Most beautiful Navy jet ever?

I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.

TV

"TV" wrote in message
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I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.


I'd have to go with the FJ-2

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"TV" wrote in message
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I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.


I'd have to go with the FJ-2



You guys are pretty much tasteless!!

http://www.stushepherd.homestead.com...F9FPanther.htm

Having flown the F9F-2/5/6/8 and FJ-3/4B I submit the FJ-4 had the sexiest
fuselage profile, plus well swept wings that looked great as a flight broke
left for landing.

Interestingly, though the FJ-4B was 1,000 lb. heavier than the FJ-3 with the
same J-65 engine it's lower drag fuselage and greater wing area made it
faster at top speed. Moreover, the FJ-3 ailerons extended to the wing tips,
consequently in a high speed dive putting the stick to the left or right
resulting in a roll in the opposite direction than expected. Also, the early
FJ-3 leading edge droop slots were closed or opened by aerodynamic pressure.
In a tight fur ball with an "enemy" the inner wing slot would pop open
causing a roll to the outside of the turn giving unfair advantage to lesser
airplanes such as the F4Ds, F10Fs, F3Hs and other clunkers. That said, the
FJ-3/4 had probably the most well layed out fighter cockpit. Too bad it was
low powered as were all the F9Fs as well!

WDA
USN Ret. (almost half a century ago)

"Dale Falk" wrote in message
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In article . net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"TV" wrote in message
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I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.


I'd have to go with the FJ-2



You guys are pretty much tasteless!!

http://www.stushepherd.homestead.com...F9FPanther.htm

TA4-J, even if it does have a small engine...

"TV" wrote in message
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I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.

TV


I'll nominate the Hawker Sea Hawk

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...k/gallery.html

Keith

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Keith W wrote:

"TV" wrote in message
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I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.

TV


I'll nominate the Hawker Sea Hawk

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...k/gallery.html

Obviously thinking along the same lines as me. I was going to
suggest the Squark, too.

--
Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting
money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair)

In article , "TV"
wrote:

I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.

I always liked the Douglas F-4D Skyray

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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In article , "TV"
wrote:

I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.

I always liked the Douglas F-4D Skyray

I would go with that or a "scooter," thought that it was one that you didn't
strap in, so much as you strapped on the airplane around you.

Leanne
Former avionics person

On Tue, 2 May 2006 11:14:41 -0400, "TV" wrote:

I've narrowed it down to two:

http://www.voodoo.cz/tomcat/b/f14058.jpg

I'd have to go with the one on top.

While the paint jobs are good, both aircraft are loaded with too many
engines and too many crewmembers, not to mention all those lumps,
bumps, proturbences and projections. They might even be some British
design rejection that was insufficiently ugly and abandoned in favor
of a Buccaneer.

No, the most beautiful Navy jet ever was the A-5 Vigilante--it also
had an overabundance of engines, etc, but it was beautiful.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com