The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft [2] designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters".

The Curtiss A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon.

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RF-8A是改良自F-8A的無武裝 偵察機，原始編號F8U-1P。 RF-8A在機腹下方安裝五具 照相機，機身上方位了配合外型的變化與 面積率 而稍微突起。 機上的武裝以及射控 雷達 全部拆除，僅剩裝在機身內部的 照明彈，提供夜間攝影之用。 第一架偵察型於1956年12月首次飛行，次年9月正式遞交VFP-61中隊在 中途島號航艦 上服役。 總生產量為144架。 F-8B原始編號F8U-1E，換裝 AN/APS-67 雷達，具有部分全天候作戰能力，其他與F-8A相同。 第一架於1958年9月飛行，總共生 …

The F8U Crusader was the first carrier-based jet fighter to exceed 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) per hour. Its variable-incidence wing, which could elevate up to seven degrees in the front while rotating about its rear spar, helped improve the aircraft's flight characteristics at slow speeds and increase pilot visibility for takeoff and landing.

2023年10月23日 · The Chance-Vought F-8 Crusader was the U.S. Navy’s premier single-engine jet air superiority fighter from 1957 to 1976. The aircraft had a unique design feature, a variable-incidence wing, which could be raised to increase the angle of attack, which enabled the sleek Crusader to get additional life for takeoff and use a lower airspeed for ...

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