#XF8U-3

[lonestarflight]

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III (BuNo 146340) in flight, circa late 1950s. The first of the three XF8U-3s to reach flight status completed about 150 hrs of testing up to the time the Navy cancelled further development.

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[captain-price-unofficially]

XF8U-3 Crusader III, competitor to the F-4 Phantom II

#aviation #cold war

[usafphantom2]

G. Verver Following

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III BuNo 146341 on the line with a huffer and electrical power connected, circa 1959.

[airmanisr]

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III BuNo 146340 by G. Verver Via Flickr: Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III BuNo 146340, 1957.

#F-8 #aircraft

[drteslasagan]

XF8U-3 SUPER CRUSADER 

[stone-cold-groove]

The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III.

[classicnavalair]

@ClassicNavalAir Losers: Vought V-401/XF8U-3 Crusaser III. #Navy #FDI https://t.co/BteKP4ycGt

#Navy

[lonestarflight]

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III in flight.

Date: 1958

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[kaz10000-02]

F8U-3計画は5機が製作されたところで破棄された。3機は試験プログラムで飛行し、クルセイダー IIIが地球の大気圏の95%以上の高度を飛行できたことから他の2機は大気圏試験のためにアメリカ航空宇宙局（NASA）に移管された。パトゥセント・リバー海軍基地で飛行していたNASAのパイロットは決まって海軍のファントム IIの迎撃に上がり模擬空戦でこれを打ち負かした。これは海軍側から嫌がらせを止めるように苦情が来るまで続けられた[6]。

XF8U-3 (航空機) - Wikipedia

[usafphantom2]

kitchener.lord Following

Vought F7U-3 & Vought XF8U

[toocatsoriginals]

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III

First flown in 1958, the Crusader III was designed as an all-missile fighter to compete with the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II (then F4H). While externally resembling the F-8 Crusader, the XF8U-3 was larger, more complex, and had greater performance. In tests, the Crusader III regularly out-maneuvered the F-4, but pilots found the new systems to be overwhelming (the F-4 had a second crew member to handle radar). Additionally, the F-4's air-to-ground capability and larger payload doomed the Crusader III. It was cancelled, with five aircraft built.

Crusader III's were loaned to NASA, as they were capable of flying outside of 95% of Earth's atmosphere, and the Navy routinely complained about NASA pilots flying out of NAS Patuxent River engaging, and defeating, nearby F-4 Phantoms in mock dogfights. All five aircraft were eventually scrapped.

via Aviastar and Wikipedia

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[lonestarflight]

The third U.S. Navy Vought F8U-3 Crusader III (BuNo 147085) taxiing. This aircraft was transferred to NASA as "225" in June 1959.

Date: 1958

U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo: No. 1996.253.7361.034

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