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| Convair XF-92A |
This airplane was the world's
first jet aircraft to fly using the radical delta-wing configuration
pioneered by Germany's Dr. Alexander Lippisch during the 1930s.
In 1946, the U.S. approved the construction of a
delta-wing airplane, designated the Convair Model 7002. First flown on
September 18, 1948 at Edwards AFB, California, it was to serve as a flying
prototype for the XF-92 fighter then being designed. However, the XF-92
program was canceled without any XF-92 being built, and the Air Force
accepted the Model 7002 in June 1949 as the XF-92A. Flight tests
demonstrated that the stability and control characteristics of the
delta-wing concept were practical and much of the information was
incorporated in the development of the supersonic F-102 and F-106
interceptors. Now on Display at the Air Force Museum |
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