The Corsair was one of WWIIÕs most superb fighters, achieving a victory ratio of nearly 11:1 in the Pacific. Had things worked out differently, its sister craft, GoodyearÕs F2G ÒSuperÓ Corsair, might have eclipsed that record. Based on GoodyearÕs fixed-wing F1G design, the F2G had a bubble cockpit and was
fitted with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engine. The twenty-eight cylinder, four row radial air-cooled monster provided nearly 50% more take-off power than the standard double Wasp. Yet by the close of WWII, only five F2GÕs had been built, and so the plane never saw combat. Originally printed by Goodyear and the U.S. Navy, this Flight Handbook taught pilots everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit.