Ugly Airplanes, pt 9 - Vought F8U-3 Crusader-III.jpg (1/1)

Is this the aircraft you are writing about? This one sits just inside the
hangar door of the Vought Aircraft Hertitage Foundation Museum in Prarie
View, Texas. I took the photo a week ago, Tom in Pensacola


"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
et...
Peter Twydell wrote:
In message , Hans Holbein
writes
Chuck schrieb:
Sure it was ugly, but it was one hell'uva good bird. Probably
the best aircraft that was never built.

How do we know?
Any informations? (I like that shark-like shape)

The F8U-3 was competing with the F4H-1, and lost. You'll have to Google
for further info.

Short and simple...the F8U-3 could out climb, out
accelerate, and out manuever the F4H-1. But the
pilot was overloaded with all the extra cockpit
work and because the Phantom II had a RIO, it won
the fly-off. It is reported that NASA pilots
flying F8U-3s would routinely engage Navy F-4s in
dogfights and win until they were told to stop
embarassing the Navy.

Lynn in StLou...home of the Phabulous Phantom