I was actually a comnavradar tech on the ICAP in the early 1980s. More than once, while on deployment, I heard "Cat" pilots complain about how they had to go to stage one to keep up when the Prowler pilot decided to "firewall" the throttles on the return leg of a mission. While I never heard that from a Corsair pilot, I did hear pilots from my squadron complain about having to throttle back just so the Corsairs could keep up. Just repeating what I was told and overheard
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