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History Mystery.

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: History Mystery.(Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket and Grumman XP-50)

Article Excerpt
Our Summer 2009 mystery aircraft was the Navy's Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket twin-engined fighter of World War II.

The U.S. Navy ordered a prototype Skyrocket in 1938, a twin-engined, carrier-based fighter with an odd feature: The forward part of the plane's fuselage did not extend forward of the wing.

The XF5F-1 (bureau number 1442) made its first flight on April 1, 1940, with Grumman's venerable Robert L. "Bob" Hall at the controls. Initially plagued by engine cooling problems,...

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