MAKE A MEME View Large Image Thompson Trophy NAN10-56.jpg A Vought F8U-1 Crusader at Naval Air Station China Lake California USA about to take off for the record Thompson Trophy flight in 1956 Piloted by Cdr Windsor the Crusader reached a speed of 1640 km/h 1 019 mph ...
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Keywords: F8U-1 Thompson Trophy NAN10-56.jpg A Vought F8U-1 Crusader at Naval Air Station China Lake California USA about to take off for the record Thompson Trophy flight in 1956 Piloted by Cdr Windsor the Crusader reached a speed of 1640 km/h 1 019 mph The Thompson Trophy race was one of the U S National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930's Established in 1929 the last race was held in 1961 The race was 10 miles 16 09 km long with 50-ft 15-m high pylons marking the turns and emphasized low altitude flying and manoeuvrability at high speeds U S Navy Naval Aviation News October 1956 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1956/Oct56 pdf 1956 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-8A Crusader Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Thompson Trophy
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