When ever anyone mentions F-8s, I am reminded of of what happened to a chap from Southend I used to know, and his mates. (late 60’s early 70’s)
They had gone to the US for some aircraft spotting, and maybe to take in an airshow. They thought a visit to Andrews AFB would be interesting, so
got in a cab, The driver took them straight through the main gate and dropped them off. They then started to wander around looking at the hardware on
display including F-8s. An airman saw them and asked them and said, “You guys like F-8s, this one’s mine” proceeding to show them all over the aircraft.
Then a couple of jeeps turned up with armed MP’s..They spent the next few hours explaining themselves to the military police.
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