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Title: North American F8U Competitor
Post by: KJ_Lesnick on February 14, 2012, 04:20:58 PM
Does anybody know what North American's rival for the F8U-1 was called?  If it entered service it would have probably been the F2J-1, but it never got that far because it was too heavy.  Appearance wise it had swept, tapered wings, a single engine fed by a bifurcated intake and a pointed nose.  Anybody know what I'm talking about?
Title: Re: North American F8U Competitor
Post by: Orne M on February 14, 2012, 09:25:05 PM
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Title: Re: North American F8U Competitor
Post by: KJ_Lesnick on February 16, 2012, 09:41:31 AM
Okay, it would have been designated the F2J had it entered service and was based on OS-130 specs for a supersonic day-fighter.  I guess I wasn't the only person to think it looked like a Folland Gnat -- I was thinking of a WHIF idea of an aircraft that would be like a scaled up Folland Gnat/F2J-1 Hybrid actually ;D