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    The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American...
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    The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor...
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    largely due to its performance being inferior to the competing Vought F-8 Crusader, such as its limited endurance, while its Wright J65 turbojet engine...
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    attack fighter. It was a derivative of the Vought F-8 Crusader, an earlier fighter; compared to the Crusader, it had a shorter, broader fuselage, and a...
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    ordnance Aviation portal Related development LTV A-7 Corsair II Vought F-8 Crusader Related lists List of attack aircraft List of military aircraft of...
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  • 8L (redirect from 8-L)
    Kappa (rocket) F-8L, a model of Vought F-8 Crusader Nova 8L, proposed model of Nova (rocket) HJ-8L, a model of HJ-8 missile FR-8L, a relabel of the Roland...
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    powertrain, a feature of the Audi TT F-8J, a model of Vought F-8 Crusader Y-8J, a model of Shaanxi Y-8 8J, shed code for Allerton TMD 8JE740, code for J&J...
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    8U or 8-U may refer to: 8U, IATA code for Afriqiyah Airways One of the possible sizes of a rack unit F8U, a model of Vought F-8 Crusader RG-8U, a type...
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    United Aircraft and became the independent Chance Vought Aircraft Inc. Vought began making its F-8 Crusader for the Navy in 1957; it was one of the Navy's...
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    For example, pilots of single seat Vought F-8 Crusaders would seldom train against the dual seat McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs, and almost never against...
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    North American F-100 Super Sabre Northrop SM-62 Snark Vought F-8 Crusader JT3P Boeing 367-80 JT3C (Civilian) Boeing 707 Boeing 720 Douglas DC-8 A J57 is on...
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    originally located in a chin position under the fuselage like the Vought F-8 Crusader, the air intake was eventually mounted in an unconventional position...
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    Panther Grumman F-11 Tiger North American FJ-2/-3 Fury Vought F4U Corsair Vought F7U Cutlass Vought F-8 Crusader Grumman F-9 Cougar Grumman F-14 Tomcat McDonnell...
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  • Institute. Retrieved 14 September 2021. "F-8 Crusader". Milavia. Ding Cervantes (2005-09-29). "PAF to retire F-5 fleet". Philippine Star. Archived from...
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    studied, including stripped-down versions of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Vought F-8 Crusader, and the newly designed Northrop N-156F. On 23 April 1962...
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    Mersky, Peter (2012). F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War. Osprey Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 9781782006527. "Vought F-8 Crusader Losses & Ejections Part...
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    800XP Embraer ERJ 145 family Learjet 45 Aériane Swift Experimental Vought F-8 Crusader with supercritical wing. The supercritical wing would have been prone...
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    January 2016. "Vought F-8 Crusader Losses & Ejections Part 3: 1967 - 1968". ejection-history.org. Retrieved 19 January 2016. "Vought F-8 Crusader Losses & Ejections...
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    "Vought F-8 Crusader Losses & Ejections Part 3: 1967 - 1968". ejection-history.org. Retrieved 18 January 2016. Mersky, Peter (2012). F-8 Crusader Units...
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    providing recovery in this respect. Whitcomb area rule NACA airfoil Vought F-8 Crusader (TF-8A) Harris, Charles (March 1990). "NASA Supercritical Airfoils:...
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    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "Vought F-8 Crusader Losses & Ejections Part 2: 1965 - 1966". ejection-history.org. Retrieved...
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    with Vought (LTV Aerospace), which had designed the successful carrier-capable F-8 Crusader and A-7 Corsair II for the Navy. If selected, Vought would...
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  • Grumman F9F Cougar - 1954 North American FJ Fury (FJ-3) - 1953 Chance Vought F-8 Crusader - 1961 Grumman S-2 Tracker (US-2) - 1966 Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (TF-4F)...
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    twin-tube launchers fitted to the Sidewinder launching rails of the Vought F-8 Crusader. However, four-tube LAU-10/A series pods became the most commonly...
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    production retractable mount. The IRST was also incorporated into the Vought F-8 Crusader (F-8E variant) which allowed passive tracking of heat emissions and...
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    claimed 17 F-105 Thunderchiefs, 11 F-4 Phantom IIs, two RF-101 Voodoos, one A-4 Skyhawk, one Vought F-8 Crusader, one EB-66 Destroyer and three unidentified...
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    Republic F-105 Thunderchief (1955) Vought F-8 Crusader (1955) Convair F-106 Delta Dart (1956) North American A-5 Vigilante (1958) McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom...
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    radar homing variant of the Sidewinder, developed for the US Navy's Vought F-8 Crusader, but used for only a limited period of time. Conceived and developed...
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    flight tested the McDonnell F3H Demon, Vought F-8 Crusader, Douglas F4D Skyray and Grumman F-11 Tiger. The Vought F7U Cutlass tended to go into an inverted...
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    to scrap ex-carrier Saratoga". Navy Times. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014. "Iconic USS Ranger Dismantled"....
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