Hey I just have to tell this story about my experience with Hellcats and Corsairs. Way back in the late 40s my dad decided that I should be a pilot(for a little while) and he took me out to Sunset Beach airport in southern California for lessons. When I started my lessons there were two instructors and three Aeronca 7ACs. My first and formost instructor was a realy easy going fellow that I would have to wake up when we reached the practice area. The first time this happened I flew around for quite a while waiting for his instrutions and finally turned around and there he was fast asleep. We got along pretty good. Now the other guy was a nervous wreck and he smoked like it was his last day on earth and HE never slept and usualy had both hands on the back of my seat leaned as far forward as he could get and telling me to do this and then that and boy this guy could get to you. So these two guys hire a woman to instruct( she was a war time ferry pilot) and man I was suddenly in love, never mind she had a mustache, what the heck it was red like her hair and man she could fly and she liked the way I flew. So one day we were taking off for the practice area(me and my girl) and after we got up about 300' the stick goes over to the left and I correct and then it goes over to the right and I correct and then it was out to the practice area and return to the strip. Now stay with me cause we are getting close to the Hellcat/Corsair thing. We get out of the plane and she says what did you think about the stick moving from side to side on the climb out? Well I couldnt tell her I was thinking about how lucky I was to have drawn her for my instuctor that day so just stood there dumb and drooling and she says you have such an easy hand on the stick. So I broke my silence and said something like it must have been Abe my first instuctor cause he was so easy going and it certainly wasnt because of old smokestack. Oh she says you noticed the difference in those two guys, you have to remimber that Abe flew Hellcats in the war and smokestack flew Cosairs. So thats what I know about Hellcats and Corsairs. eric