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Photo ID: 1563472
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150302 / PP-100 The F-8J was a re-manufactured variant of the F-8E to F-8H standard, incorporating the boundary layer control system amongst other improvements. Late in her career with VFP-63, this example was retired to MASDC a couple of years later. Cockpit label reads "Cdr Taco Bell". The Crusader was not an easy aircraft to fly with a high attrition rate compared with contemporaries, but had some extraordinary qualities; it is said that several pilots successfully took off with the wings folded - presumably accidentally! |
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Photo ID: 1500776
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11 (cn 1228) This French Navy F-8 Crusader is preserved at BAN Landivisiau. Originally, the French Navy obtained 42 Crusaders and these were assigned to the carriers "Clemenceau" and "Foch". This aircraft carries a special c/s and the years "1964-1999" on top of its wings. |
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Photo ID: 1500775
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11 (cn 1228) This French Navy F-8 Crusader is preserved at BAN Landivisiau. Originally, the French Navy obtained 42 Crusaders and these were assigned to the carriers "Clemenceau" and "Foch". This aircraft carries a special c/s and the years "1964-1999" on top of its wings. |
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Photo ID: 1416823
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Photo ID: 1407742
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143703 / NL-412 Displayed on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, now permamently moored at the former naval dockyard at Alameda. |
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Photo ID: 1385075
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129655 The gull-winged F7U Cutlass with its tailless, swept-wing profile was not a sucessful aircraft. All three XFU7-1 prototypes crashed. Later revisions were improved but still underpowered and suffered nosewheel issues. The F7U-3M was the missile-carrying variant. In March-1953, the USS Interpid sailed with Sparrow 1 missile equipped F7U-3Ms. Preserved at the National Museum of Naval Aviation. |
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Photo ID: 1345591
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F5-*/* / 14682 The A-7 Corsair II is actually the third Vought Corsair, the first being the O2U/O3U scouting biplane. The V-93S model was manufactured in Thailand, and this survivor in the Royal Thai AF Museum is the oldest Vought aircraft in existence |
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Photo ID: 1275368
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145336 / DW-16 The Crusader was not an easy airplane to fly, and often unforgiving in carrier landings where it suffered from yaw instability and the castering nose wheel. Not surprisingly, the mishap rate was relatively high compared to its contemporaries, the A-4 Skyhawk and the F-4 Phantom II. However, the aircraft did possess some amazing capabilities, as proven when several hapless Crusader pilots took off from Da Nang with the wings folded. |
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Photo ID: 1241642
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145336 / DW-16 Ex VMF-251 aircraft, now part of the "Planes of Fame Museum" collection. F8U-1 was later designated F-8A. |
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Photo ID: 1215478
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147030 / NE-461 All the aircraft on display at the USS Midway Museum are beautifully restored and maintained, but this F-8 seems to have a little something "extra" that makes it stand out above the rest. |
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Photo ID: 1168309
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8 (cn 1225) From 12 Flotille based at Landivisiau on static display at ATI '92. The aircraft carries a short range IR Matra R550 Magic 2 missile. |
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Photo ID: 1165930
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N9964Z / 92468/13 (cn 3729) Texas Air Fiesta 2006. This Corsair was built by the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation under license from Chance Vought. The aircraft was delivered to the US Navy in 1945. After 9 years of active service the aicraft was placed in storage. In 1961 the aircraft was purchased by the Confederate Air Force. The aircraft is based at the Dallas-Fort Worth Wing of the CAF and performs at airshows. (Canon 350D + Sigma 18-125) |
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Photo ID: 1158981
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97349 / MR-15 (cn 9503) A USMC Corsair of VMA-332 in very bad shape seen on the platform at Mojave, CA. This aircraft was restored and is now on display at NAS Pensacola. |
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Photo ID: 1152445
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810 / 141353 F-8 Supercritical Wing Aircraft. This research aircraft was the first airplane to demonstrate the transonic performance capabilities of a supercritical wing. This airplane demonstrated a drag-rise Mach number of 0.96 at cruise lifting conditions. The resulting technology base permitted an increase in cruise Mach number for transport aircraft from approximately 0.8 to above 0.9. Wings of this type are now routinely utilized on all new military and commercial transport aircraft. [Text by Nasa] |
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Photo ID: 1152444
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802 / 145546 F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire Aircraft. This research aircraft was the first airplane to fly using a digital fly-by-wire electronic flight-control system with no mechanical backup system. The initial system utilized components from the Apollo spacecraft guidance and control system. Digital fly-by-wire flight-control systems are now being incorporated into the designs of the most modern commercial transport airplanes, and are routinely used on nearly all new military aircraft. First flight: May 25, 1972. |
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