Author: BARTHELMES, ED
Title: F-8 Crusader - Walk Around No. 38
Description: Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 2005. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0897474848. Illustrated by David Gebhardt. B&W and Color Photographs; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps (replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass) , and for the French Navy. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight in February 1955. The F-8 served principally in the Vietnam War. The Crusader was the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters". " (from Wikipedia); Vol. 5538. Very Good+ .

Keywords: 0897474848 Military History Ed Barthelmes David Gebhardt F-8 Crusader Airplanes Aeronautics / Astronautics


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