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A view of the XF8U-3's chin inlet shows it to be drastically different from its predecessor, the Vought F-8 Crusader. The XF8U-3 first flew on 2 June 1958. Despite claims by many books and articles that the aircraft reached Mach 2.6 at 35,000 ft (10,670 m) during testing, the maximum speed achieved was Mach 2.39, and normal operating speed was no more than Mach 2.32. [10]
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft [2] designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters".
Vought F8U Crusader: 1955 1,219 Jet engine monoplane fighter Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III: 1958 5 Prototype jet engine monoplane fighter LTV XC-142: 1964 5 Prototype turboprop tiltwing cargo aircraft LTV A-7 Corsair II: 1965 1,545 Jet engine monoplane attack aircraft LTV L450F: 1970 1 Prototype turboprop monoplane reconnaissance aircraft LTV YA ...
An F-8E Crusader of VMF-312, ca. 1964. The Panther s were replaced with FJ-2 Furies and later FJ-3 Furies , while they in their turn were being replaced in mid-1959 by F8U-1 Crusaders . Concurrent with the reassignment in February 1966 to MCAS Beaufort was the transition to yet another aircraft, the F-4B Phantom II , and redesignation as Marine ...
Jerry Walls wasn't deterred by the fact this 1936 Graham needed work. He bought it after reading about it in My Favorite Ride in 2017.
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Similarly, the F2H-2P was superseded by the F9F-8P (later RF-9J) variant of the F9F Cougar and the F8U-1P (later RF-8A) variant of the Vought F8U Crusader as these aircraft became available. During 1954, a Banshee flew coast-to-coast, nonstop without refueling, approximately 1,900 miles (3,100 km) from NAS Los Alamitos , California to NAS Cecil ...