The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) is an American, delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence...
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Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...
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Missiles: 2 × air-to-air missiles (production aircraft) Related development Convair XF-92 F-102 Delta Dagger F-106 Delta Dart Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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system Century Series Sky Scorcher Related development Convair XF-92 Convair F-102 Delta Dagger Convair Kingfish Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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control system Aviation portal Century Series Related development Convair XF-92 Convair F-106 Delta Dart Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and...
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Aircraft in fiction (section Convair XF-92)
Kong atop the Empire State Building in the 1933 original film. The Convair XF-92, an experimental delta-wing interceptor, played the role of an F-102...
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Skyrocket (1948) (USA), Rocket powered. Convair XF-92 (1948) (USA), First delta-wing supersonic jet. Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (1949) (USA), mixed power...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boulton Paul P.111 Convair XF-92 Related lists List of experimental aircraft List of military aircraft...
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pressure and cause lift. This had been noticed by Chuck Yeager in the Convair XF-92, but its qualities had not been fully appreciated. Weber suggested that...
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Lippisch on thick delta wings. The thin delta wing first flew on the Convair XF-92 in 1948, making it the first delta-winged jet plane to fly. It provided...
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Canard. Convair XF-92 US Fighter 1948 Prototype Tailless Convair F2Y Sea Dart US Supersonic Fighter 1953 Prototype Tailless seaplane. Convair F-102 Delta...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell X-1 Bell X-5 Convair XF-92 Northrop X-4 Bantam Related lists List of experimental aircraft Francillon...
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designation of the -35 Model 400-D9 Company designation of the -33 Convair XF-92 Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Lockheed F-94A...
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three of the designs were selected for further development, Convair's scaled-up XF-92 that evolved into the F-102, a Lockheed design that led to the...
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Datafile. Vol. 12. Hertfordshire: Albatros Productions Ltd. ISBN 0-948414-92-8. Kowalski, Tomasz J. (2003). Nieuport 1-27. Lublin: Kagero. ISBN 83-89088-09-6...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Boulton Paul P.111 Bristol 188 Convair XF-92 Dassault Mirage I Dassault MD.550 Mystere-Delta English Electric P1A...
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1,600 lbf (7.1 kN) thrust, Internal model 19XB-2B[citation needed] Convair XF-92 McDonnell FH Phantom Northrop XP-79 Northrop X-4 Bantam Data from Type:...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Avro 707 Boulton Paul P.111 Convair XF-92 Short SB.5 Related lists List of experimental aircraft Wikimedia Commons...
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experimental aircraft being tested at Edwards AFB. Footage of the mocked-up Convair XF-92 was used to depict the later F-102 fighter in the opening crash scene...
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Piaggio P.136 September 1 – Saab J-29, Sweden's second jet September 18 – Convair XF-92, the world's first delta-winged airplane September 29 – Vought XF7U-1...
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Gloster Meteor fighters equipped for aerial refuelling, delta wing Convair XF-92 and the Northrop YB-49 and Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 flying wing designs...
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of sound; the Bell X-5, which pioneered the variable-sweep wing; the Convair XF-92, which pioneered the delta wing, and the Century Series of supersonic...
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Retrieved 2023-11-05. "McDonnell XF-85 Goblin". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved 20 November 2023. "XF-85 "Goblin" – Strategic Air...
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S. Navy, and for the first American delta-wing fighter design, the Convair XF-92. The first engine was finally ready for operation in 1946. The Army...
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Superfortress Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Chase XC-123A Convair B-36 Peacemaker Convair NB-36 Curtiss XF-87 Blackhawk Martin XB-51 North American B-45 Tornado...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Avro 707 Boulton Paul P.120 Convair XF-92 Handley Page HP.115 Related lists List of experimental aircraft Brew...
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List of aircraft (Co–Cz) (section Convair)
R4Y Convair Super Hustler Convair T-29 Convair X-6 Convair X-12 Convair X-30 NASP Convair XB-46 Convair XB-53 Convair XC-99 Convair XF-92 Convair XFY...
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Propulsion Northrop YA-9 Lockheed YF-12 Republic XF-103 North American F-107 XF-108 Rapier Bell XF-109 Northrop F-20 Tigershark Northrop YF-23 Project...
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Northrop F-89 Scorpion (redirect from XF-89)
evaluation of the three existing all-weather interceptor prototypes, the XF-87, the XF-89, and the US Navy's XF3D. The evaluators were qualified night-fighter...
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (redirect from Lockheed XF-104A Starfighter)
with maximum altitude and climb performance. On 4 March 1954, the Lockheed XF-104 took to the skies for the first time, and on 26 February 1958, the production...
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