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11-06-2007, 04:14 AM
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| Convair Projects Looking for any information, illustrations, 3-views on two Convair projects... The Convair XP-82...  ...and the ORIGINAL XF-92.  Thanks. |
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11-06-2007, 12:04 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| XP-82??.
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11-06-2007, 01:04 PM
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| Graeme - My suspicion is that the reference in your first scan is a typo. The XF-92A apparently originally carried the XP designation and was changed during the redesignation process in the late '40s early '50s. The F-82 was the Twin Mustang and it also originally carried the P designation. These two scans are from a little picture book titled X-Planes and Prototypes by Jim Winchester. Hope this helps some. Gary |
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11-07-2007, 07:23 PM
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A Brief History of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart "In 1945, subsequent to a conference attended by Convair, the US Air Force, and Dr. Lippisch, a determination was made that a new and considerably advanced interception aircraft, utilising Dr. Lippisch's theoretical concepts, was needed; consequently, a contract was awarded to Convair for the development of a new experimental supersonic fighter aircraft under requirements of Air Force Project MX-82. The design that resulted, designated by Convair as Model 7002 (known as the "Seven Balls Two" to project engineers and soon to be identified as the US Air Force XP-92) took early form on the drawing board as a ramjet powered delta-wing aircraft with the pilot's cockpit placed inside the forward end of the ramjet intake tube". (The first scan is an advertisement for an upcoming magazine, from 1976-would have been an interesting article) | |
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11-07-2007, 08:17 PM
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Either way it's interesting. Gary | |
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12-29-2007, 06:13 AM
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12-29-2007, 03:15 PM
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| That's one I've never seen before.  Looks like an RD-21 with Super Etentard drop tanks painted white sitting on a Japanese WWII float plane stand.
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