Good to know ! You are one of those hot-rod jockeys
who disdain the subtle macro works of me and my fellow scenery designers.
You're short of exploring in slew mode, right ? Ok, although you you'll
end up in hell one day I give you some hot shots, anyway ...
McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo
Name: voodoo50.zip
Author: Keith Clifford / PEGASUS
Aviation Designs Version: FS98
Size: 88 kB
Remark: panel included
History: The F-101 was initially conceived as a long range escort fighter
for the Strategic Air Command. It had its origins in another McDonell aircraft,
the XF-88 Voodoo. The XF-88 was a smaller aircraft than the F-101
but it gave McDonnell's design team some important experience which it
used to good stead on the F-101. During the Voodoos developement, SAC decided
to eliminate the need for an escort fighter but Tactical Air Command decided
they could use the aircraft as a fighter bomber dedicated in the nuclear
strike role. Aside from four 20 mm cannon the only other weapon was a nuclear
bomb. In 1972, 23 of the ex-Canadian machines were converted for use as
a daylight, high-lo-high, fast reconnaisance aircraft. The ex RCAF
machines were used as they still had the nose mounted refuelling probes.
The nose was modified to hold five cameras. Communications and extra
navigational gear was stored in the old weapons bay. The RF-101B,
as it was known, served with one unit, the 192nd Tactical Reconnaisance
Squadron. The 192nd was part of the Nevada Air National Guard and
was based at Reno. Six years later, the squadron gave up their Voodoos
in favour of the RF-4C.
McDonnell-D. RF-4E Phantom II
Name: rf4e198.zip
Author: Michael Gurezka Version: FS5
Size: 139 kB
Remark:
History: The Phantom was designed in the late 1950s as a carrier based
fleet defence fighter for the US Navy. The first XF4H-1 prototype flew
on 27-May-1958. The first operational version was the F4H-1F (later F-4A)
which flew in 1960. It was followed by a variety of versions, not only
for the US Navy, but also for US Air Force and export customers. Some of
the versions were still dedicated to the interception role, while others
were specialized for ground attack or reconnaissance tasks. There were
also re-builts for electronic warfare and others for less glamorous roles
such as high speed target drones. Most versions have a short nose, the
RF-... versions have a longer and slimmer nose with a camera bay underneath,
the F-4E and F-4F have a similar long nose with a gun underneath and in
the F-4G the gun is replaced by specialized electronic equipment. The US
Air Force bought the F-4C fighter as their first production variant of
the Phantom and subsequently the RF-4C reconnaissance version appeared
in 1963. The F-4C was a derivate of the Navy's F-4B and the Navy adopted
the RF-4B reconnaissance variant for the Marine Corps in 1965 which was
very close to the RF-4C. The Phantom F-4E appeared in 1965 and introduced
more powerful engines and other impovements. From this the RF-4E was developed
which is basically a RF-4C with F-4E type engines. The RF-4E was never
flown by the US services, the first customer was the Federal German Air
Force, followed by orders from Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan and Turkey.
This model depicts a RF-4E of the Israeli Air Force. Israeli RF-4Es
have been seen carrying Sidewinder AAMs on underwing pylons, most probably
not for interception or combat air patrol, but for self-defence.
North American RA-5C Vigilante
Name: ra5_c98.zip
Author: Massimo Taccoli Version: FS98
Size: 110 kB
Remark:
History: The RA-5C Vigilante two-seat shipboard reconnaissance and
attack aircraft was flown for the first time on June 30, 1962 and is one
of the two growth versions of the A-5A, the other, the A-5B being intended
primarily for the attack role but progressing no further than the prototype
stage. The RA-5C is essentially a reconnaissance aircraft but retains attack
capability, and changes from the A-5A include extension of flap surfaces,
both spanwise and chordwise, modification of the boundary layer control
system, and an aerodynamically faired hump aft of the raised bombardier-navigator
cockpit, this hump housing additional fuel.The RA-5C retain the bombing-navigation
system and is simiraly powered to the A-5A, but carries an extremely advanced
reconnaissance system. The RA-5C entered service with RVAH-5 in 1964.
Subject of this FS98 model is an RA5-C Vigilante in service with US
Navy's Heavy Reconnaissance Attack Training Squadron RVAH-3.
This space is reserved for: Dassault-Breguet Mirage IIIR,
Dassault-Breguet Mirage F-1CR, Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter, Sepecat Jaguar
(recon)
McDonnell-D. RF-4E Phantom II
North American RA-5C Vigilante
