Douglas Skyray

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"The Raven" writes:
"peter wezeman" wrote in message
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The Douglas F4D Skyray had high performance in its day, holding several
time-to-climb records that were not broken until the Phantom II was built.
Was the Skyray ever flown in simulated air combat maneuvering against
other fighters? If so, how well did it perform?


Just to add another question, how did it compare to the EE Lightning which
was known as a pretty good interceptor performance wise?

In terms of performance, a rather lower ceiling, A lot slower, and it
had about the same range/radius. I didn't handle anywhere near as
well as the Lightning. Radar performance seems to have been about the
same, with the Skyray having a bit more computer smarts.

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