F3D (F-10) Skyknight Post Synopsis

Unfortunately, the "Whale" doesn't get the respect it deserves. Portly and underpowered from the beginning, it eventually received one of the most derogatory nicknames of all time, "Drut". However, it may well have been the longest-serving combat airplane used by the US military during the Vietnam War (depending on how you keep score, the C-47 might have that title).

I've recently updated one of my posts on the F3D for the variations in the overhead hatch configuration: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-f3ds-of-flying-nightmares-in-korea.html

Two of my other posts on the F3D may also be of interest:

http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/12/f3d-skyknight.html

http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2016/06/sword-172nd-f3d-2-skyknight-sw-72094.html