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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
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| Base model: | F4D | ||
| Designation: | F4D | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Skyray | ||
| Equivalent to: | F-6A F6AF-6A | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Crew: | Pilot | ||
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Specifications
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Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Fred E. Weisbrod Museum / International B-24 Museum | Pueblo | Colorado |
| Patuxent River Naval Air Museum | Patuxent River | Maryland |
F-6A on display
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Peter Onksen , NH | Near the end of January 1962 while on an ELINT mission around Cuba in the AD-5Q, one of the ECMO intercepted a MIG-19 "scan odd" intercept radar looking for a CIA U2 on a photo reconnaissance mission over Cuba. As we were landing at NAS Key West a flight of Navy F-4D fighters was taking off and I guess to cover the U2 from the MIG-19. Later the U2 landed at Key West and RON at Key West. 09/25/2015 @ 08:59 [ref: 69253] |
| Dave Jones AME1 USN(Ret) Inyokern,CA, CA | I was in VF(AW)-3 from 1961 until decommisioning in '63 and made the Key West Dets during the Cuban Missile Crisis. we had a good outfit and the Ford was a good bird to work on. I had a turn-up and a taxi ticket for that airplane. What fun! 04/24/2011 @ 19:55 [ref: 37558] |
| Joe Mussoi PUEBLO, CO | I am the Director of Restoration at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, CO. As shown in the links area above, we have an F6A SkyRay. I would like to inform all that it is currently getting a new "set of clothes", and undergoing a further restoration to repair the damage it received while sitting outside in the weather since 1972. We are building a second hangar, which will allow us to house all our aircraft inside, with the exception of our B47 Bomber, which is too big to fit in the hangar we are building, unless we built around it like we did with our B29 when they put it inside hangar #1!!!
Anyway, come by and see our new hangar, with the F6 being proudly displayed. It should be built and everything ready by Oct. 2010! Check us out at www.PWAM.org which is also being rebuilt to provide a better website for your enjoyment! 06/06/2010 @ 11:32 [ref: 26553] |
| Don Hoover Rome City, IN | I was an ATC, the Avionics shop Chief at Test Pilot School 1962-1964 and we changed a few ARC-27 UHF radios in nose compartment of this old Ford. 12/31/2009 @ 07:21 [ref: 25500] |
| Don Hoover ATCS USN ret. Rome City, IN | I was the Avionics shop Chief at Test Pilot School 1962-1964 and we changed a few ARC-27 UHF radios in nose compartment of this old Ford. 12/31/2009 @ 07:19 [ref: 25499] |
| Don Hoover ATCS USN ret. Rome City, IN | I was the Avionics shop Chief at Test Pilot School 1962-1964 and we changed a few ARC-27 UHF radios in nose compartment of this old Ford. 12/31/2009 @ 07:17 [ref: 25498] |
| Don Hoover ATCS USN ret. Rome City, IN | I was the Avionics shop Chief at Test Pilot School 1962-1964 and we changed a few ARC-27 UHF radios in nose compartment of this old Ford. 12/31/2009 @ 07:16 [ref: 25497] |
| buzz Schmeltzer , MN | Iwas a line rat for VF 101 I was mainly plane captain on the demons but I had a place in my heart for the fords and f9's 12/22/2009 @ 20:02 [ref: 25459] |
| CalvinRipley AO1 USNR-Retired smyrna, TN | To say that the F4D was a great A/C would be a understatement.I served with VFAW-3 in the early 1960s before we were decommissioned. when we transitioned from F3Ds to the F4D we didnt have any formal training just some tech reps and a lot of books. Upon completion of our training we were assigned to the Air Force .We were assigned norad.We had over 40 A/C making us one of the largest squadrons in navy history.We were stationed at NAS North Island and also had a detachment at nas key west. Not bragging but we were good.We won the battle E and also won the top gun award from the air force in our first year.It was a pleasure and honor to serve with all the men in that squadron.If you click onto the pictures of the F4d were the ones with the PA and lighting bolt on the tail 02/20/2009 @ 16:51 [ref: 23778] |
| Pat Murphy , NJ | My father, James ADJ1 was with VF101 in Key West during the cuban crisis and I think this was one of the planes he worked on at that time. 12/05/2008 @ 17:41 [ref: 23194] |
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