should have! Good work.
When I was a little kiddy (vacationing in Utah...still lived in So Cal) my dad and his buddies would call the Wasatch lift at Deer Valley the "Wasnatch" chair and we all thought it sounded funny not knowing what the hell they meant.
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that.
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
The Corsair design was led by a UW grad as well. It's a shame my alma mater is now a shell of its former self. I'm with @Swaye, the place has become a complete fucking embarrassment.
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that.
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
The Corsair design was led by a UW grad as well. It's a shame my alma mater is now a shell of its former self. I'm with @Swaye, the place has become a complete fucking embarrassment.
Rex Buren Beisel (October 24, 1893 – January 26, 1972) was an American aeronautical engineer and pioneer in the science and industry of aviation. He was the lead designer of several successful military and civilian aircraft, but is best known for designing the Second World War-era Vought F4U Corsair fighter plane. Life and career
Beisel was born on October 24, 1893, in San Jose, California,[1] and was raised in Cumberland, Washington, a small mining community in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. His father worked as a coal miner. The family lived for a time in a tent, then a small wooden house for which Rex, in an early display of his flair for design, built a picket fence.[2]
As a teenager, Beisel worked variously as a carpenter, store clerk, and surveyor's helper. He attended Queen Anne High School in Seattle,[3] and worked summers at the coal mine in Cumberland as a breaker boy, mule driver, coal washer, and driver of the gas-powered locomotive which carried coal out of the mine.[2]
In 1912 he enrolled in the University of Washington, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree, while continuing to work at the coal mine and in various other jobs. On graduating he took a civil service examination in mechanical engineering and passed with such high marks that he was immediately offered a job in the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair,[2]; this soon led to a job at the newly formed Bureau of Aeronautics.[4]
Starting out as a draftsman in 1917 at $4 a day, Beisel became fascinated with aviation. With no previous aeronautic experience and little available in the way of textbooks or data, he began designing hulls, wing floats, and pontoons for seaplanes, and proved so adept at it that he soon received promotions and assignment to major projects. In November 1919 he became one of a small number of certified aeronautical engineers in the United States.[4]
In 1921, while working at the Bureau of Aeronautics, Beisel designed the TS-1, the first U.S. Navy fighter actually built to naval specifications.[5]
In 1923 the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company lured Beisel into the private sector, making the 29-year-old their Chief Engineer. Two years later, planes of his design won both first and second place in the prestigious Pulitzer Trophy air races. While at Curtiss he also designed the N2C-1 Fledgling, which became the main training aircraft of the Naval Reserve, and the F8C Helldiver, one of the world's earliest purpose-built dive bombers.[4]
After a short stint at Spartan Aircraft, Beisel became Assistant Chief Engineer at Chance Vought in 1931. He was the lead designer for the innovative SBU-1 and SB2U Vindicator scout/bombers, and in 1934 received the Manley Memorial Medal (SAE) and the Wright Brothers Medal for Cowling and Cooling of Radial Air-Cooled Aircraft Engines, a technical paper he co-authored.[2] A Vought F4U-1D Corsair assigned to the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS), China Lake, California (USA), in 1945.
Promoted to Chief Engineer at Vought, Beisel headed up the design team that produced the F4U Corsair, the first fighter aircraft to exceed a speed of 400 mph in level flight with a full military load. Beisel’s ingenious design combined the most powerful engine available with the largest diameter propeller ever built. The Corsair became one of the most famous fighters of the Second World War and played an important role in establishing Allied dominance of the air in the Pacific.[2]
Beisel also served as lead designer for Vought's first jet-powered carrier fighter, the F7U Cutlass. Though having several advanced features, it, like many early jets, was underpowered and unreliable. Its tall front landing strut and problems with the ejection seat made it particularly dangerous for pilots, and by 1956, after a series of accidents, it had been withdrawn from service by the Navy.
In 1943 Beisel had become General Manager of Vought Aircraft, a position he held until 1949. In this position he oversaw, in 1948-49, the company's move from Stratford, Connecticut to Dallas, Texas. With 27,000,000 pounds of equipment and 1,300 employees and their families to be moved, it was among the largest industrial relocations on record. He was named Vice President of United Aircraft Corporation (Vought's parent company) in 1949, and retired a few years later.[2]
Beisel died at his home in Sarasota, Florida on January 26, 1972, at age 78. He was survived by his wife Eunice and their four children: Rex Buren, Ann Marie MacNaughton, Susan Lee, and David Doran.[1]
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that.
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
The Corsair design was led by a UW grad as well. It's a shame my alma mater is now a shell of its former self. I'm with @Swaye, the place has become a complete fucking embarrassment.
Rex Buren Beisel (October 24, 1893 – January 26, 1972) was an American aeronautical engineer and pioneer in the science and industry of aviation. He was the lead designer of several successful military and civilian aircraft, but is best known for designing the Second World War-era Vought F4U Corsair fighter plane. Life and career
Beisel was born on October 24, 1893, in San Jose, California,[1] and was raised in Cumberland, Washington, a small mining community in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. His father worked as a coal miner. The family lived for a time in a tent, then a small wooden house for which Rex, in an early display of his flair for design, built a picket fence.[2]
As a teenager, Beisel worked variously as a carpenter, store clerk, and surveyor's helper. He attended Queen Anne High School in Seattle,[3] and worked summers at the coal mine in Cumberland as a breaker boy, mule driver, coal washer, and driver of the gas-powered locomotive which carried coal out of the mine.[2]
In 1912 he enrolled in the University of Washington, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree, while continuing to work at the coal mine and in various other jobs. On graduating he took a civil service examination in mechanical engineering and passed with such high marks that he was immediately offered a job in the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair,[2]; this soon led to a job at the newly formed Bureau of Aeronautics.[4]
Starting out as a draftsman in 1917 at $4 a day, Beisel became fascinated with aviation. With no previous aeronautic experience and little available in the way of textbooks or data, he began designing hulls, wing floats, and pontoons for seaplanes, and proved so adept at it that he soon received promotions and assignment to major projects. In November 1919 he became one of a small number of certified aeronautical engineers in the United States.[4]
In 1921, while working at the Bureau of Aeronautics, Beisel designed the TS-1, the first U.S. Navy fighter actually built to naval specifications.[5]
In 1923 the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company lured Beisel into the private sector, making the 29-year-old their Chief Engineer. Two years later, planes of his design won both first and second place in the prestigious Pulitzer Trophy air races. While at Curtiss he also designed the N2C-1 Fledgling, which became the main training aircraft of the Naval Reserve, and the F8C Helldiver, one of the world's earliest purpose-built dive bombers.[4]
After a short stint at Spartan Aircraft, Beisel became Assistant Chief Engineer at Chance Vought in 1931. He was the lead designer for the innovative SBU-1 and SB2U Vindicator scout/bombers, and in 1934 received the Manley Memorial Medal (SAE) and the Wright Brothers Medal for Cowling and Cooling of Radial Air-Cooled Aircraft Engines, a technical paper he co-authored.[2] A Vought F4U-1D Corsair assigned to the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS), China Lake, California (USA), in 1945.
Promoted to Chief Engineer at Vought, Beisel headed up the design team that produced the F4U Corsair, the first fighter aircraft to exceed a speed of 400 mph in level flight with a full military load. Beisel’s ingenious design combined the most powerful engine available with the largest diameter propeller ever built. The Corsair became one of the most famous fighters of the Second World War and played an important role in establishing Allied dominance of the air in the Pacific.[2]
Beisel also served as lead designer for Vought's first jet-powered carrier fighter, the F7U Cutlass. Though having several advanced features, it, like many early jets, was underpowered and unreliable. Its tall front landing strut and problems with the ejection seat made it particularly dangerous for pilots, and by 1956, after a series of accidents, it had been withdrawn from service by the Navy.
In 1943 Beisel had become General Manager of Vought Aircraft, a position he held until 1949. In this position he oversaw, in 1948-49, the company's move from Stratford, Connecticut to Dallas, Texas. With 27,000,000 pounds of equipment and 1,300 employees and their families to be moved, it was among the largest industrial relocations on record. He was named Vice President of United Aircraft Corporation (Vought's parent company) in 1949, and retired a few years later.[2]
Beisel died at his home in Sarasota, Florida on January 26, 1972, at age 78. He was survived by his wife Eunice and their four children: Rex Buren, Ann Marie MacNaughton, Susan Lee, and David Doran.[1]
Everyone on this list is a goddamn pussy. Take the time to read about the baddest motherfucker ever. And yes, he is half Native American (the good half).
Wow @Swaye that is one of the most badass narratives of how a soldier was awarded the CMH that I've read. I liked the use of "overabundance" in describing the onslaught of NVA commies.
Yeah I learned about that dude in an NROTC class at the UW many moons ago. Was one of the most impressive single acts of otherworldy heroism and complete kick assery I had ever heard of. I did some research on it and he actually stabbed an NVA queer to death after the NVA queer shoved a bayonet in his abdomen during the hand to hand fighting bit. After being shot, stabbed and grenaded 37 fucking times. Best part, he just left the knife sticking out of him and dumped the body to go kill more motherfuckers. Plus he's half Injun, which makes it even more kick ass.
Only way this real life story could have been any more badass is if he took some NVA scalps. Guess there wasn't time for that.
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
The Corsair design was led by a UW grad as well. It's a shame my alma mater is now a shell of its former self. I'm with @Swaye, the place has become a complete fucking embarrassment.
No fucking way - our historical university just keeps getting tuffer and tuffer. Thanks for sharing. The athletic department should find an owner of a surviving Corsair and pay him/her to paint it purple and gold and then fly over the stadium during the pre game.
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Trump might have the biggest mangina for an American president ever.
Er, I mean @TangoMikeMikeDawg91
Speaking of badass UW fighter pilots (in this case Marines) I didn't realize until recently that Pappy Boyington was awarded the CMH. When I was little kid my two favorite TV shows were Black Sheep Squadron and Dukes of Hazzard (Waylon is the greatest country recording artist of all time BTW). When I first learned Pappy was a Husky I thought that was fucking awesome. Plus the Corsair was the tuffest fighter plane our country ever made.
I'm down with this type of "badass" racism.
The Student Government at the UW voted down a proposal to put a statute of Boyington on campus, saying: "We don't need a statue of another dead white guy on 'our' campus."
I'm not down with that type of pussy racism.
Respect.
Winning again at Football should, at least, off-set some of that which is lame about our university.
Life and career
Beisel was born on October 24, 1893, in San Jose, California,[1] and was raised in Cumberland, Washington, a small mining community in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. His father worked as a coal miner. The family lived for a time in a tent, then a small wooden house for which Rex, in an early display of his flair for design, built a picket fence.[2]
As a teenager, Beisel worked variously as a carpenter, store clerk, and surveyor's helper. He attended Queen Anne High School in Seattle,[3] and worked summers at the coal mine in Cumberland as a breaker boy, mule driver, coal washer, and driver of the gas-powered locomotive which carried coal out of the mine.[2]
In 1912 he enrolled in the University of Washington, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree, while continuing to work at the coal mine and in various other jobs. On graduating he took a civil service examination in mechanical engineering and passed with such high marks that he was immediately offered a job in the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair,[2]; this soon led to a job at the newly formed Bureau of Aeronautics.[4]
Starting out as a draftsman in 1917 at $4 a day, Beisel became fascinated with aviation. With no previous aeronautic experience and little available in the way of textbooks or data, he began designing hulls, wing floats, and pontoons for seaplanes, and proved so adept at it that he soon received promotions and assignment to major projects. In November 1919 he became one of a small number of certified aeronautical engineers in the United States.[4]
In 1921, while working at the Bureau of Aeronautics, Beisel designed the TS-1, the first U.S. Navy fighter actually built to naval specifications.[5]
In 1923 the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company lured Beisel into the private sector, making the 29-year-old their Chief Engineer. Two years later, planes of his design won both first and second place in the prestigious Pulitzer Trophy air races. While at Curtiss he also designed the N2C-1 Fledgling, which became the main training aircraft of the Naval Reserve, and the F8C Helldiver, one of the world's earliest purpose-built dive bombers.[4]
After a short stint at Spartan Aircraft, Beisel became Assistant Chief Engineer at Chance Vought in 1931. He was the lead designer for the innovative SBU-1 and SB2U Vindicator scout/bombers, and in 1934 received the Manley Memorial Medal (SAE) and the Wright Brothers Medal for Cowling and Cooling of Radial Air-Cooled Aircraft Engines, a technical paper he co-authored.[2]
A Vought F4U-1D Corsair assigned to the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS), China Lake, California (USA), in 1945.
Promoted to Chief Engineer at Vought, Beisel headed up the design team that produced the F4U Corsair, the first fighter aircraft to exceed a speed of 400 mph in level flight with a full military load. Beisel’s ingenious design combined the most powerful engine available with the largest diameter propeller ever built. The Corsair became one of the most famous fighters of the Second World War and played an important role in establishing Allied dominance of the air in the Pacific.[2]
Beisel also served as lead designer for Vought's first jet-powered carrier fighter, the F7U Cutlass. Though having several advanced features, it, like many early jets, was underpowered and unreliable. Its tall front landing strut and problems with the ejection seat made it particularly dangerous for pilots, and by 1956, after a series of accidents, it had been withdrawn from service by the Navy.
In 1943 Beisel had become General Manager of Vought Aircraft, a position he held until 1949. In this position he oversaw, in 1948-49, the company's move from Stratford, Connecticut to Dallas, Texas. With 27,000,000 pounds of equipment and 1,300 employees and their families to be moved, it was among the largest industrial relocations on record. He was named Vice President of United Aircraft Corporation (Vought's parent company) in 1949, and retired a few years later.[2]
Beisel died at his home in Sarasota, Florida on January 26, 1972, at age 78. He was survived by his wife Eunice and their four children: Rex Buren, Ann Marie MacNaughton, Susan Lee, and David Doran.[1]