Douglas F4D Skyray – Fotografije & Video

Fotogalerija Douglas F4D-1 (F-6A) Skyray, The Douglas F4D Skyray (later redesignated F-6 Skyray) was an American carrier-based supersonic fighter/interceptor built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Although it was in service for a relatively short time and never entered combat, it was notable for being the first carrier-launched aircraft to hold the world’s absolute speed record, at 752.943 mph,[1] and was the first United States Navy and United States Marine Corps fighter that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight. It was the last fighter produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company before it merged with McDonnell Aircraft and became McDonnell Douglas. The F5D Skylancer was an advanced development of the F4D Skyray that did not go into service.

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Douglas F4D Skyray je bilo lovsko letalo, ki ga je razvila ameriška mornarica v 1950-ih. To je bil prvi mornariški lovec, ki je dosegel Mach 1 v vodoravnem letu in edino letalo z delta krili, ki je služilo v ameriški mornarici. Skyray je imel značilno zasnovo z velikim delta krilom, dolgim nosnim dovodom in konfiguracijo brez repa. Skyray je bil zasnovan za prestrezanje sovjetskih bombnikov na velikih višinah in hitrostih in je bil oborožen s štirimi 20-milimetrskimi topovi in različnimi raketami zrak-zrak. Skyray je začel uporabljati leta 1956 in služil do leta 1964, ko so ga nadomestili naprednejši lovci, kot je F-4 Phantom II. Skyray so za kratek čas uporabljali tudi ameriški marinci in ameriške letalske sile. Skyray si je prislužil vzdevek "Ford" po svojem oblikovalcu Edu Heinemannu, ki je delal za Douglas Aircraft Company.