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an airplane flying in the sky with clouds around it and two men inside one plane
Republic XP-72 Superbolt - Was Designed Around the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-Cylinder Air Cooled Radial Engine with a Supercharger Mounted Behind the Pilot and Driven by an Extension Shaft from the Engine – Armament: 6 x .50 cal Wing Mounted Machine Guns and Two Underwing Racks for 1,000 lb Bombs - With the Advent of the New Turbojet-Powered Interceptors Only 2 Were Built (2)
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Convair YB-60 takeoff, 1952. This was an 8-engine jet derivative of the B-36 Peacemaker. Convair YB-60 serial number 49-2676 (seen here) made its maiden flight on 18 April 1952. A second prototype was never completed. The U.S. Air Force ultimately chose the Boeing B-52 for its jet-powered heavy bomber. The YB-60 prototype was subsequently scrapped.
an airplane is flying over the water
Aviation Photo #1915003: RFB X-114 - Germany - Air Force
RFB X-114
an old navy jet is on the tarmac with its landing gear down and it's wheels out
Convair : XFY-1 : Pogo
Convair : XFY-1 : Pogo the first VTOL aircraft to successfully transition from vertical to horizontal flight. First flight 1 Aug.1954. Pitching decks made it unexceptable.
an old airplane is parked on the tarmac
Scout's Atomic Flash
McDonnell XF-85 ‘Goblin,’ 1946 - An American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to be deployed 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 interceptors, a need demonstrated during World War II. Two prototypes were constructed before the program was terminated.
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The Ryan XV-5 Vertifan was a jet-powered V/STOL experimental aircraft in the 1960s.
an airplane sitting on the tarmac with its wheels down and it's engine out
SuperSonic Youth
rocketumbl: “ Leduc 0.22 ”
a fighter jet sitting on top of an airport tarmac
Le Nord 1500 Griffon II est un prototype de chasseur supersonique développé dans les années 1950 par l'entreprise publique Nord-Aviation en réponse à un appel d'offres de l'Armée de l'air française pour un chasseur capable de Mach 2 à l'horizon 1960.
an old photo of a man sitting in the cockpit of a plane with other people walking by
蛇乃目伍長の「エアフォースの英国面に来い！」 Mk.2 : Leduc-0.22の前方視察装置
Leduc 021_Test pilot Yvan Littolff
an airplane is parked on the tarmac with it's wheels still in place
サービス終了のお知らせ
Leduc 0.22 Ram Jet Interceptor - Just.. No
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Leduc 022 , french experimental jet .
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British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 at Boscombe Down .
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Douglas XB-42 "Mixmaster". 1940s experimental bomber with a name that sounds like an 1980s hip-hop artist.
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North American Aviation XF-108 Rapier prototype (July 2, 1959)
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Northrop YB-49