In the single engine F-8, one had to slip in the cockpit carefully because
the canopy rails were a bit narrow and made fitting those big brass ones
(and their associated offensive equipment) difficult to fit into the
airplane.

R / John

PS Falcon 109

"nmg175" wrote in message
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"Blair Haworth" wrote in message .net...
John Carrier wrote:
I read somewhere that the Navy used rifle scopes in some of its fighter
jets
for spotting other planes. Is this true? And were they mounted in the
cockpit or used like binoculars?

Done on the Phantom in some squadrons.

We heard it was to help Single Engine Weenies find their Dicks! :-)