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A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
pilot
Contributor
F-8 was sexy. Damn sexy.
Right on, younger Brother!

If the F-8 Fighter 'rons were still truckin' when I got my Wings ... that's where I would have gone. All they were staffing for Nuggets was VFP-163 and the VFC @ Gitmo .... sniff, sniff .... so long, Gunfighters.

 

scoober78

(HCDAW)
pilot
Contributor
There is a great F-8 in the Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola. Spent alot of time poking around in there. They have a couple of the guns removed and displayed, a tribute to the "Last of the Gunfighters"...

Know its a long trip for ya A4's...but if anybody ever gets the chance...its worth a look.
 

scoober78

(HCDAW)
pilot
Contributor
That's not what The Last of the Gunfighters means...The F-8 was the last US airplane (maybe last period??) that was designed with guns as its primary weapon.

<edit> actually cannons...but I don't think that is anyones point.
 

A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
pilot
Contributor
Mefesto said:
I don't know what you guys are talking about... the Hornet is a better gunfighter than the F-8 could have ever hoped to be. 6000 rounds/minute, and unlimited alpha, and radar aquisition and tracking anyone?

Sorry ... :) ... I know you love your new mount. And with good reason... and remember ... it ain't the machine -- it's the man. And the F-8 boys were second to none in ACM.

But let's face it --- the Hornet will NEVER have the "panache" of the last of the U.S. Navy Gunfighters ... ain't no way. :)

 

Fly Navy

...Great Job!
pilot
Super Moderator
Contributor
Mefesto said:
Controlsreleasefeetoffruddersspeedbrakesinifstilloutofcontrolthrottlesidlealtitudeaoayaratecheck...

I can do the whole thing in one breath

Most IPs here will hit you for doing it that fast...
 

MIDNJAC

is clara ship
pilot
What is alpha?

I assumed he was referring to AoA, but I may be wrong. Just out of curiousity (and to anyone w/ experience), wouldn't the lack of rearward visibility in the F-8 (or F-4 for that matter) be a huge disadvantage in a turning-fight, or any sort of BFM?
 
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