The major problem with Cougar carrier landings was not sink rate - it was
engine spool up after a bolter. Too much radial compressor rotor inertia to
quickly overcome. Problem was solved when axial compressors were introduced
in later aircraft's engines.

WDA
CDR USN Ret.

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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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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