[Phantom Phan1200]

I shot some pics of the RA-5C Vigilante now on display at Sanford Int Airport here in sunny Florida.
The aircraft is on display because Sanford Int used to be NAS Sanford from WWII through Vietnam.
Word has it some of NAS Sanfords WWII aircraft are being restored & will soon be on display next to the Vigilante.

[jim]

Great piccies Phantom, that bird can 1000mph just sitting there. Well it sure looks like it is.

A very beautiful aircraft indeed.

BTW one day I would like to get over to Kermits place, it looks like a cool place to visit. (I mean the museum not the Water Lilly

[FormerViperDriver]

Hi Phantom Phan, how are you? These are great pictures. As coincidence would have it, I just bought the Trumpeter 1/48 sclae kit of the RA-5C recently. Your pictures are giving me even more incentive to have it built ASAP. Thankfully I have a freind here who's an expert model builder, he'll do it more justice than I could.

Thanks again for posting these. What a beautiful jet!

FVD

[SKUNKY]

The Vigi was a beast, and quite possibly the prettiest aircraft to ever grace the decks of a carrier....I would love to see this in diecast..Unfortunately, aircraft with a designation beginning with 'R' are pretty much spotlighted in anonymity in the diecast world...

[STARMAN 352ND]

That is a really cool looking bird.....Pictures you took Phantom are great..
Thanks for posting them.
JP

[FormerViperDriver]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

The Vigi was a beast, and quite possibly the prettiest aircraft to ever grace the decks of a carrier....I would love to see this in diecast..Unfortunately, aircraft with a designation beginning with 'R' are pretty much spotlighted in anonymity in the diecast world...

Yes, ain't that the truth...

However, I think there may be a glimmer of hope with Century Wings, based on their releasing the A-6 Intruder. Not an "R" plane of course, but one that I would have given up for dead as far as diecast is concerned. So maybe, just maybe, if they continue with their "US Navy of the 70s/80s" train of thought, someday we might see an RA-5C from them (probably after an A-7 and F-8).

FVD

[mustangdriver]

Now you are talking, F-8!

[Phantom Phan1200]

Thanks for the feedback on the pics.
This is such a pretty aircraft & very impressive in it's time.
Lets hope CW or HM will step up & do this one.

[Rush104]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

The Vigi was a beast, and quite possibly the prettiest aircraft to ever grace the decks of a carrier....I would love to see this in diecast..Unfortunately, aircraft with a designation beginning with 'R' are pretty much spotlighted in anonymity in the diecast world...

Plenty of paint jobs for the bomber version. If those sell, the recce birds will follow...

[ZS-VAN]

Great pics Phantom Phan! Clearly you're on a roll. Very cool. I've never really taken an interest in some of the older US jet aircraft but I reckon I've been losing out! There's some really cool birds out there.