This aircraft doesn´t look like much, but its service marked an important milestone in naval aviation: With Lt(jg) Leonard Plog behind the stick this aircraft shot down a Yak-9 over Pyongyang on Jul. 3rd, 1950, making it the first Jet aircraft from the US navy to shoot down another aircraft. With that aircraft now completed the VF-51 lineage have gotten even closer to completing, and I thought it was a good time to display the VF-51 aircraft i currently have depicted. Of the depicted aircraft three have an aerial victory under its belt. So left is only to ask: Do you have a favorite among them ?
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Curious as to why you have to phantoms, instead of the tomcat and you’re screaming eagle lineage?
I haven´t done the Tomcat yet 😉 that´s why 🙂 Thanks for your comment
I’ll be checking back to see that lineage with the Tomcat!
Feel free to check back any time. The Tomcat will eventually get done, only it´ll take a while before it´s completed 😉 Thanks for your comment !
Tom Hayward & Neil Armstrong Also flew VF-51 F9Fs
I see ! Thanks for that info 😉