The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion. It was...

intended to serve as a testbed for the turbojet installation on the XF2R-1 Dark Shark. This was the final variant; the piston engine was replaced with a...

The Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California, in 1934. It became part of Teledyne in 1969, and of Northrop Grumman...

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1944, was powered by the Welland I. Bell P-59 Airacomet Ryan FR Fireball Ryan XF2R Dark Shark There is a J31 on display at the New England Air Museum...

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subsequently cancelled. Consolidated Vultee XP-81 Curtiss-Wright XC-113 Ryan XF2R Dark Shark Data from Type: Single Shaft Turboprop Length: 116in (295cm) including...

D.I Germany 1917 Prototype 6+ Ryan FR Fireball US Carrier mixe-propulsion fighter 1944 Retired 66 Ryan XF2R Dark Shark US Carrier mixe-propulsion fighter...

(experimental designations XF-2A and XF-2B), supersonic jet fighter Ryan XF2R Dark Shark, experimental combination turbojet/turboprop aircraft Vought XF2U...

delivered to the US Navy. The XF2R-1 Dark Shark replaced the piston engine in the nose with a turboprop.: 211–221  After the war, Ryan bought the North American...

Fighter Chance Vought Vought's first jet fighter, 1946 Never 33 XF2R Dark Shark Fighter Ryan Aeronautical Combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion. 1946...

Pirate October 7 – Fairchild XNQ October 13 – Boisavia Muscadet Ryan XF2R-1 Dark Shark November 9 – Lockheed R6O Constitution, later R6V Constitution November...