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How the F-8 became the Navy’s supersonic gunfighter

The Vought F-8 Crusader introduced radical solutions to carrier aviation, including a variable-incidence wing and immense ...
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Chance-Vought RF-8G Crusader

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The F8U Crusader was the first ...
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Vought’s last gamble: The fighter that saved the company

After a string of failed postwar aircraft, Vought faced collapse unless it could deliver a successful naval jet fighter. The ...
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Vought's F-8 Crusader. Part one, Development and testing, foreign users and F8U-3 / by Steve Pace

Parts 2, 3 and 4 by Steve Ginter. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!983657~!0#focus ...