On this day in 1948, the US navy deployed its first jet on aircraft carrier. The pilots of the VF-17 had received their first McDonnell FH-1 Phantom nine months earlier, and it is now 24 aircraft that were landing onboard USS Saipan. This was McDonnell's first production fighter and the starting point of a large lineage of shipbased fighters: F2H Banshee, F3H demon and the legendary F4H, second Phantom of the name.

#aviationhistory , #onthisdayinaviation , #onthisdayinaviationhistory , #otd , 2018 , Arizona , FD-1 , FH-1 , McDonnell , museum , Phantom , Phantom I , Pima , Pima Air & Space Museum , Tucson , US Navy , USA

Exposure Time	1/30 s
ApertureFNumber	f/5.6
ISO	800
Model	Canon EOS 70D
Lens	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length	17 mm
Date Time of Original	2018:05:07 14:50:04

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