When the Corsair thumped down on the deck, the landing gear’s oleos—shock-absorbing struts—bottomed out, then bounced back like giant pogo sticks, causing the airplane to bound over the ...

The cockpit, a maze of levers, dials, and wires, is distinctly different from later Corsair variants. “There's a lot of differences in how some of the systems work, like the landing gear and the ...

The Corsair was equipped with six Browning machine ... so it would be impossible to lower the landing gear and wing flaps for a normal landing. I called Yontan and asked to come in for a wheels ...