F-8 Videos
Vought F-8 Crusader
The F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was a single-engine aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft built by Vought. It replaced the Vought F-7 Cutlass. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight in February 1955, and was the last American fighter with guns…
The Last Crusader
This was the only flying F8 Crusader at the time. (In the USA) Taken at Edwards AFB airshow 1998 on a very windy day.
USS Oriskany - 1970 at the flight deck - part 1/3
Footage aboard the USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin. Just a normal day, so you can see routine catapult launches and traps of various Navy aircraft among others ED-2 Hawkeyes, A-7D Corsairs, F-8 Crusaders. Take off is seen of…
Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 ATTACK carrier 1970 Vietnam
An assemblage of motion stills of carrier operations on that ship during the Vietnam War in 1970. Combat still of A-4 Skyhawk, F-8 Crusaders, A-3 Sky Warrior and the men the flew them and keep them running. Smooth sail'n shipmates.
Chase plane view of F-8 DFBW pilot-induced oscillations
This 38 second movie clip shows pilot-induced oscillations of the F-8 DFBW aircraft taken from a chase plane. From 1972 to 1985 the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center conducted flight research with an F-8C employing the first digital fly-by-wire flight…
F-8FN Crusader in action, French Navy
F-8FN Crusader from the French Navy ( Aeronaval) on a excersise at Klein Brogel
USS Oriskany - 1970 at the flight deck - part 3/3
Footage aboard the USS Oriskany showing SH-3 helo flyby. F-8 Crusader landing and being hooked to slow down by the trap wire. Touch down A-7D Corsairs. Nice formation flights of the same (4). A-3 Skywarrior coming in and launches of…
Vought RF-8 Crusader
The RF-8 Crusader was a photo-reconnaissance development and operated longer in U.S. service than any of the fighter versions. RF-8s played a crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, providing essential low-level photographs impossible to acquire by other means. US…
F8 Crusader take off from carrier
F8 Crusader take off from carrier
Vought F-8 Crusader
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was a single-engine carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft[2] built by Vought for the United States Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight…
USS Oriskany - 1970 at the flight deck - part 2/3
WMG snapped my soundtrack away.... so here is a new upload of the same video Showing mounting "turtle" of the catapult system of the Oriskany on a F-8 Crusader,launches of F-8 Crusaders and the A-7D Corsair II. You can see…
F-8 Supercritical Wing (SCW) in flight
The F-8 Supercritical Wing was a flight research project designed to test a new wing concept designed by Dr. Richard Whitcomb, chief of the Transonic Aerodynamics Branch, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Compared to a conventional wing, the supercritical wing…
Vought F-8 Crusader
Vought F-8 Crusader while still a new U.S. Navy aircraft. F-8 Crusader taxi and takeoff at Naval Air Test Center.
Share Your Story: John Miotell
John Miottel was one of the first Navy pilots to fly the F-8 Crusader. Flying at supersonic speeds, this new breed of pilot had to train himself to deal with such new and precarious technology, the experience of which has…
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