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Pretending to be something much bigger

A definite teaser, that one.
Well put, and you can put us out of our misery now!

Lol ...cool!

An interesting beast, no doubt inspired by the single Bristol Olympus-engined Vulcan used as a Concorde test-bed
http://www.concordespeakers.com/other-a ... pus-engine

Glad you like gents ...its the Douglas F4-D Skyray.

Splitpin wrote:its the Douglas F4-D Skyray.

For a moment, I thought that was Vulcan bomber until I notice something fishy with engines. Good job fooling us

Regards,

Aharon

In terms of appearance, it's actually a nice aircraft. She looks sleek.

The F4D Skyray is a forgotten thing. Comparable in performance to the Hawker Hunter, the Dassault "Vautour" and the MiG 17. Known by one episode. When the Cuban counter-revolutionaries attacked Cuba with B-26s shortly before the Bay of Pigs invasion, some F4Ds from an aircraft carrier were supposed to be used to secure the retreat. Due to a planning error, namely not taking time zones into account (!)
The Americans arrived too late and several B-26s were shot down. April 17, 1961...
At that time, the Castro Air Force only had Lockheed T-33 and Hawker Sea Fury available. It would have ended badly for them if the Skyrays had been there. The story was in the autobiography of Alvaro Prendes,

https://www.ecured.cu/%C3%81lvaro_Prendes

nice shots, it looks very much like a mini Vulcan!

hasegawa wrote:The F4D Skyray is a forgotten thing. Comparable in performance to the Hawker Hunter, the Dassault "Vautour" and the MiG 17. Known by one episode. When the Cuban counter-revolutionaries attacked Cuba with B-26s shortly before the Bay of Pigs invasion, some F4Ds from an aircraft carrier were supposed to be used to secure the retreat. Due to a planning error, namely not taking time zones into account (!)
The Americans arrived too late and several B-26s were shot down. April 17, 1961...
At that time, the Castro Air Force only had Lockheed T-33 and Hawker Sea Fury available. It would have ended badly for them if the Skyrays had been there. The story was in the autobiography of Alvaro Prendes,

https://www.ecured.cu/%C3%81lvaro_Prendes

interesting information...thank you very much.

Love it. The US Navy used to call them The Ford because of the F4D designation. I think its shape certainly lives up to the Skyray name,