McDonnell XF-85 Nisse

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

LandUsa
RollePrototype af interceptorfly
Første flyvning9. maj 1949
Bygget2

Den McDonnell XF-85 Nisse er en amerikansk prototype jagerfly udtænkt under Anden Verdenskrig af McDonnell Aircraft. Det var meningen, at det skulle indsættes fra bomberummet på det gigantiske Convair B-36 bombefly som et parasitjagerfly. XF-85's tilsigtede rolle var at forsvare bombefly mod fjendtlige interceptorfly, et behov, der blev demonstreret under 2. verdenskrig. McDonnell byggede to prototyper, før luftvåbnet (USAAF) afsluttede programmet.

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Republik XF-91 Thunderceptor

Republic XF-91

LandUsa
RollePrototype af interceptorfly
Første flyvning9. maj 1949
Bygget2

Den Republik 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.

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Convair XF-92A Dart

Convair XF-92

LandUsa
RolleInterceptor fly
Første flyvning18. september 1948
Bygget1

Den Convair XF-92 XP-92 var et tidligt amerikansk deltavingefly. Oprindeligt udtænkt som en punktforsvarsinterceptor, blev designet senere brugt udelukkende til eksperimentelle formål. Det førte imidlertid til, at Convair brugte delta-vingen på en række designs, herunder F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart, B-58 Hustler, US Navy's F2Y Sea Dart samt VTOL FY Pogo.

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Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing

Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing

LandUsa
RollePostbud og sport
Første flyvning1927
Bygget106

Den 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.

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Hawker P.1127

Se hele annoncen 112.000 2017 I går 119.900 kr.

LandUk
TypeEksperimentelle V/STOL fly
Første flyvning19. november 1960 (s.1127) – 7. marts 1964 (tårnfalk)
Bygget6 P.1127s – 9 tårnfalke

Den Hawker P.1127 og Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 er det eksperimentelle og udviklingsfly, der førte til Hawker Siddeley Harrier, den første lodrette og / eller korte start og landing (V / STOL) jetjagerbomber. Udviklingen af P.1127 begyndte i 1957 og udnyttede Bristol Engine Companys valg om at investere i oprettelsen af Pegasus' motor med vektorkraft. Testen begyndte i juli 1960, og ved udgangen af året havde flyet opnået både lodret start og vandret flyvning.

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de Haviland DH112 Gift

de Havilland DH112 Venom

LandUk
TypeEnmotoret jetfly
FotografiRandy Ray
FindeRoyal Air Force Museum Cosford, Storbritannien
BeskrivelseAlbum af 20 fotos walk-around af «de Havilland DH112 Venom»

Fotogalleri af en 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.

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Nordlig stiltiende blå

Northrop Tacit Blue

LandUsa
RolleStealth-demonstrant
Første flyvning5. februar 1982
Bygget1

Den Nordlig stiltiende blå var et teknologisk demonstrationsfly skabt for at demonstrere, at et lavt observerbart stealth-overvågningsfly med lav sandsynlighed for aflytningsradar og andre sensorer kunne operere tæt på den forreste kamplinje med en høj grad af overlevelsesevne.

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Spad XIII C.1

SPAD S.XIII

LandFrankrig
RolleBiplan fighter
Første flyvning4. april 1917
Bygget8472

Den 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

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