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   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: nospam@nowhere.com   
      
   On 19/01/2020 14:10, Stephen Harding wrote:   
   >   
   > On 1/19/20 8:21 AM, Keith Willshaw wrote:   
   >>   
   >> He was one of the first pilots to fly a Corsair off a carrier as the   
   >> USN only used them from land bases until much later.   
   >   
   > The USN VF-12 initially flew the Corsair off carriers for a brief time   
   > before the Navy passed the aircraft over to the Marines.   
   >   
   > My understanding is the RN was already using the curved carrier approach   
   > technique for other aircraft (Swordfish?) and it wasn't something   
   > developed specifically for the Corsair.   
   >   
   >   
   > SMH   
      
   It was used for the Seafire because of the limited visibility over the   
   nose, so it was nothing new for the FAA when it came to use the Corsair.   
      
      
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