McDonnell XF-88B
1953
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McDonnell XF-88B

Designed for research into supersonic propeller design, the XF-88B flew for the first time on 14 April 1953. Power was provided by two Westinghouse J34 turbojets and a nose-mounted Allison XT38 turboprop engine.

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McDonnell XF-88BA three-view drawing (1078 x 364)

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John M. Fitzpatrick, jmfitzp(@)aol.com, 01.02.2009

I flew the Air Force evaluation of this aircraft in 1953. As far as I know I was the only one to exceed Mach 1 in it.

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