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The National Interest on MSN18d
The McDonnell FH Phantom Was America’s First Naval Jet
The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom itself underperformed.
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The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed
With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed. Can you name the most widely produced U.S. supersonic military aircraft ever? Answer: the McDonnell ...
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Too Hot to Handle: McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat
Blended wing-body visionary James McDonnell sculpted the XP-67 in the early 1940s, promising a speed of more than 400 mph. Boeing Damn Continental engines. No matter how advanced an airframe is ...