Italeri 1456 Vought F-8E Crusader 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit
Special Features
- The Vought F-8 Crusader was the first carrier-based fighter designed in the 1950s that attained supersonic flight capability.
- Due to its Pratt & Whitney turbojet engine with afterburner, it was able to exceed the then maximum speed of Mach 1.8.
- It entered service in the late 1950s with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadrons to replace the obsolete Vought F7U Cutlass.
- The F-8 had good operational longevity and was deployed routinely by the US until the Vietnam War.
- Armed with four 20mm guns installed on the sides of the large front air intake, it could carry a varied weapons load.
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