F-8K Crusader - Mount Pleasant, SC, US
N 32° 47.410 W 079° 54.504
17S E 602215 N 3628552
Located at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum aboard ex-USS Yorktown, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMR6FJ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2016
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F-8K Crusader
"The Last Gunfighter"
— BuNo. 146939 —
Inscription.
"Distinctive in appearance, the F-8 Crusader was one of the US Navy's first supersonic carrier-based fighters. During testing (1956), the Crusader set a national speed record of 1000mph (1609 km/m). Entering service in 1957, the Crusader was the last US fighter designed with guns as a primary weapon. This earned the Crusader the nickname "The Last Gunfighter." Later equipped with Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, the Crusader had the best kill ratio of any US Navy aircraft during the Vietnam War, earning another nickname , "The Mig Master." The last US Navy version retired in 1976, and the photo-reconnaissance version (RF-8) retired in 1987."
Manufacturer : Vought (later LTV)
Type: carrier-based fighter
Crew : pilot
Powerplant: one 18,016 lb (8,172 kg) static thrust Pratt & Whitney J57-P-20 afterburning turbojet
Wingspan: 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Length: 54 ft 3 in (16.5 m)
Height: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Weight: 17,836 lbs (8,090.3 kg) empty; 34,100 lbs (15,468 kg) maximum
Armament: four 20mm cannons; up to four Sidewinder (short range) air-to-air missiles; or 5,000 lbs ( 2,268 kg) of external ) ordnance
Maximum speed: 1,133 mph (1,823 km/h)
Combat radius: 500+ miles (805+ kilometers)
Service ceiling: 52,350 ft (15,956 m)
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): F-8K Crusader
Tail Number: (S/N): 146939
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Museum
inside / outside: outside
Other Information::
None
Access restrictions:
Part of USS Yorktown Tour.
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
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