Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: daveme%tekirl.labs.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Dave Mead) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Corsair/Zero Summary: little known Corsair lore Message-ID: <11231@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Nov 89 04:40:52 GMT References: <11028@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Dave Mead A friend of mine was stationed on a carrier during WWII and Korea. He said early on the deck crews hated the Corsair for a flaw it had and one would assume was corrected later. The flaw was that the gun safeties could fail on deck impact. He said incoming armed planes had thus mowed down deck crews more than once and people tended to hit the deck when they saw a F4U coming in! For me it is a toss-up for the exotic/sexy looking plane award between the F4U and the P-38. The F4U was certainly the more reliable of the two. Dave Mead Tektronix Labs