Aircraft of the Month: F4D Skyray

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We're back with another installment of Aircraft of the Month! This month we highlight the Douglas F4D Skyray from the New England Air Museum. The Skyray was used as a high altitude fleet protection interceptor. It was able to reach supersonic speeds at level flight, and set many flight records in its day. This particular Skyray actually served aboard the USS Intrepid in 1960 with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 6. Learn more about this incredible aircraft alongside our Curator of Aviation Eric Boehm.

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@explosivecommando9100 2 года назад

Got recommended because of war thunder. Nice

@Spacedude-jq2dq 2 года назад

Same

@explosivecommando9100 2 года назад

@@Spacedude-jq2dq awesome

@rpbajb 3 года назад

Love the four plane cat launch at 0:28

@alanh7495 2 месяца назад

One of my all time favourite jet fighters, such a graceful design.

@maxsmodels 4 года назад

This cool looking mach 1+ jet was around when cars had tailfins.

@emjackson2289 2 года назад

Ford vs "Ford" - like Kramer vs Kramer but without the tears

@TCB3THOUSAND 2 года назад

My great uncle, Sgt Robert Jonathon Leyba was in an accident involving a training excerise off the coast of California during a routine landing on the USS Lexington in his F4D Skyray, March 1959. The arresting cable snapped, he and his plane were sent over the side of the vessel. He rests at Rosecrans Memorial Cemetery in San Diego. Happy memorial day uncle Bob, can't believe they asked you to fly this delta wing off a carrier.

@user-qw7po1lg8p 7 месяцев назад

Eric is a very talented presenter. Exceptionally well done. Thank you.

@zepheth2479 3 года назад

I designed a delta wing in space engineers and my brother said it looked a lot like this aircraft. Thanks for the detailed video to give me some history behind the craft!

@dugsdale 4 года назад

Thanks so much for this! The F4D was always a favorite of mine. I appreciate your covering so much of the crucial details about flight characteristics and controls, and also the snippet of film of Ed Heinemann, whose reputation is enormous but who I'd never seen before. Looking forward to getting into the rest of your videos. Well done!

@emjackson2289 2 года назад

When you think, Ed H's A4 Skyhawk are still in very limited service today around the World whereas on US Navy carriers they only fly as fighters either F18s or F35s . . . . - wonder what he'd think of that?!

@user-qw7po1lg8p Год назад

I know how hard it can be to narrate these videos, and this one is truly excellent. Thank you!

@krugmeister7301 27 дней назад

And I Picked up my 1st SKYRAY Model from Tamiya..💯💯💯🤗🥰

@robkeywest 3 года назад

Thanks for this. Following Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, my dad's assignment was Weapons Systems Test where his aircraft was a Skyray, evaluating high altitude flame outs after firing guns. Beautiful aircraft that I think most pilots liked.

@jeffcobb3691 Год назад

New England Air Museum is a must for any aviation enthusiast!

@okrajoe 2 года назад

Beautiful aircraft for any era of aviation.

@tombloss4605 2 года назад

I knew the man that contracted this plane as well as the Skylab. He was my grandfather at best🤙

@robertschumacher2707 3 года назад

Also worth noting that the Skyray also equipped the only Navy squadron to serve as part of NORAD.

@allgood6760 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for this ✈️👍

@nighttide3079 Год назад

The Skyray was recently added to War Thunder. Happy to know there's aircraft out there I don't know about.

@prodabber0222 Год назад

Sad that it’s bad

@nighttide3079 Год назад

@@prodabber0222 It's not actually that bad. I can get a near consistent 3 or 4 kills in air RB

@fate3071 Год назад

@@prodabber0222 It was bad at launch, but they have since fixed the wing breaking issues. Too little, too late unfortunately, but I can consistently do decent with it as well.

@_Fl4K 9 месяцев назад

@@prodabber0222it’s a hidden gem at this point

@stevefreeland9255 3 года назад

Wonderful video! Love this aviation content from your channel. More please!

@albertoambrosio4027 3 года назад

Beatiful aircraft .Very elegance

@bobbybrown.4257 3 года назад

I wanna see that jet fly again

@vondumozze738 3 года назад

NATCJAX had one as a gate guard back in 1968,but it was set back quite a bit from the main gate. I was there for AO A school 11 November 1967 to 6 April 1968. Beautiful plane, and the rot hadn't set in yet.

@ronaldtartaglia4459 4 года назад

Great video,

@dontop2012 4 года назад

Good stuff

@mrandrossguy9871 3 года назад

What an Underdog ! I only Knew this plane from a Video game actually 'Air Force Delta Strike'

@geraldtrudeau3223 6 месяцев назад

The f4d Skyray was one of the sharper looking planes from the 1950s. It just looks Space Age.

@bennybenitez2461 Год назад

Awesome

@scootergeorge7089 Год назад

Credit should be given to Ed Heinemann for having the foresight to design the aircraft so that it could accept an alternate engine to the Westinghouse J-40 that the Navy wanted. And while rejected in favor of the F-8, the much improved F-5D Skylancer was highly rated.

@unclesamuk8687 3 года назад

Why is this not in warthunder tech tree.

@mrandrossguy9871 3 года назад

It's Not !? LoL

@superskyron19 2 года назад

Is now

@davidlaporte6730 3 года назад

F7u cutlass

@scootergeorge7089 Год назад

Gutless. Deathtrap. A senior Marine fighter pilot described the Cutlass as, "A gutless thirsty dog with miserable range and performance."

@MtnManLucas 3 года назад

A dang fine carrier-based interceptor. Its design from WW2 German work just a few years prior...

@nomcognom2332 3 года назад

Is the ladder sucked by the air intake??? 1:23

@johno9507 Год назад

The F4D was affectionately known as the Ford.

@sequoyah59 3 года назад

Douglas built competent aircraft that worked out of the box.

@scootergeorge7089 Год назад

Largely thanks to Ed Heinemann. I spent a large part of my Navy career working on the A-4 and TA-4 Skyhawk, aka "Scooter." Ed Heinemann's first design was the SBD, hero of Midway.

@emjackson2289 2 года назад

Was there ever a period where so much aviation tech changed from USN decks, 1950-1959? One could argue World War Two (1939-1945) but even then, you were more likely to see a Corsair or a Sea Fury than an Me-262 or Gloster Meteor & whilst by 1949 there were Sabre's and MiG15s by 1959 there were F4H's to shoot down the rogue P51 or Yak9.

@scootergeorge7089 Год назад

1936-46 - Biplane fighters to jets.

@davidsike734 Год назад

I guess it was superseded by the Skyhawk which also had a delta wing.

@beverlychmelik5504 Год назад

The F8U was the replacement.

@TheWizardGamez 3 года назад

the skyray is just a f-9f but pushed to TO THE EXTREME

@geraldtrudeau3223 6 месяцев назад

Alexander Lispish immigrated to the United States? That's funny. He was hauled over here as part of Operation Paperclip.

@richardsilva-spokane3436 3 года назад

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@billebeth6704 3 года назад

Beautiful and rare jet. I can't believe the museum leaves it outside especially with New England weather.

@scootergeorge7089 Год назад

@@billebeth6704 - There is one at Pensacola too.

@TSWest 3 года назад

Music is too distracting otherwise great video

@stijnvandamme76 Год назад

it kinda looks meh on the ground, but in the air it looks very elegant

@cnfuzz 4 года назад

delta on a carrier , not many of this configuration as you can imagine the landing speeds must be high

@dogeness 2 года назад

Not if you have sufficient wing area and high lift devices

@Tigershark_3082 Год назад

@@dogeness Yep. Those inboard trailing-edge trim tabs really helped (as well as the slats)

@scootergeorge7089 Год назад

The A-4 Skyhawk, AKA Scooter used a delta wing but with a separate tail/horizontal stab.

@evlkenevl2721 3 года назад

A lot of the commentary is word-for-word from the Wikipedia article.

@dogeness 2 года назад

Gaijinplz

@Bob_Dickinson 2 года назад

They heard you iguess lol

@dogeness 2 года назад

@@Bob_Dickinson 😁

@getahanddown 3 года назад

Great video but disappointing for a history / museum / factual channel mention Alexander being brought to the US under Operation Paperclip. "Immigrated" to the United States is pretty disingenuous