Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Why the Corsair was called "whistling death"

A not so great landing aboard my Dad's boat CV11 Intrepid..Pop said carrier trials were ugly but the only saving grace for screwed up approaches was all the extra power the big Wasp had on demand to successfully abort what would have been a disaster in a lesser power plant..Torque rolls were common early on especially when the 4 blades were added..quote from one of the Intrepid pilots,"The Hog Nose is a great aircraft but it'll kill ya in a NY minute"