F-8 Question
For any of the airedales 'of a certain age'When launching by catapult from a carrier, did a Crusader light off the burner or just use full mil power?
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IcelofAngeln wrote: For any of the airedales 'of a certain age'When launching by catapult from a carrier, did a Crusader light off the burner or just use full mi...Read More
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'Airedale of a certain age' sounds very 'off' and I reject that classification. Anyone can search the internet - which I did. Anyway according to NATOPS for F-8D/E 1964-8 Read More
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Sorry if you're offended, Spaz, but I was asking for the personal knowledge of those who had direct experience of the F-8 or at least of carrier ops during the time it was in service-- all of whom...
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As an aviator of a certain age, I was not at all offended. My initial reaction to the non-burner launch assertion was something along the lines of "BS"!! But the NATOPS does say that and a quick...
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NW2- to my knowledge, Crusaders never operated off the hydraulic-cat 27As, which were all reclassed as CVS's by the time the F-8 entered squadron service. A quick (but very incomplete) survey of...
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IcelofAngeln wrote: NW2- to my knowledge, Crusaders never operated off the hydraulic-cat 27As, which were all reclassed as CVS's by the time the F-8 entered squadron service. A quick (but very...
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Actually, NW, I was part-wrong too: Randolph didn't become a CVS until 1959 and Essex not until 1960. However, neither of them ever had an F-8 squadron assigned; on Randolph's last CVA deployment she...
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As far as I know, the F-8 launched at full military power if it was loaded for an air defense mission. When it was carrying bombs or rockets for a ground attack mission, it had to launch with the...
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Thanks very much, wabpilot. Query: am I correct in understanding that the Midways had liquid-cooled JBD's, and the Essexes did not?
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IcelofAngeln wrote: Thanks very much, wabpilot. Query: am I correct in understanding that the Midways had liquid-cooled JBD's, and the Essexes did not? I doubt ...Read More
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I know FDR operated Crusaders; did she fly Phantoms too? I guess she must have in the 70s.
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Yes, FDR did operate F-4 Phantoms. This shows when each of the Midway class began operating F-4s:http://navysite.de/cvn/cv41deploy.htm November 8, 1963Read More
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wabpilot wrote:IcelofAngeln wrote: Thanks very much, wabpilot. Query: am I correct in understanding that the Midways had liquid-cooled J...Read More
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bager1968 wrote:Aerial view of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard at Hunters Point, sometime between April and July 1968. USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) and US...Read More
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IcelofAngeln wrote:I know FDR operated Crusaders; did she fly Phantoms too? I guess she must have in the 70s.I flew F-4s off her in the 1960s.
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IcelofAngeln wrote:So aboard Coral Sea were the JBDs pre-hosed for each Phantom launch?Either they had water cooled JBDs or they hosed them down. There's no other option. And ...Read More
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wabpilot wrote: IcelofAngeln wrote: So aboard Coral Sea were the JBDs pre-hosed for each Phantom launch?Either the...Read More
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