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The F3H-2 Demon had the AN/APG-51A, later upgraded to the 51-B version with a tunable magnetron then on to 51-C with better countermeasures in the receiver. [ citation needed ] It was a relatively straightforward radar arrangement in comparison to that of the Skyray. [ 30 ]
English: A U.S. Navy McDonnell F3H-2 Demon (BuNo 145242) of Fighter Squadron 131 (VF-131) "Nightcappers" in flight. VF-131 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 13 (CVG-13) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64) for her shakedown cruises in the Atlantic Ocean from 7 February to 6 May 1962.
F-2 Banshee – McDonnell (redesignated from Navy F2H) F-3 Demon – McDonnell (redesignated from Navy F3H) F-4 Phantom II – McDonnell Douglas (redesignated from Navy F4H and Air Force F-110) F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II – Northrop. F-5G – Northrop (redesignated to F-20) F-6 Skyray – Douglas (redesignated from Navy F4D)
The last fighter produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company prior to its merge with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas. 1951 1956 422 F-3 (F3H) Demon: Carrier-based all-weather interceptor McDonnell Aircraft The first swept wing jet fighter and the only single-engined carrier-based fighter McDonnell produced. Provided the basis for ...
The 1959 San Diego F3H crash was the crash of a United States Navy McDonnell F3H-2N Demon in San Diego, California, on 4 December 1959.The pilot, Ensign Albert Joseph Hickman from VF-121, chose not to eject from the stricken aircraft, piloting it away from populated areas of Clairemont, including an elementary school, saving "as many as 700 people" on the ground, according to one estimate.
The Douglas F3D Skyknight (later redesignated F-10 Skyknight) is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed in response to a 1945 United States Navy requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night fighter .
In 1953, McDonnell Aircraft began work on revising its F3H Demon naval fighter, seeking expanded capabilities and better performance. The company developed several projects, including a variant powered by a Wright J67 engine, [ 19 ] and variants powered by two Wright J65 engines, or two General Electric J79 engines. [ 20 ]
This included the Grumman F-11 Tiger, the upgraded twin-engine McDonnell F3H Demon (the F3H-H, which would eventually become the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II), and the North American F-100 Super Sabre hastily adapted to carrier use and dubbed the "Super Fury". [8]