Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (9 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

What's that?

Bell X-14, an experimental VTOL aircraft 1957

 

[SaparotRob]

Bell X-14 the net
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Glad it's been preserved.

 

[Viking1066]

F-4D of the 8th TFW 'Wolfpack' and 'Old Eagle Eye' the net

 

[Viking1066]

light carrier Glory in Australian waters at the end of the war, as a unit of the British Pacific Fleet. The aircraft visible on deck aft are Fireflies, showing Pacific insignia 1945-1950 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Lightning F.2A "XN793/H" of No.19 Sqn 1974 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 28 Gruppo/ 3 Stormo 1985 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Sea Harrier FRS.1 launching from HMS Hermes 1982 the net

 

[Viking1066]

The Bell X-14 vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is mounted in the 40- by 80-foot wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field the net

 

[Viking1066]

USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) returning to home port in Norfolk, Virginia 1981 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Two U.S. Air Force Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs, an F-105F-1-RE (s/n 63-8280) and an F-105D-31-RE (s/n 62-4355), with Mt. Fuji, Japan, in the background 1960s the net

 

[Viking1066]

YTF-8A Crusader Two-seater trainer (BUNO 143710) serving with the NTPS Patuxent River late 1968 the net

 

[Viking1066]

HMS Eagle in what was very close to her 1945 configuration in 1954 the net

 

[Viking1066]

USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) A-4 Skyhawk landing on board, after a simulated strike on enemy forces during an operational readiness inspection 1963 the net

 

[Donivanp]

YTF-8A Crusader Two-seater trainer (BUNO 143710) serving with the NTPS Patuxent River late 1968 the net
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Don't recall ever seeing a two seater

 

[Donivanp]

USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) A-4 Skyhawk landing on board, after a simulated strike on enemy forces during an operational readiness inspection 1963 the net
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A Whale a Demon and a Skyhawk.

 

[fannum]

YTF-8A Crusader Two-seater trainer (BUNO 143710) serving with the NTPS Patuxent River late 1968 the net
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IIRC, this was the only two seater 'officially' built in '62, being evaluated @ Pax River as XF8U-1T two-seat trainer – a modified XF8U-2NE ... later designated F8U-1T (TF-8A). Fuselage stretched 2 ft (0.61 m), internal armament reduced to two cannon, J57-P-20 engine, first flight 6 February 1962.
The Royal Navy was initially interested in the Rolls-Royce Spey powered version of TF-8A but chose the Phantom II instead. Only one TF-8A was built (although supposedly several retired F-8As were converted to similar two-seat trainers ... by whom? Can anyone verify and provide details?)
During late 1977, the Philippine government purchased 35 secondhand U.S. Navy F-8Hs that had been stored at Davis-Monthan AFB. 25 of them were refurbished by Vought while the remaining ten were used for spare parts. As part of the deal, the U.S. would train Philippine pilots using the TF-8A although it apparently remained in the US.
These Crusaders were crewed by the 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron and were mostly used for intercepting Soviet bombers and escorting presidential flights. However, due to a lack of spares and the rapid deterioration of the aircraft, the F-8s were grounded, left on an open grass field at Basa Air Base and finally withdrawn from service after being badly damaged by the Mount Pinatubo eruption ... then scrapped.
I saw a two seat Crusader at the DM boneyard in mid-80s, and assume it was THE TF-8A.

 

[fannum]

USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) A-4 Skyhawk landing on board, after a simulated strike on enemy forces during an operational readiness inspection 1963 the net
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Note the still wooden deck, after its SCB-27A/SCB-125 angle deck conversion. The Lake Champlain was the only Essex carrier in service not to receive the SCB-125 conversion, and I was among the last Naval Aviators to qualify aboard an axial deck in '65.