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   From: keithwillshaw@gmail.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   
      
   According to Norman Hanson the main problem with the Corsair was Oleo   
   Bounce which was fixed by mods to the oil valves which Vought then   
   included on the production line.   
      
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