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  1. Stargazer

    US Navy Outline Specification OS-112

    This specification called for a penetration/escort fighter. Here is a list of designs which I believe were submitted to OS-112, a specification that produced no actual aircraft. Perhaps Paul can confirm the following from Jared's book, which I do not have (I would appreciate details as to the...
    • Stargazer
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    • buaer bureau of aeronautics cold war escort fighter fighters naval aviation nuclear battlefield penetration fighter united states united states navy
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. J

    Boeing XF8B-1

    From -Air enthusiast Nº55 -Le Fanatique de l'Aviation -Airplane Five View Album B.C.F.Klein publications -Warplanes of the Second World War-Volume Four -Naval Fighters-Sixty.Five Post-1
    • Justo Miranda
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    • boeing dive bomber escort fighter fighter bomber interceptor naval aviation night fighter pursuit aircraft torpedo bomber united states army air forces united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  3. overscan (PaulMM)

    Convair A-44

    XA-44, later became XB-53 From http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • allies attack bomber convair escort fighter ground attack late 1940s light bomber photo-recce post-world war ii united states united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. C

    Curtiss-Wright XP-71 (Model CW-26)

    Hi Everyone! Does anyone know where any good three-view line drawings of the Curtiss XP-71 can be found? Thanx!!! Chuck
    • ChuckAnderson
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    • bomber escort curtiss-wright airplane division curtiss-wright corporation early 1940s escort fighter heavy fighter pursuit aircraft united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 65
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  5. M

    The Boeing XF8B-1 Fighter: Last of the Line by Jared Zichek

    The Boeing Xf8b-1 Fighter: Last of the Line by Jared A. Zichek Schiffer Publishing Folks, This makes for an excellent read! The book is very nicely done and is packed to the gills with information about this big Boeing beastie. Yeah, they only made three aircraft and the thing was never...
    • Madoc
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    • boeing dive bomber escort fighter fighter fighter bomber interceptor naval aviation pursuit aircraft torpedo bomber united states united states army air forces united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  6. hesham

    Davis "Manta"

    My dears, do you know Davis Manta fighter ?. just model;
    • hesham
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    • early 1940s escort fighter fighter fighter bomber interwar period late 1930s manta aircraft corporation naval aviation united states united states army air corps united states army air forces united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  7. D

    1946 USAAF Penetration Fighter (XF-88, XF-90)

    Hi friends. I know, that: Initial attempts to produce jet-powered fighters with the endurance of piston-engined aircraft (e. g. the Bell XP-83 and the Convair XP-81) were disappointing, and in early 1946, the USAAF informally requested proposals for a "penetration fighter" with a combat...
    • devi
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    • cold war consolidated vultee consolidated vultee aircraft corporation convair curtiss-wright airplane division escort fighter late 1940s lockheed mcdonnell aircraft corporation north american aviation penetration fighter post-world war ii strategic air command united states united states air force united states army air forces
    • Replies: 142
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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