The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. [1] .

Sep 15, 2021 · Vought was working on a new windscreen design that would be heat-proof (high dynamic pressures cause a significant temperature increase), allowing the Crusader III to achieve much higher speeds than the Mach 2.35 limit.’.

When it first took to the air on June 2, 1958 with test pilot John W. Konrad at the controls, the F8U-3 Crusader III was the bright shining hope of its famous planemaker, Vought, a builder of U.S. Navy warplanes for decades. This was the carrier-based interceptor that would prevent Soviet bombers from reaching the U.S. Navy fleet.

Feb 21, 2018 · The XF8U-3 "Crusader III" was a Chance Vought Mach 2-capable prototype series intended to fulfill the supersonic, all-weather, fleet defense interceptor role eventually undertaken by a design that would become the famous McDonnell Douglas F-4 "Phantom II".

Jun 28, 2014 · Fifty-eight years ago this month, the USN/Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III interceptor prototype took off on its maiden test flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Vought chief test pilot John W. Konrad was at the controls of the advanced high performance aircraft.

The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.[1]

The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom...

The XF8U-3 "Crusader III" was a prototype series of Chance Vought Mach 2 designed to fulfill the role of an all-weather supersonic interceptor for fleet defense, eventually adopted by the famous McDonnell Douglas F-4 as the "" Phantom II".

Mar 29, 2007 · Drawing on design work conducted on the Mach 2+ unmanned Regulus II cruise missile, Vought provided one of the signature recognition elements of the XF8U-3, the “sugar scoop†air inlet. For directional stability at the extreme altitudes it would be working at, large, folding ventral fins were added.

In 1955 Vought started design of the XF8U-3 Crusader III, a very high performance all-weather interceptor/fighter. Although it carried an F8 designation, it was an entirely new aircraft...