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Vought XF8U-3 Super Crusader. Top speed was potentially MACH 3, but the Lexan canopy started to melt at MACH 2.8. The Navy wanted a two seat twin engine design for their new fleet defender and chose the F4 Phantom II. The three XF8U-3 prototypes were turned over to NASA for high speed research. NASA Super Crusader piliot were forbidden from challenging Navy pilots to mock dogfights because apparently the XF8U-3s were wiped the floor with the Phantoms and it was "bad for morale."
Vought XF8U-3 Super Crusader. Top speed was potentially MACH 3, but the Lexan canopy started to melt at MACH 2.8. The Navy wanted a two seat twin engine design for their new fleet defender and chose the F4 Phantom II. The three XF8U-3 prototypes were turned over to NASA for high speed research. NASA Super Crusader piliot were forbidden from challenging Navy pilots to mock dogfights because apparently the XF8U-3s were wiped the floor with the Phantoms and it was "bad for morale."
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