[QUOTE=kev35;1803197]Is it just an apocryphal story that the USN and Marines used the Corsair as a land based aircraft due to their difficulty in carrying out carrier landings in the aircraft? Until the Fleet Air Arm proved it was practicable?

Kev. The RAF found the American pilots were having GREAT difficulty in landing the F4Us on the decks of carriers, until the best pilots in the world, (Our, of course) told them to approach the carrier on their Port side, and whilst doing a semi circular approach, which would mean dipping their Port side wing, they would get a better view to line up for a landing.Problem solved.
Jim.

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