Vought F-8 'Crusader' by junge1

Photography • Military • posted on Oct 17, 2016

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The F-8 'Crusader' was a single-engine supersonic carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and was also used by the French Navy and Philippine Air Force. During my time at DaNang AB, Vietnam in 1966-67 F-8s and also F-4Bs were flown by the Marine Corps from land-based runways. Statistics: Crew: 1 Length: 54-ft 3-in (16.53 m) Wingspan: 35-ft 8-in (10.87 m) Height: 15-ft 9-in (4.80 m) Empty weight: 17,541 lb (7.956 kg) Payload: 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) Max takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,000 kg) Power plant: 1 x Pratt & Whitney J 57-P-20 A afterburning turbojet Thrust with afterburner 18,000 lb Max Speed: Mach 1.86 (1,225 mph, 1,975 km/h at 36,000-ft (11,000 m) Cruise speed: 570 mph.(495 kt. 917 km/h) Service Ceiling: 58,000-ft (17,700 m) Rate of climb: 19,000-ft/min This F-8 'Crusader' is on static display on the flight deck of the 'USS Midway (CV-41)' which is now a Museum Ship anchored in San Diego Harbor, California. This picture was taken on 26 August 2007, Sig..

Comments (11)

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Buffalo1

1:28PM | Mon, 17 October 2016

The F-8 was a great plane and the design served as the basis for the A-7 bomber. Note the 20 mm canon tubes. F-4s only carried missiles at first and this proved to be a disadvantage when dealing with enemy Migs.

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Richardphotos

1:32PM | Mon, 17 October 2016

great capture and information

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junge1

4:42PM | Mon, 17 October 2016

@Buffalo1: You are right Rog. I liked seeing them fly, similar in landing speed to the F-104, very little wing, so they had a pretty high approach speed. They also had a similar mickey mouse landing gear to the F-104. The wing on the F-8 tilted during approach and acted as a speed brake. They also sometimes carried two 1,000 lb bombs externally near the nose, I know because one of them crashed at take-off using runway 170L and landed in the minefield at the south end and one of the two 1,000 pounders went off. A pretty good bang. The pilot had ejected and dashed through the minefield and got picked up by a full bird colonel and told him the 1,000 pounders and that gave everybody a chance to take shelter before it blew up.

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