What is the Lockheed Vindicator?

Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard of it before.

Kenneth Williams

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Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard of it
before.

Kenneth Williams


On the weekend I saw a book about an aircraft called Vindicator, that seemed
to be a precursor to the Douglas Dauntless....torpedo bomber in the '30's.

Not sure whether it was Lockheed though.

Stupot

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Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard of it before.

Kenneth Williams

This rumor originated with a USAF pilot that supposedly flew the
aircraft way back in the late 1980s I believe. He had a mystery patch
similar to the recent "Bird of Prey" one that fueled the speculation.

IIRC, the patch featured a popular cartoon character brandishing a
sword with some form of lightening bolt flashing.

When questioned about the patch and aircraft he said he "couldn't talk
about it, the aircraft was secret".

From what I gather, the Vindicator was/is a single seat stealth strike
aircraft which may/may not have become operational.

No one has heard anything more since that original story.

Hope this helps a little,

DV-D

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Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard of it
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Are you sure its not a CDL aerial target?


http://www.cdlsystems.com/vindicatorbarracuda.html

Rob

Stuart Chapman wrote:

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Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard of it
before.

Kenneth Williams


On the weekend I saw a book about an aircraft called Vindicator, that
seemed to be a precursor to the Douglas Dauntless....torpedo bomber in the
'30's.

Not sure whether it was Lockheed though.

Nah, that would be the Vought "Wind Indicator". aka the SB2U - it was a
dive bomber, not a torpedo bomber.

Last used in combat on June 4, 1942.

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Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard
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Are you sure its not a CDL aerial target?


http://www.cdlsystems.com/vindicatorbarracuda.html

This used to be a Boeing property and, before that, Bristol in Winterpeg,
and I think they got it from Meggitt in the U.K. It used to crash with
such regularity when lauched from its pneumatic catapult it was known as
"Vindicrater".
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When questioned about the patch and aircraft he said he "couldn't talk
about it, the aircraft was secret".

Do they actually make sew-on patches for black project aircraft? Seems a
stupid lax in othrewise top-notch security to me. (Do they do t-shirts and
"My other car's a hypersonic scramjet" bumper stickers too? :^)

Could well be some pilot with a sense of humour had a patch made up for a
prank. (Hmm... that gives me an idea..)

Si

On the weekend I saw a book about an aircraft called Vindicator, that seemed
to be a precursor to the Douglas Dauntless....torpedo bomber in the '30's.

Not sure whether it was Lockheed though.

That was the Vultee Vindicator, the SB2U-1. A dive-bomber. So slow
pilots nicknamed it the "Wind-indicator."

Next time you watch the movie "Midway," you'll see it being passed off
as the planes flown by Torpeo 8.

vince norris

vincent p. norris wrote:

On the weekend I saw a book about an aircraft called Vindicator, that
seemed to be a precursor to the Douglas Dauntless....torpedo bomber in
the '30's.

Not sure whether it was Lockheed though.

That was the Vultee Vindicator, the SB2U-1. A dive-bomber. So slow
pilots nicknamed it the "Wind-indicator."

Next time you watch the movie "Midway," you'll see it being passed off
as the planes flown by Torpeo 8.

The SB2U was made by Vought, not Vultee. Hence the "U" manufacturer
code. Vultee aircraft got a "V" manufacturer code until they became part
of Consolidated, when they got the "Y" code.

You may be confusing the SB2U with the BT-13, aka the "Vultee Vibrator".

-Marc

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On the weekend I saw a book about an aircraft called Vindicator, that
seemed
to be a precursor to the Douglas Dauntless....torpedo bomber in the '30's.

Not sure whether it was Lockheed though.


The SB2U Vindicator was built by Vought.