MAKE A MEME View Large Image A3D-2 refueling F4H-1F during Project LANA 1961.jpeg A U S Navy Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior BuNo 142650 from Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-9 Hoot Owls refueling a McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II BuNo 148261 from Fighter Squadron VF-101 Det A Grim ...
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Keywords: A3D-2 refueling F4H-1F during Project LANA 1961.jpeg A U S Navy Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior BuNo 142650 from Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-9 Hoot Owls refueling a McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II BuNo 148261 from Fighter Squadron VF-101 Det A Grim Reapers during the Project LANA Bendix Trophy Race in 1961 To cap off the Phantom´s successful speed and altitude efforts the U S Navy initiated Project LANA a transcontinental flight by five F4H-1F after 1962 F-4A The Roman letter L means 50 ANA stood for the 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Refueling problems of BuNo 148261 handed the Bendix Trophy Race contest on 24 May 1961 to the F4H-1F BuNo 148270 which flew from Ontario California USA to Floyd Bennett Field New York USA at an average of speed of 1399 66 kph http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16002948 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 3678 1961 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas A-3B Skywarrior F-4A Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight Aerial refueling Fighter Squadron 101 United States Navy Bendix Trophy Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 9 United States Navy Record breaking aircraft
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