Flyby wire Crusader
NASA gets to fly the cool birds! Digital Fly-By-Wire project pioneered the use of an electronic flight-control system coupled with a digital computer to replace conventional mechanical flight controls. A modified F-8 DFBW Crusader was the first to be used to validate the concept in 1972 at the Flight Research Center (now Dryden). It was the forerunner of the fly-by-wire flight control systems now used on today's military and civil aircraft to make them safer, more maneuverab
First landing aboard USS Enterprise
Flashback to 1962 with Commander George Talley landing his Vought F8U-1 145375 on board USS Enterprise CVAN-65, 17 January 1962. This was the ship's first landing.#ussenterprise #cvan65 #f8crusader #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Eject, eject, eject
Never leave your wingman! #f8crusader #flynavy #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari
Last Gunfighter Boop
The Last Gunfighter! A quick look at F-8E 150920. #f8 #f8e #f8crusader #usmc #marineaviation #worldwideaircraftrecovery...
RF-8G 144617
Even chocked on the ground the Crusader looks fast, here is RF-8G 144617 of VMCJ-3. #f8 #f8crusader #rf8 #rf8g #vmcj3 #usmc...
Boop a Crusader
Have you booped a Crusader? We just did. #boopaplane #boneyardboop #f8 #f8crusader #thelastgunfighter #aviationsafari...
F-8J 150920
Do you have a Marine Crusader story? Here is another look at F-8J 150920 of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum. The team at...
F-8J 150920
Ok gang you asked about the Crusader behind the Hornet of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum yesterday and here she is, F-8J 150920. ...
F-8J 150920
Here is F-8J 150920 of Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, we will get to see her moved to the museum’s new home in Irvine, CA by...
F-8J 150920
Here is F-8J 150920 of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, what is your Marine Crusader story? #f8 #f8crusader #thelastgunfighter...
