The Last Gunfighter - the F-8 Crusader

[wuzak]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Hell of an aircraft

 

[nuuumannn]

Good lookin' too.

 

[wuzak]

I am interested by the idea that the F-8 could take-off with its outer wings folded. Is that something that was calculated, some poor sod tested, or the result of a an aircraft being launched before it was ready?

 

[Graeme]

I am interested by the idea that the F-8 could take-off with its outer wings folded. Is that something that was calculated, some poor sod tested, or the result of a an aircraft being launched before it was ready?

Good story here...

F8 Wings Folded - Flight Journal

 

[Gnomey]

Good one!