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McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
Country	USA
Role	Prototype interceptor aircraft
First flight	9 May 1949
Built	2

The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The XF-85’s intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptor aircraft, a need demonstrated during World War II. McDonnell built two prototypes before the Air Force (USAAF) terminated the program.

Source: McDonnell XF-85 Goblin on Wikipedia

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Republic XF-91
Country	USA
Role	Prototype interceptor aircraft
First flight	9 May 1949
Built	2

The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (originally designated XP-91) is a mixed-propulsion prototype interceptor aircraft, developed by Republic Aviation. The aircraft would use a jet engine for most flight, and a cluster of four small rocket engines for added thrust during climb and interception. The design was largely obsolete by the time it was completed due to the rapidly increasing performance of contemporary jet engines, and only two prototypes were built. One of these was the first American fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

Source: Republic XF-91 on Wikipedia

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Convair XF-92
Country	USA
Role	Interceptor aircraft
First flight	18 September 1948
Built	1

The Convair XF-92 (originally designated XP-92) was an early American delta wing aircraft. Originally conceived as a point-defence interceptor, the design was later used purely for experimental purposes. However, it led Convair to use the delta-wing on a number of designs, including the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart, B-58 Hustler, the US Navy’s F2Y Sea Dart as well as the VTOL FY Pogo.

Source: Convair XF-92 on Wikipedia

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Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing
Country	USA
Role	Mail Carrier and Sport
First flight	1927
Built	106

The Pitcairn Mailwings were developed by Pitcairn to carry air mail for the U.S. Postal Service. Of simple and robust construction, they also had relatively benign flying characteristics. They were constructed using chrome-moly steel tube and square-section spruce spars with spruce and plywood built-up ribs. The fuselage was faired using wooden formers and covered with fabric. The tail sections were built up from steel tube and fabric-covered. The Pitcairn Mailwing had a ground-adjustable fin and in-flight adjustable tailplane, features not often seen in other aircraft.

Source: Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing on Wikipedia

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Hawker Siddeley P.1127
Country	UK
Type	Experimental V/STOL aircraft
First flight	19 November 1960 (P.1127) – 7 March 1964 (Kestrel)
Built	6 P.1127s – 9 Kestrels

The Hawker P.1127 and the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 are the experimental and development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) jet fighter-bomber. P.1127 development began in 1957, taking advantage of the Bristol Engine Company’s choice to invest in the creation of the Pegasus vectored-thrust engine. Testing began in July 1960 and by the end of the year the aircraft had achieved both vertical take-off and horizontal flight.

Source: Hawker Siddeley P.1127 on Wiki

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de Havilland DH112 Venom
Country	UK
Type	Single-engined jet
Photograph	Randy Ray
Locate	Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, UK
Description	Album of 20 photos walk-around of «de Havilland DH112 Venom»

Photo gallery of a de Havilland DH112 Venom, The de Havilland DH 112 Venom was a British postwar single-engined jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Vampire. It served with the Royal Air Force as a single-seat fighter-bomber and two-seat night fighter. The Venom was an interim between the first generation of British jet fighters – straight-wing aircraft powered by centrifugal flow engines such as the Gloster Meteor and the Vampire and later swept wing, axial flow-engined designs such as the Hawker Hunter and de Havilland Sea Vixen. The Venom was successfully exported, and saw service with Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. The Sea Venom was a navalised version for carrier operation.

Source: de Havilland DH112 Venom on Wiki

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ASU-57
Country	:	URSS
Type	:	Lightly assault gun
Description	:	Album of 69 photos walk-around of a «ASU-57»

The ASU-57 was a small, lightly constructed Soviet assault gun specifically designed for use by Soviet airborne divisions. From 1960 it was replaced by the ASU-85.

Source: Wikipedia

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Northrop Tacit Blue
Country	USA
Role	Stealth demonstrator
First flight	February 5, 1982
Built	1

The Northrop Tacit Blue was a technology demonstrator aircraft created to demonstrate that a low-observable stealth surveillance aircraft with a low probability of intercept radar and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle with a high degree of survivability.

Source: Northrop Tacit Blue on Wikipedia

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SPAD S.XIII
Country	France
Role	Biplane fighter
First flight	4 April 1917
Built	8472

The SPAD S.XIII was a French biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War, developed by Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) from the earlier and highly successful SPAD S.VII. During early 1917, the French designer Louis Béchereau, spurred by the approaching obsolescence of the S.VII, decided to develop two new fighter aircraft, the S.XII and the S.XIII, both utilizing a powerful new geared version of the successful Hispano-Suiza 8A engine. The cannon armament of the S.XII was unpopular with most pilots, but the S.XIII proved to be one of the most capable fighters of the war, as well as one of the most-produced, with 8,472 built and orders for around 10,000 more cancelled at the Armistice

Source: SPAD S.XIII on Wikipedia

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Sukhoi T-4
Country	Soviet Union
Role	Bomber – Reconnaissance
First flight	22 August 1972
Built	4

The Sukhoi T-4, or “Aircraft 100”, or “Project 100”, or “Sotka” was a Soviet high-speed reconnaissance, anti-ship and strategic bomber aircraft that did not proceed beyond the prototype stage. It is sometimes called the Su-100.