VIGILANTE
Initially designated the A3J-1 the Vigilante was developed by North
American as a high-performance all-weather attack aircraft for the US
Navy. The aircraft first entered service in 1961. The primary weapon
was a nuclear bomb ejected rearwards from a bomb bay between the
two rear tailpipes.
The RA-5C was a long-range
unarmed reconnaisance version developed
incorporating
many of the features of the abandoned A-5B long-range
bomber variant.
55 new production RA-5C aircraft were manufactured,
and 53 A-5A's
were converted to RA-5C configuration.
This CD contains
the US Navy NATOPS flight manuals for the two
variants of the
North American A-5 Vigilante aircraft which entered
service.
The CD has been scanned from the original manuals and
retains any colour
pages.
