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?
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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