Though derived from the Crusader, the Corsair II is a totallydifferent aircraft. By restricting performance
to high sub-sonic speed, structure weight was reduced,range dramatically increased and weapon load multiplied by about 4. Develpoment was outstandingly quick, as was production. Vought built 199 A-7A
used in action in the Gulf of Tonkin on December 1967, followed by 196 B models. The C designation was used for the first 67 E models which retained the TF30 engine. In 1966 the Corsair II was adopted by the U.S.
Air Force, the A-7D having the superior TF41 engine. Gatling gun and more complete avionics for blind or automatic weapon delivery under all conditions,with heads-up display and inertial doppler navigation. By late 1976 over 480 had been delivered, with reduced production continuing. The Navy adopted the same model, with an even more powerful TF41, and by late 1976 about 540 E models had been built, bringing out-
put to over 1,400 within a decade. Vought funded development of a tandem-seat YA-7H, similar to the D but without the onboard starter or flight-refueling receptacle,at a price of $259.2 million.
The specifations are as follows:
Origin: Vought Systems Division of LTV, Dallas ,TX
Engine: one 11,350 lb thrust Pratt & Whitney TF-30-6 two shaft turbofan (B,C)
Performance: Maximum speed (all single seat models clean) 698 mph at low level; tactical
range with weapon load, typically 715 miles; ferry range with four external tanks,typically 4,100 miles.
Armament: two 20 mm Colt Mk 12 in nose; six wing and two fuslage pylons for weapon load of 15,000 lbs.
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