TEMCO produced F-101 aft sections along with several aircraft designs and rework services for the military. Here are a couple Christmas greetings placed on F-101 aft sections prior to delivery to McDonnell.
Photo credits Vought Aircraft Historical Archives
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
V-371 Interceptor
Change Vought entered the V-371 Interceptor in the competition for the MX1554 requirement for the USAF which ultimately led to the F-102 being fielded. The V-371 was projected to have a top speed of 1,221 mph at 35,000 ft. In Tony Buttler's new book Early US Jet Fighters Proposals, Projects and Prototypes covers the MX1554 requirement and the contending designs on pages 152-163.
Images courtesy Vought Aircraft Historical Foundation archives and my microfilm scan.
I am currently gathering material about scale model scratch building with an eye towards building a replica of this design. As you can imagine there is not an abundance of material about this design since it was not selected. I am looking for copies of the following Chance Vought Engineering Reports:
8063 | Estimated Weight and Balance | V-371 |
8064 | Design Philosophy Report | V-371 |
8065 | Performance Report Appendix | V-371 |
8066 | Stability and Control Report | V-371 |
8067 | Tactical Analysis Report | V-371 |
8068 | Systems Report | V-371 |
8069 | Preliminary Stress Analysis | V-371 |
8070 | Weight and Balance Report 8216 | V-371 |
8216 | Detail Specification | V-371 |
8217 | Estimated Cost and Delivery Schedule | V-371 |
8218 | Summary | V-371 |
8219 | Producibility Brochure | V-371 |
8220 | Standard Characteristics Report | V-371 |
8221 | Summary Drawing Report | V-371 |
8222 | Characteristics Summary | V-371 |
8223 | Tactical Performance Report | V-371 |
Please contact me if you can help me locate any of these reports. The final decision on building the model has yet to be made. More later..........................
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Welcome
This is a new blog to talk about and illustrate things I have found in the Vought Aircraft Historical Foundation's archives. I have spent the past few years working with the VAHF researching drawings for their aircraft restorations (V-173, F6U, F7U-3 and O3U-3 project) and helping to answer questions.
During my searches for materials to support those projects I have come across lesser well known Vought projects for two seat Corsairs (F4U and A-7), a low drag, straight wing F4U proposal, bomber projects for WWII and later along with a number of other interesting bits and pieces. I am looking forward to sharing these in future posts and invite your comments and participation.
I also plan on posting some images of the restorations and the O3U recreation that the group has in progress along with some details that should be of interest to the aviation reader.
During my searches for materials to support those projects I have come across lesser well known Vought projects for two seat Corsairs (F4U and A-7), a low drag, straight wing F4U proposal, bomber projects for WWII and later along with a number of other interesting bits and pieces. I am looking forward to sharing these in future posts and invite your comments and participation.
I also plan on posting some images of the restorations and the O3U recreation that the group has in progress along with some details that should be of interest to the aviation reader.
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