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Dat is een Shackleton. Voor Marine verkenning en anti-onderzeebootdienst.
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.... Mooie manier om te "landen "ook. gewoon weer aan een bommenwerper vasthaken en klaar..
Het was een "wild" idee maar in de praktijk niet echt bruikbaar.The XF-85 was a response to a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) requirement for a fighter to be carried within the Northrop XB-35 and B-36, then under development. This was to address the limited range of existing interceptor aircraft compared to the greater range of new bomber designs. The XF-85 was a diminutive jet aircraft featuring a distinctive egg-shaped fuselage and a forked-tail stabilizer design. The prototypes were built and underwent testing and evaluation in 1948. Flight tests showed promise in the design, but the aircraft's performance was inferior to the jet fighters it would have been facing in combat, and there were difficulties in docking. The XF-85 was swiftly canceled, and the prototypes were thereafter relegated to museum exhibits.
Het toestel is vernoemd naar pool-ontdekkingsreiziger Ernest Henry Shackleton. Ik wist niet dat hij Iers was.Voor pool-expedities?![]()