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This 'FX11' was presented during the 1963 Air show at Le Bourget.
It broke the speed record between Brussels and Paris setting it to 9 min 55 seconds on June 6, 1963
averaging a speed of 1.575 Km/h for the distance of 260,6 km.
At the controls was Bernard Neefs, SABCA chief testpilot.


 

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An F8U-1 Crusader of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 323 makes a touch and go during flight operations on board the carrier Oriskany (CVA 34) on March 9, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.




The nose of an F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron (VF) 111 frames an A-7E Corsair II of Attack Squadron (VA) 94 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on March 8, 1979, thirty-five years ago today.



AD-6 Skyraiders assigned to Training Squadron (VT) 30 pictured during a training flight from Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 5, 1962, fifty-two years ago today.



An AD-6 Skyraider of Attack Squadron (VA) 152 pictured just a moment before trapping on board the carrier Coral Sea (CVA 43) operating in the Western Pacific on May 4, 1961, fifty-three years ago today.



F-8C Crusaders of Fighter Squadron (VF) 24 and F-8E Crusaders of VF-211 pictured on the catapults and positioned behind jet blast deflectors during flight operations on board the aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) off the coast of North Vietnam on March 3, 1967, forty-seven years ago today. During this cruise, each of these squadrons splashed four North Vietnamese MiG-17 fighters in air-to-air combat.




An AD-4B Skyraider assigned to Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) China Lake, California, pictured shortly after releasing a Mk 44 torpedo during a weapons test on March 3, 1959, fifty-five years ago today.



An F11F-1 Tiger aircraft of Fighter Squadron (VF) 33 pictured trapping on the flight deck of the carrier Intrepid (CVA- 11) during Operation Big Deal in the Mediterranean Sea on February 27, 1959, fifty-five years ago today.

 

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An F-22 Raptor, 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, participates in a Sentry Aloha exercise March 7, 2014, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Sentry Aloha is an aerial combat exercise focused on offensive and defensive counter measures and fighter integration. This year is the largest Sentry Aloha exercise with more than 350 airmen and five participating units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
 

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Flight deck personnel surround an FR-1 Fireball of Fighting Squadron (VF) 41 after its nose gear collapsed during recovery on the escort carrier Bairoko (CVE 115) on March 12, 1946, sixty-eight years ago today. The FR-1 was a hybrid aircraft featuring a jet engine in the tail to complement its reciprocating engine.




AD Skyraiders pictured in the Overhaul and Repair Facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda, California, on March 15, 1950, sixty-four years ago today. Other aircraft types, including an F6F Hellcat and an F4U Corsair, are also visible.





F9F-2 Panthers of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 314 pictured in right echelon formation on March 13, 1953, sixty-one years ago today.




F9F-6 Cougars of Fighter Squadron (VF) 24 pictured during flight operations on board the carrier Yorktown (CVA 10) operating off the coast of Southern California in March 1954, sixty years ago this month. Two airplanes are on the catapult while the pilots of two others wait for their squadronmates to get airborne and the lowering of the jet blast deflectors so they can taxi their airplanes into launch position.




An F8U-1 Crusader of Fighter Squadron (VF) 11 pictured during a catapult launch from the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) during operations in the Mediterranean Sea on March 10, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.





An F8U-1 Crusader of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 323 makes a touch and go during flight operations on board the carrier Oriskany (CVA 34) on March 9, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.



Lieutenant (junior grade) H.B. Morgan of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 33, Detachment 62 pictured in the cockpit of his AD-5Q Skyraider as it is hooked up to the Number One catapult on board the carrier Independence (CVA 62) in March 1963, fifty-one years ago this month. Just after this image was taken, Morgan and his aircraft recorded the 20,000th launch on this particular catapult.




An A-7E Corsair II aircraft assigned to Attack Squadron (VA) 46 off the carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight during the cease-fire between Coalition and Iraqi forces following Operation Desert Storm on March 14, 1991, twenty-three years ago today.
 

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An FJ-1 Fury of Fighter Squadron (VF) 5A flown by the squadron skipper, Commander Pete Aurand, traps on the flight deck of the carrier Boxer (CV 21) on March 17, 1948, sixty-six years ago today. This photograph was taken during carrier suitability tests for the fighter.





An F-8J Crusader of Fighter Squadron (VF) 211 pictured over the Gulf of Tonkin as it returns to the carrier Hancock (CVA 19) following a combat air patrol on March 19, 1971, forty-three years ago today. Note the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the fuselage mount. During the Vietnam War, VF-211 was known to return to their carrier with AIM-9s missing from their arsenal given the fact that the squadron was credited with shooting down seven enemy MiG-17 fighters in air-to-air combat.

 
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