F-8 Crusader (multiple)

Vought F-8 Crusaders including examples at Patriots Point in Charleston, SC., and at the Udvar-Hazy facility in Washington, DC. In 2016, the prototype XF8U-1 Crusader arrived at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. I also photographed the Crusader marked as a DF-8F (but should be F8U-1 / F-8A ) at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson. I had the opportunity to photograph more Crusaders in Florida, Texas, California and Alabama.


XF8U-1 (XF-8A) 138899 prototype

Museum of Flight 2016


Museum of Flight 2023


F8U-2 (F-8K) 146939

Patriots Point 2013


F8U-1P (RF-8G) 146860

Udvar-Hazy 2015


F8U-1 (F-8A) 144427

Pima Air Museum 2017


F8U-1P (RF-8G) 145645

USS Alabama Memorial 2024


F-8K 146985

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


RF-8G 146898

Fort Worth Aviation Museum 2024


F8U-1P (RF-8G) 146882

Frontiers of Flight, Dallas 2024


F-8A 145347

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


RF-8G 145609

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


RF-8C 145607

Castle AFB, Atwater CA 2024


Crusader cockpit

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024