Название: Crusader!: Last of the Gunfighters Автор: Paul T. Gillcrist Издательство: Schiffer Publishing Серия: Schiffer Military / Aviation History ISBN: 0887407668 Год издания: 1995 Язык: English Cтраниц: 296 Формат: PDF Размер: 250,2 MB
Once known as the "Last of the Gunfighters", the Vought F-8 Crusader has since become a legend in the histories of the U.S. and French navies, as well as a scourge in the skies over North Vietnam in the late 1960s! CRUSADER! is a vital oral history of one of the most controversial fighter planes in carrier aviation. A key to the authenticity of this story are the author's personal interviews with sixteen of the seventeen living Crusader pilots who became MiG killers in the Vietnam air war. His analysis of their aerial engagements over North Vietnam from 1965 to 1973 contains some startling surprises, as well as a validation of many of the tactical lessons learned from World War II and Korea. CRUSADER! also contains personal accounts by F-8 speed record holders such as U.S. Marine Corps Major (now Senator) John Glenn and Captains Bob Dose and "Duke" Windsor. Other aviation records held by the Crusader, (not so enviable) are told, in anecdotal form, for the first time by the author, an F-8 driver and participant in some of them! Colorful, and sometimes humorous, accounts of events involving the F-8 and "Crusader Drivers" abound in this chronicle of carrier aviation covering the three decades when this remarkable airplane was an important element of the U.S. Navy's carrier strike forces. Rear Admiral Paul T. Gillcrist commanded a fleet Crusader squadron, then a carrier air wing and finally, as a flag officer, became wing commander for all Pacific Fleet fighter squadrons.
MiG Master: The Story of the F-8 Crusader Название: MiG Master: The Story of the F-8 Crusader Автор: Barrett Tillman Издательство: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company Год: 1980 Формат:...
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Crusader!: Last of the Gunfighters 
