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[d-rexs]

I do believe it is a Douglas F5D Skylancer

[locopiston]

Of the time when the US Navy's planes looked innocent and friendly.
Cousin of vought cutlass

maybe Amstrong NASA plane

Or some super new F-35 variant?

[SAS~Storebror]

Douglas F5D Skylancer

Definitely no.

maybe Amstrong NASA plane

Nope.

Or some super new F-35 variant?

This information is classified

[locopiston]

Is the XF4D-1 Ship No. 1 (BuAer No. 124586)
It confuses because it has an antenna in the tail and one in the nose very aggressive; the engine also has a exhaust nozzle longer than later in the series version F4D-1 Skyray.


superb the spectral blue of photoshop!

Regards!

[SAS~Storebror]

Is the XF4D-1 Ship No. 1 (BuAer No. 124586)

Congratulations, that's exactly right!

It confuses because it has an antenna in the tail and one in the nose very aggressive; the engine also has a exhaust nozzle longer than later in the series version F4D-1 Skyray.

On the tail you actually see an additional pitot tube in front and the fuel-jettison pipe behind. The latter was installed in a similar fashion on serial production planes.
The nose probe with AoA indicator surfaces of course is special to prototypes.
The exhaust looks different from serial production planes since the planned J40 Engine wasn't ready yet.
Quote from http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_fighters/f6_1.html:

The airframe was completed in 1950, but the 7000 lb.s.t. Westinghouse XJ40-WE-6 engine that was intended for the XF4D-1 had experienced serious development delays and was not yet ready for flight. Rather than wait until the J40 was completed, Douglas decided to install a 5000 lb.s.t. Allison J35-A-17 turbojet in the two XF4D-1 airframes for the initial testing.

Your turn

Best regards - Mike

[locopiston]

as always! you have all the info! tanks to share Mike!

back to the ugly birds 





guess this!

[locopiston]

note:
The guy from behind seems to have hidding some serious error and he's being silly

[P51vsFw190]

Woops sorry guys. I totally forgot I had guessed. My bad.

[A1_Phoenix]

Well A1. You ask how I got that Joy JX.

quite an extensive answer, LameHawk, thank you!
i'm interested in extra-plane details, too, sometimes they tell everything!
with JoyJX, i must admit i was tempted to cut out the serial, but on these days i'm only on workplace PC so no photoediting until further notice. you did exactly what i've feared hehehehe

When possible, i'll check your links, thank you!

Salute!
A1

[sniperton]

I was pretty sure we already had this, but now I see it was a request, not a quest

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,37287.msg412036.html#msg412036

[locopiston]

Perfect Sniperton!

It's a really weird fighter.
Its best quality are the wheels in the tail.

Your turn!

[sniperton]

Thanks, first a bonus item in the 'weird plane' category:



Second the quest item: