“Navy pilots took longer.”
It takes some time to get up the courage to land on a boat.
Over a hundred carrier aircraft ended up on the bottom of Lake Michigan as Navy pilots were trained to land on the converted training carriers Sable and Wolverine.
Some have been recovered and been restored.
US Navy pilots were also trained to become the world’s experts on deflection shooting. Nobody else even came close.
Only the Finns and the US Navy training in deflection shooting.