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    Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" is an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II. Both the V-173 and...
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    Chance Vought V-173 and Xf5U-1 Flying Pancakes. Steve Ginter. 1992. pp. 15, 23. Norton 2008, p.165 Naval Fighters Number Twenty One Chance Vought V-173 and...
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    Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought-Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace (part of Ling-Temco-Vought), Vought Aircraft Companies, and Vought Aircraft Industries. The first...
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  • allowing it to take off easily from aircraft carriers. As with the earlier Vought V-173, the Flapjack's counter-rotating propellers were located at the ends...
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    The Vought O2U Corsair is a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft. Developed by Vought Corporation, the O2U was ordered by the United States Navy...
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    The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured...
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    The Vought V-141 (which was later redesignated V-143 after modification) was a prototype American single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s. It was a development...
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  • during World War II USS Sproston (DD-173) was a U.S. Navy Wickes-class destroyer following World War II Vought V-173 (Flying Pancake) was a U.S. Navy experimental...
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    The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role...
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    tilt wing VTOL research Vought V-173 – Disk wing research for Vought XF5U Vought V-326 – High-altitude test aircraft Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 – Helicopter...
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    The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought...
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    example Thorp T-18 Vought RF-8G Crusader Vought V-173 Wright Flyer – model Apollo 7 Command Module Vought V-173 Sopwith Pup replica Vought Airtrans (Car #25)...
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  • Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a large American conglomerate which existed from 1961 to 2001. At its peak, it was involved in aerospace, airlines, electronics...
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    other military aircraft including the OS2U Kingfisher and the radical Vought V-173 flying pancake. Guyton was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, September...
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  • 1943) Vought SB2U Vindicator - Carrier-based dive bomber Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf - Carrier-based torpedo-bomber Vought V-173 - Experimental...
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  • V-162 Vought V-173 Vought V-326 Vought V-354 Vought VE-7 Bluebird Vought VE-8 Vought VE-9 Vought VE-10 Bat Boat Vought VE-135 Vought VS-315 Vought-Cicero...
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  • BV-38 flying wing based on the Horten Ho 229, the Northrop N-1M and the Vought V-173. Constructed by the British engineering firm Vickers, it was dismantled...
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    The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American...
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  • The Vought V-326 (alternatively Vought-Sikorsky VS-326) was an American experimental aircraft used by Pratt & Whitney as a high altitude engine test bed...
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    except that the sequence begins with an "8" to identify the series. Vought V-173 NACA cowling NACA duct Allen, Bob (31 January 2017). "NACA Airfoils"...
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  • 4 February 2021. "Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake"". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 22 November 2020. "Chance Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake""....
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  • bomber Vought SB2U Vindicator carrier-based dive bomber Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf carrier-based torpedo-bomber Vought V-173 experimental...
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    together with other disk-shaped aircraft like the Avrocar, Sack AS-6 and Vought V-173, in an effort to demonstrate that such aircraft were both possible and...
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    J-5A-80 Shirlen Big Cootie Stinson Model 105 (HW-80) Stinson Model 10 Vought V-173 Data from Continental Aircraft Engine Operator's Manual Type: 4-cylinder...
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    Thomas S. Gates cancelled the project. At the time of the cancelation, Vought had completed 20 missiles with 27 more on the production line. The airframe...
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  • Russia Jet UAV n/a Prototype n/a stealth Vought V-173 US Propeller Experimental 1942 Prototype 1 Circular wing. Vought XF5U US Propeller Fighter 1947 Project...
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    The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor...
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    The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is an American catapult-launched observation floatplane. It was a compact mid-wing monoplane, with a large central float and...
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    The Vought/General Dynamics Model 1600 series was a fighter aircraft proposal for the United States Navy's Navy Air Combat Fighter (NACF) program. The...
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    controlled powered flight. Circular: approximately circular planform. The Vought V-173 used large propellers near the tips, which helped to counteract its strong...
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