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Skyrays Flight

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A little weekend project. I decided to update my Skyrays painting. The F4D-1 was the US Navy's first airplane capable of supersonic speed in level flight. The Skyray was quite the performer in its day having a spectacular rate and angle of climb. The Skyray set a new time to altitude record flying from a complete stop to 50,000 feet in 2 minutes and 36.05 seconds, all while flying at a 70 degree pitch angle.
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IIRC, this is the squadron dedicated to NORAD on the West Coast under the command of Eugene Valencia, the WW2 ace. They were quite respected in the NORAD command.