On 16 July 1957, Major John H. Glenn Jr, USMC, completed the first supersonic transcontinental flight in a F8U-1P, flying from NAS Los Alamitos, California, to Floyd Bennett Field, New York, …

The F8U-1P photo reconnaissance version of the Crusader was the aircraft in which Major John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record (Mach 1.1 average speed) in 1957. The F8U-1P …

We have a database of all of the F8U-1Ps built, which is linked from our "We Love Crusaders" Page. In that database, F8U-1P Bureau No. 144608 is the plane used by John Glenn to make …

The F8U-1P was the unarmed photographic reconnaissance version of the F8U-1 fighter. The F8U-1P differed from the F8U-1 in having the lower half of the forward fuselage squared off to …

The Fort Worth Aviation Museum’s Vought F8U-1P – later redesignated a RF8-G — Crusader, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics No. 146898, was built in 1960 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The …

Six Navy F8U-1P photo planes, flying from Key West, Florida, undertook the first U.S. low-level overflights of Cuba on 23 October 1962—Operation Blue Moon. As they began their photo …

In 1953 the F8U-1 Crusader won the Navy competition for the new carrier-based day fighter. It flew supersonic on its maiden flight in 1955. A Crusader set a national speed record in 1956 …

2014年6月24日 · The first F8U-1P flew on December 17, 1956 and it was the F8U-1P that did low-level photo reconnaissance during the Cuba crisis, The F8U-1 was followed by an …

Model Number : F8U-1P(RF-8A) Model Name : Crusader Model Type: Fighter . Specifications

The F8U-1P (RF-8A) was the first model to be introduced into the mod program in early 1965. This group of 53 aircraft was refitted with a new wing, which included the “hard points” for …