Thirty Corsairs roared over Stratford, Conn. (pop. 30,000) as some 25,000 persons jammed their way through the Chance Vought plant of United Aircraft Corp. There they gaped at the new jet fighter XF6U-I and the fighter-bomber F4U-5, latest and most powerful of Chance Vought's redoubtable Corsairs. The occasion was the 30th anniversary of the founding of Chance Vought. It was also an occasion for United to tell the world that it is doing fine, at a time when almost all aviation companies are losing their shirts.
Notably absent from the celebration was rangy Frederic B. Rentschler, chairman of United Aircraft....
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