Brian Lockett

Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The P-85 Goblin was the only airplane that ever flew which was designed from scratch to be operated entirely from another airplane. The development of the B-36 by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas resulted in a requirement for fighter protection for the bomber at distances from any friendly base that far exceeded the range of currently available escort fighter airplanes. Due to the inability of contemporary fighters to escort B-36 bombers all the way to their targets, the Army Air Corps initiated Project MX-472, Unconventional Fighter Design Studies, on December 3, 1942. The primary objective of the project was the development of a suitable method of protecting the B-36 on long-range bombing missions. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation designed the P-85 Goblin to fit entirely within the confines of the bomb bay of the B-36. The little fighter was just fifteen feet long with a wing sapn of twenty-one feet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brian Lockett
• Seitenzahl: 54
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 160g
• ISBN-13: 9780578034812
• ISBN-10: 0578034816
• Artikelnr.: 27067699

Autorenporträt

Also by Brian Lockett: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Project FICON, Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Wing Tip Coupling, Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, Balls Eight: History of the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress Mothership, Painting Guide for the Boeing Stratofortress Motherships, General Electric Air Research Demonstration. Brian Lockett is the creator of the Air-and-Space.com web site.