Tailhook Topics
by Tommy H. Thomason
Saturday, March 11, 2017
F2H-3/4 Tip Tanks
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I turn out to be wrong yet again. I knew that the F2H-3/4 tip tanks had a capacity of only 170 gallons compared to the -2's capacity of ...
Sunday, February 12, 2017
The Complete F-111B Updated
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I've just updated my original "The Complete F-111B" post to provide links to recent posts. See http://tailspintopics.blogspot...
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Friday, February 3, 2017
The F-111B Production Main Landing Gear
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The Navy was unhappy with the F-111B's tip-back angle. In other words, the main landing gear was too close to the airplane's center ...
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
F8U/F-8 Unit Horizontal Tails
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Unit Horizontal Tail (UHT) was the Vought term-of-art for the all-moving stabilator. When the F8U-2NE (F-8E) was adapted for the French Navy...
Monday, January 23, 2017
The F-111B Auxiliary Flap
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24 January 2017: Updated with additional information and a photo. Also see this earlier post on the Auxiliary Flap: http://tailspintopics.bl...
Saturday, January 14, 2017
F2H Banshee Canopies
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16 January 2017: Bill Gilman noted (see his comment below) that the later canopy seemed to be more bulged laterally. I had wondered about th...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Markings - A Cautionary Tale Continued
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For the first post on this topic, see http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/06/markings-cautionary-example.html This example was provide...
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