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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMV_f-101f-voodoo_Hampton-VA.html
Designed as a penetrator and long-range escort fighter, the F-101 Voodoo first appeared in 1954. The design was based on the earlier prototype XF-88, and no actual prototype F-101 was built. Later versions were used as long-range interceptors and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMU_f-89j-scorpion_Hampton-VA.html
First proposed in December of 1945, the F-89 Scorpion was designed as a replacement for the P-61 Black Widow. The first flight was on August 16, 1948. A novel design of the aircraft was the use of "decelerons," split ailerons that could …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMT_rf-4c-phantom-ii_Hampton-VA.html
The Phantom II is one of the most successful modern aircraft designs, with over 5,000 built. Developed for the U.S. Navy, it was also flown by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps, and was also sold too many foreign countries. Capable of speed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMS_f-105d-thunderchief_Hampton-VA.html
The F-105 Thunderchief was the last airplane produced by Republic Aviation before it became part of Fairchild Hiller. The Thunder chief was originally a private-venture study as a follow-on to the F-84F. Intended as a fighter bomber, it served a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMR_t-33a-t-bird_Hampton-VA.html
Beginning in June 1943, after development of the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, the need for a high-performance trainer aircraft with seen. The resulting T-33 T-Bird was basically an F-80 as shown here with an extended fuselage to allow for a second…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YMQ_nike-ajax_Hampton-VA.html
Nike-Ajax is the first U.S. surface-to-air missile. The original Nike program was begun in 1945 and over 10,000 Nike-Ajax missiles serviced over 100 sites in 15 defense areas within the U.S. including the Hampton Roads area.
A two-stage missile…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YM1_nasa-space-history_Hampton-VA.html
America's space program got off the ground near here at NASA Langley Research Center. In 1958, spacecraft, procedures, and communication systems were designed and tested at the center, and the follow year the first astronauts reported to NASA Lang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YLY_naca_Hampton-VA.html
In the early decades of the twentieth century, it took visionaries to imagine that airplanes might be useful in war and peace. Congress established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915 "to supervise and direct the sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YLU_langley-field_Hampton-VA.html
Hampton is home to one of the earliest military bases in America specifically built for air power. Langley Flying Field, as it was then called, witnessed and nurtured the growth of the United States Air Force.
The story of the land embraced by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YLT_battle-of-big-bethel_Hampton-VA.html
On June 10, 1861, Confederate forces under Colonel john Bankhead Magruder engaged numerically superior Federal forces under Brigadier General Ebenzer W. Pierce in what is recognized as the first planned land engagement of the Civil War.
After a…