Manufacturer: Vought
First Flight: 30th September 1955
Classification: Carrier-based day fighter

SPECIFICATIONS: F8U-1 (F-8A) Crusader
Length: 54 feet 3 inches (17 m)
Height: 15 feet 9 inches (4.8)
Wing Span: 35 feet 8 inches (11 m)
Wing Surface Area: 375 square feet (33.75 sq m)

Propulsion: One Pratt & Whitney J57-P-4A/-12 turbojet, 9,700 lb.s.t. (4,400 kg) dry, 16,600 lb.s.t. (7529.76 kg) with afterburning. 

Combat Radius: 389 miles (625.9 km)
Maximum combat range: 1,474 miles (2,372 km)
Combat Ceiling: 51,500 feet (15,697.2 m)
Service ceiling : 42,300 feet (12,802 m)
Weight Empty: 15,513 pounds (7,037 kg)
Combat Weight: 23,659 pounds (10,732 kg)
Gross Weight: 26,961 pounds (12,230 kg)
Maximum take off Weight: 27,468 pounds (12459.4 kg)
Internal fuel capacity: 1,273 US gallons (4818.81 litres)

Max Speed: 1,013 mph (1,630km/h or Mach 1.53) at 35,000 feet (10,668 m), 733 mph (1,179 km/h) at sea level. 
Cruising speed: 570 mph (917.13 km/h)
Stalling speed: 155 mph. (249.4 km/h)
Initial climb rate: 20,000 feet per minute. (6,096 m)

Armament: Armament consisted of four 20-mm Colt-Browning Mk-12 cannon with 144 rounds per gun. Two AIM-9A Sidewinder air-to-air missiles on fuselage cheek rails. A rocket pack carrying 32 2.75-inch (70 mm) Mighty Mouse folding-fin rockets could be fitted underneath the fuselage, which was lowered with the speed brake.

Crew: One

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