This a remake of an another photo on my photo stream, It was done by Rora beautifull Vyper. Thank you so much Rora!!! To the left is a nose section from another and to the right - just visible is a Reconnaissance version - an RF-8A. In this view the F-8's 'unique' all-moving wing can be seen in the raised position - a Vought design that considerably altered it's aerofoil's 'angle of attack' during take-off and landing. In November it joined VF, its first and only front line fighter squadron.
While flying with the famed "Red Rippers," the aircraft was part of an unusual deployment in the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA There the squadron averaged around flight hours per month while practicing tactics and gunnery. VF also engaged Air Force Fs from a nearby base in mock dogfights. It was stricken from the Navy inventory in and arrived at the Museum that same year. The workshop demonstrated "magical mechanics" by automatically drawing a scale outline of participants' bodies onto A4 paper when traced around with a stylus at the other end.
I built the 2-metre long pantograph to do this. I photographed 60 Year children wearing world costumes against a green screen.
The photos were then computer-processed and the resulting silhouettes were machine cut from recycled agricultural plastic and bolted together to make a 1. In September the Navy issued specifications for a new carrier-based fighter with the capability to exceed the speed of sound in routine level flight. The F-8 retained 20mm cannon as its primary armament at a time when radar guided missiles were becoming the norm, hence the nickname "Last of the Gunfighters. The RF-8G photo-reconnaissance variants were the last U.
Navy F-8s retired in One of the most capable fighters of the post-World War II era, the F-8 Crusader was a sleek design that featured a gaping jet intake beneath the fuselage and a variable-incidence wing that could be raised to enable the aircraft to land and takeoff at slow speeds while maintaining excellent visibility for the pilot. In an era in which fighter pilots relied increasingly on missiles, the Crusader retained 20mm cannon, prompting its pilots to call it the "Last of the Gunfighters.
