On 2007-06-19 17:49:27 -0400, "Boomerang" said:

Me again...remember going through Jet Transition at NAS (then) Olathe,
Kansas, and confronting the jet-vs-prop sink-rate problem in the F9F-5
Panther with the breakaway fence at the end of the runway that simply bent
down and sprung back up when you banged it on your first jet solo. Remember
later when the bent-wing Cougar defied everything you ever learned about
sink rate and ... well, that's a long time ago.

Had a good buddy who went through the Cougars in J Stage around your
time; Andy Zakrzewski; Marine driver; ended up in A4's in Nam, then
went with the FBI later on.
Andy loved the old Cougar!!
Have no fear; that ole' sink rate problem is still around. The T38 on
final can get to be a handful if you start dozing off
:-)))
Dudley Henriques