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The F-107 was never given an official name, but was sometimes informally called the "Super Super Sabre" [11] referring to North American's earlier fighter design, the F-100 Super Sabre. [12] The designation "F-107A" was the only one assigned to the aircraft, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] though "YF-107A" is often used in publications.
Commonality between the B-70 bomber and the F-108 included the escape capsule and General Electric YJ93 engines. Another role considered was for the F-108 to be "gap-fillers" for the Distant Early Warning (DEW) system; because of its great speed, the F-108 could have scanned up to 278,000 square miles (720,000 km 2) per hour. [8]
Family of observation and attack aircraft; composes of the A-3, the main attack version, XA-4, and A-5 and A-6 with more powerful engines. Fokker XA-7: Fokker-America: 1931 1 Curtiss A-8: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1931 1932 13 Lockheed Y1A-9: Detroit Lockheed: A version of the Lockheed YP-24 that specialized in ground attack. 1931 1
The collision of an airplane and a military helicopter was caught on video -- there was a fiery explosion. Video shows DC plane crash involving American Airlines flight, Black Hawk helicopter Skip ...
The F-101 was the first aircraft in the USAF capable of exceeding 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h). The F-102 was the first aircraft in the world to utilize area rule in its design. 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]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Investigators plan to push forward on Friday with efforts to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a crash in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about air ...
The footage, shared on social media, shows the $81 million jet spiraling to the ground after the pilot ejected from the aircraft and floated safely onto the runway thanks to their parachute.
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V ...