The arrival of a new book on the F8 Crusader got me thinking of the old chestnut of giving the RN a fighter
for Ark, Eagle, Victorious and Hermes
I have always felt that if we had done what France did and purchased the F8 we could have kept a carrier force
as long as the French did. We could...
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pre-world war ii
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Two magazines („The Aeroplane“ and „Flugwelt“) mention a Chance Vought XF9U as an further development of the F8U with big radar in the nose and air intakes similar to the F-105. Is it a hoax or a secret project?
Who is able to help?
I was flicking through some of my old magazine extracts that I have collected over the years (a photocopy when photo copiers were as amazing as computers are today!). I came across an article about the Vought IF-8 Crusader.
It was apparently a proposal of based on the Vought F-8D Crusader to the...
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