My great uncle, Sgt Robert Jonathon Leyba was in an accident involving a training excerise off the coast of California during a routine landing on the USS Lexington in his F4D Skyray, March 1959. The arresting cable snapped, he and his plane were sent over the side of the vessel. He rests at Rosecrans Memorial Cemetery in San Diego. Happy memorial day uncle Bob, can't believe they asked you to fly this delta wing off a carrier.
I designed a delta wing in space engineers and my brother said it looked a lot like this aircraft. Thanks for the detailed video to give me some history behind the craft!
Thanks so much for this! The F4D was always a favorite of mine. I appreciate your covering so much of the crucial details about flight characteristics and controls, and also the snippet of film of Ed Heinemann, whose reputation is enormous but who I'd never seen before. Looking forward to getting into the rest of your videos. Well done!
When you think, Ed H's A4 Skyhawk are still in very limited service today around the World whereas on US Navy carriers they only fly as fighters either F18s or F35s . . . . - wonder what he'd think of that?!
Thanks for this. Following Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, my dad's assignment was Weapons Systems Test where his aircraft was a Skyray, evaluating high altitude flame outs after firing guns. Beautiful aircraft that I think most pilots liked.
@@prodabber0222 It was bad at launch, but they have since fixed the wing breaking issues. Too little, too late unfortunately, but I can consistently do decent with it as well.
NATCJAX had one as a gate guard back in 1968,but it was set back quite a bit from the main gate. I was there for AO A school 11 November 1967 to 6 April 1968. Beautiful plane, and the rot hadn't set in yet.
Credit should be given to Ed Heinemann for having the foresight to design the aircraft so that it could accept an alternate engine to the Westinghouse J-40 that the Navy wanted. And while rejected in favor of the F-8, the much improved F-5D Skylancer was highly rated.
Largely thanks to Ed Heinemann. I spent a large part of my Navy career working on the A-4 and TA-4 Skyhawk, aka "Scooter." Ed Heinemann's first design was the SBD, hero of Midway.
Was there ever a period where so much aviation tech changed from USN decks, 1950-1959? One could argue World War Two (1939-1945) but even then, you were more likely to see a Corsair or a Sea Fury than an Me-262 or Gloster Meteor & whilst by 1949 there were Sabre's and MiG15s by 1959 there were F4H's to shoot down the rogue P51 or Yak9.
Great video but disappointing for a history / museum / factual channel mention Alexander being brought to the US under Operation Paperclip. "Immigrated" to the United States is pretty disingenuous
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Love the four plane cat launch at 0:28
This cool looking mach 1+ jet was around when cars had tailfins.
Ford vs "Ford" - like Kramer vs Kramer but without the tears
My great uncle, Sgt Robert Jonathon Leyba was in an accident involving a training excerise off the coast of California during a routine landing on the USS Lexington in his F4D Skyray, March 1959. The arresting cable snapped, he and his plane were sent over the side of the vessel. He rests at Rosecrans Memorial Cemetery in San Diego. Happy memorial day uncle Bob, can't believe they asked you to fly this delta wing off a carrier.
Eric is a very talented presenter. Exceptionally well done. Thank you.
Great plane that never gets the respect it deserves.
One of my all time favourite jet fighters, such a graceful design.
I designed a delta wing in space engineers and my brother said it looked a lot like this aircraft. Thanks for the detailed video to give me some history behind the craft!
I know how hard it can be to narrate these videos, and this one is truly excellent. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this! The F4D was always a favorite of mine. I appreciate your covering so much of the crucial details about flight characteristics and controls, and also the snippet of film of Ed Heinemann, whose reputation is enormous but who I'd never seen before. Looking forward to getting into the rest of your videos. Well done!
When you think, Ed H's A4 Skyhawk are still in very limited service today around the World whereas on US Navy carriers they only fly as fighters either F18s or F35s . . . . - wonder what he'd think of that?!
Beautiful aircraft for any era of aviation.
New England Air Museum is a must for any aviation enthusiast!
Thanks for this. Following Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, my dad's assignment was Weapons Systems Test where his aircraft was a Skyray, evaluating high altitude flame outs after firing guns. Beautiful aircraft that I think most pilots liked.
Got recommended because of war thunder. Nice
Same
@@Spacedude-jq2dq awesome
Also worth noting that the Skyray also equipped the only Navy squadron to serve as part of NORAD.
The Skyray was recently added to War Thunder. Happy to know there's aircraft out there I don't know about.
Sad that it’s bad
@@prodabber0222 It's not actually that bad. I can get a near consistent 3 or 4 kills in air RB
@@prodabber0222 It was bad at launch, but they have since fixed the wing breaking issues. Too little, too late unfortunately, but I can consistently do decent with it as well.
@@prodabber0222it’s a hidden gem at this point
And I Picked up my 1st SKYRAY Model from Tamiya..💯💯💯🤗🥰
Beatiful aircraft .Very elegance
I knew the man that contracted this plane as well as the Skylab. He was my grandfather at best🤙
NATCJAX had one as a gate guard back in 1968,but it was set back quite a bit from the main gate. I was there for AO A school 11 November 1967 to 6 April 1968. Beautiful plane, and the rot hadn't set in yet.
I wanna see that jet fly again
Wonderful video! Love this aviation content from your channel. More please!
Is the ladder sucked by the air intake??? 1:23
The f4d Skyray was one of the sharper looking planes from the 1950s. It just looks Space Age.
Thanks for this ✈️👍
What an Underdog !
I only Knew this plane from a Video game actually 'Air Force Delta Strike'
Good stuff
Credit should be given to Ed Heinemann for having the foresight to design the aircraft so that it could accept an alternate engine to the Westinghouse J-40 that the Navy wanted. And while rejected in favor of the F-8, the much improved F-5D Skylancer was highly rated.
I guess it was superseded by the Skyhawk which also had a delta wing.
The F8U was the replacement.
Great video,
You can see a resemblance of this aircraft and it’s successor the A4 Skyhawk
Why is this not in warthunder tech tree.
It's Not !? LoL
Is now
Douglas built competent aircraft that worked out of the box.
Largely thanks to Ed Heinemann. I spent a large part of my Navy career working on the A-4 and TA-4 Skyhawk, aka "Scooter." Ed Heinemann's first design was the SBD, hero of Midway.
Awesome
A dang fine carrier-based interceptor. Its design from WW2 German work just a few years prior...
The F4D was affectionately known as the Ford.
Alexander Lispish immigrated to the United States? That's funny. He was hauled over here as part of Operation Paperclip.
Was there ever a period where so much aviation tech changed from USN decks, 1950-1959?
One could argue World War Two (1939-1945) but even then, you were more likely to see a Corsair or a Sea Fury than an Me-262 or Gloster Meteor & whilst by 1949 there were Sabre's and MiG15s by 1959 there were F4H's to shoot down the rogue P51 or Yak9.
1936-46 - Biplane fighters to jets.
F7u cutlass
Gutless. Deathtrap. A senior Marine fighter pilot described the Cutlass as, "A gutless thirsty dog with miserable range and performance."
the skyray is just a f-9f but pushed to TO THE EXTREME
it kinda looks meh on the ground, but in the air it looks very elegant
Music is too distracting otherwise great video
delta on a carrier , not many of this configuration as you can imagine the landing speeds must be high
Not if you have sufficient wing area and high lift devices
@@dogeness Yep. Those inboard trailing-edge trim tabs really helped (as well as the slats)
The A-4 Skyhawk, AKA Scooter used a delta wing but with a separate tail/horizontal stab.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Beautiful and rare jet. I can't believe the museum leaves it outside especially with New England weather.
@@billebeth6704 - There is one at Pensacola too.
A lot of the commentary is word-for-word from the Wikipedia article.
Gaijinplz
They heard you iguess lol
@@Bob_Dickinson 😁
Great video but disappointing for a history / museum / factual channel mention Alexander being brought to the US under Operation Paperclip. "Immigrated" to the United States is pretty disingenuous