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North American F-107A #1 55-5118. The first F-107A (serial number 55-5118) with North American's chief test pilot Bob Baker at the controls, made its initial flight on 10 September 1956, attaining Mach 1.03. [16] After the successful test flight, the brakechute did not deploy, which resulted in a "hot" landing with the nose gear strut breaking ...
The F-104 was the first combat aircraft capable of Mach 2 flight, and the only aircraft in history to simultaneously hold the world speed, rate-of climb and altitude records. [4] Three of the Century Series aircraft—F-101, F-102, and F-106—were armed with nuclear air-to-air missiles.
The Williams F107 (company designation WR19) is a small turbofan engine made by Williams International.The F107 was designed to propel cruise missiles.It has been used as the powerplant for the AGM-86 ALCM, and BGM-109 Tomahawk, as well as the experimental Kaman KSA-100 SAVER and Williams X-Jet flying platform.
3-view line drawing of the North American F-108A Rapier. Data from National Museum of the United States Air Force [7] and U.S. Standard Aircraft Characteristics [21] General characteristics. Crew: two; Length: 89 ft 2 in (27.2 m) Wingspan: 57 ft 5 in (17.5 m) Height: 22 ft 1 in (6.7 m) Wing area: 1,865 sq ft (173.4 m 2) Aspect ratio: 1.68
Naval Aircraft Factory N-1; Non-ballistic atmospheric entry; North American F-107; North American NA-116; North American NA-335; North American XA2J Super Savage; North American XB-70 Valkyrie; North American XF-108 Rapier; North American YF-93; Northrop F-20 Tigershark; Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A; Northrop N-1; Northrop N-102 Fang; Northrop N ...
The FJ-3 was powered by the Wright J65-W-4. Navalized versions of the F-86 Sabre; 741 produced. North American FJ-4 Fury, a substantial redesign of the FJ-3 Fury; 374 produced. The FJ-4 was powered by the Wright J65-W-16A; with some variants designated the F-1E and F-1F; North American FJ-5, proposed navalized variant of the F-107. [1]
Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns.The system is unusual as it uses a manual optical guidance system, sending guidance commands to the missile in flight over a radio link.
Another advantage is that since the cylinders are opposed, the motion in one is balanced by the opposite motion in the one on the opposite side, leading to very smooth running. The Rapier suffered many of the same problems as the later Dagger and Sabre engines. The Fairey Seafox and Short S.20 were both powered by the Napier Rapier.