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LostCosmonaut

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For those who don't know, this was Ling-Temco-Vought's entry into the VFX carrier fighter competition.  Grumman's entry, which would become the F-14 Tomcat, was the winner.  This gentleman did a fetching portrait of the Vought Vagabond (as it would have been called) in Jolly Rogers colors, and brief alt-history blurb where the Vagabond beats out the Tomcat to become the US Navy's next fleet defense fighter:

 

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I'm curious if there would have been any problems with mounting the sidewinders on the intakes like that.  Sidewinders fire directly off the launch rails:

 

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So the smoke plume of the missile's rocket motor would be starting right next to the intakes.

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