The Story of the F-8 Crusader.
Tillman. This book chronicles the history of the U.S. Navy's first supersonic aircraft, the F-8 Crusader, from design and construction in the early 1950s, through John Glenn's 1957 record-breaking flight across the U.S. in three hours and 23 minutes and its service in Vietnam where it scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S. fighter aircraft, to its 1986 Navy retirement, showing you its numerous upgrades and modifications along the way. 234 pages, 60 B&W photographs, 6"x 9", softcover. #0003401