VOUGHT F-8 CRUSADER ( F8U )

Specification Vought F-8E Crusader

Type: single-seat carrier-based attack fighter

Power plant: one 8165-kg ( 18, 000-lb) afterburning thrust Pratt & Whitney J57-20A or -420 turbojet Performance: 

maximum speed 1859 km/h ( l,155 mph); range 2253 km ( 1, 400 miles)

Weights: empty 8935 kg ( 19,700 lb); maximum take-off 15422 kg (34, 000 lb) 

Dimensions: span 10. 72 m (35 ft 2 in); length 16.61 m (54 ft 6 in); height 4.8 m ( 15 ft 9 in)

 wing area 34. 84 m (375 sq ft)

Armament:

 four 20-mm Mk 12 cannon each with 84 or 125 rounds and two/ four Sidewinder AAMs,

plus up to 1814 kg (4, 000 lb) of bombs, rockets or Bullpup missiles on four wing pylons