• Aircraft:

  Douglas F4D-1 Skyray

• Reg: 134806 photos
• Serial #:

  10400

• Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
• Photo Date: Sep 10, 2017
• Uploaded: May 10, 2018
• Pensacola Naval Air Station - KNPA, USA - Florida

The F4D Skyray emerged from a study of delta-wing technology in aviation design. Built as a high-speed, high-altitude interceptor, the F4D holds the distinction of being the first carrier aircraft to hold world speed and climb records. The Skyray equipped All-Weather Fighter Squadron (VF(AW)) 3 during the late-1950s, the sole Navy squadron assigned to the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). The Museum's F4D-1 (Bureau Number 134806) entered operational service with Fighter Squadron (VF) 141, and over the course of the ensuing six years it served in five other Navy and Marine Corps fighter squadrons. In 1962 the aircraft was transferred to the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, where it served until 1969. Its final flight was to NAS Pensacola for display in the Museum.

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The F4D Skyray (named after its wing shape) was a high-speed, high-altitude interceptor

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Delivered to the Navy on July 21, 1956 and acquired by the Naval Museum on November 25, 1969

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