<VV> Oil changes again (no Corvair)

[AeroNed@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/11/2005 10:10:19 PM Central Standard Time,  
tonyu@roava.net writes:

I was  also told that it was manufactured by Goodyear


Some Corsairs, not Corvairs, were built by Goodyear during the war. Many  
factories built different stuff during the war. The really unique thing about  
the GY Corsair was that the fuselage skin was rubber.
 
The second letter in the Navy designation, at that time, indicated  
manufactor. The U in F4U was for Vought Aircraft. I think the GY letter was G.  This is 
how a Corsair could be a F4U and the Wildcat could be F4F  (Grumman).
 
I'm fairly certain that all Corsairs had the PW 2800.
 
Ned