Vought F-8 Crusader
Peter Mersky
The F-8 Crusader was many things to many people. To its manufacturer, one of the leading pioneeer aircraft companies, Chance Vought, it was the last – and ultimately successful – chance to regain its once Olympian status as one of the main suppliers of fighter aircraft to the US Navy. To its early pilots, the F-8 was a proud, skittish thoroughbred which, if handled properly and respectfully, endowed its pilot with a cuphoric feeling of godlike invincibility, offering breathtaking speed and grace in the arenas of aerial combat. But, the F-8 could also be a coffin if poorly flown, especially around its main venue, the aircraft carrier.
Catégories:
Année:
1986
Editeur::
Osprey Publishing
Langue:
english
Pages:
200
Collection:
Air Combat
Fichier:
PDF, 15.42 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1986