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Originally Posted by DAEpperson
What the heck is that? I thought I'd seen them all...
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Bizarre, huh? It was new to me, too... I forget how I ran across it... it's a McDonnell XF-88
B Voodoo... I'm sure you're familiar with the F-101.
The McDonnell XF88 Voodoo was a long-range, twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force. Although it never entered service, its design was adapted for the subsequent F-101 Voodoo.
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McDonnell proposed a naval version of the XF-88, a two-seat operational trainer, and a reconnaissance variant, but none were built. The first prototype was modified to XF-88B standard, with a nose-mounted Allison T38 turboprop engine added to the two existing turbojets. This was used for flight testing through 1956, and achieved speeds slightly exceeding Mach 1.0, the first propeller-equipped aircraft to do so. Both prototypes were scrapped by 1958.
XF-88 Voodoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia