Vought F-8 Crusader
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The Vought F-8 Crusader is a retired single-jet engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority fighter designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American f
An F-8E from VMF(AW)-212 in 1965
F8U-1 Crusader BuNo 141435 and Commander "Duke" Windsor depart China Lake for a successful speed record attempt, 21 August 1956.
Two Crusaders prepare to launch from USS Midway; their variable-incidence wings are in the "up" position.
An F-8J of Oriskany intercepts a Tu-95 'Bear-B', 1974.
Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III
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The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Thou
Vought F-8 Crusader
…team was also working on a larger aircraft with even greater performance, internally designated as the V-401 and later officially designated as the Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III. It was externally similar to the Crusader and shared several design elements, as the variable incidence wing, but differed by being considerably larger…
Unlike the F-8 Crusader, the F8U-3 featured ventral fins, shown here deployed.
A view of the XF8U-3's chin inlet shows it to be drastically different from its predecessor, the Vought F-8 Crusader