Image: F8U-1T 6Feb62 first flight NAN4-62

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Description: The Vought F8U-1T Crusader (after 1962 TF-8A) returning from its first flight on 6 February 1962 at Dallas, Texas (USA). It was built by modifying the 77th production F8U-1 (F-8A BuNo 143710). This plane had also served as the prototype for the F8U-2NE (F-8E). It finally crashed near Dallas, Texas (USA), on 28 July 1978, after experiencing engine trouble on a training flight for Philippine pilots.
Title: F8U-1T 6Feb62 first flight NAN4-62
Credit: U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News April 1962 [1]; U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7361.006
Author: USN
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