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The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islands from aircraft carriers outside the range of Japanese land-based aircraft.
Boeing PB Flying Fortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing P2B Superfortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing 314 Clipper - Impressed flying boat transport; Boeing XF8B - Prototype carrier-based fighter-bomber; Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger - Flying boat/patrol bomber; Brewster F2A Buffalo - Carrier-based fighter; Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN - Carrier-based ...
First in family to use VTOL. Also used unconventional mode of lift engine (lift fan). X-35C 2000: X-36: McDonnell Douglas: NASA 1997 28% scale tailless fighter [49] X-37: Boeing USAF, USSF, NASA 2010 Reusable orbital spaceplane [50] Drop test performed in 2006. Seven flights to space since 22 April 2010 X-38: Scaled Composites: NASA 1998
The United States Air Force and Navy were both seeking new aircraft when Robert McNamara was appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense in January 1961. [1] The aircraft sought by the two armed services shared the need to carry heavy armament and fuel loads, feature high supersonic speed, twin engines and two seats, and probably use variable geometry wings. [2]
Boeing 346 four-engine high-altitude, very long-range heavy bomber; Boeing 348 single-engine, high-wing monoplane fighter; Boeing 349 twin-engine dive bomber; Boeing 350 XPBB with four single-stage, two-speed R-2800 engines; Boeing 351 XPBB with four two-stage, two-speed R-2800 engines; Boeing 352 twin-engine carrier-based fighter with R-2000 ...
Boeing 247; Boeing 307 Stratoliner; Boeing A160 Hummingbird; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress; Boeing Monomail; Boeing P-29; Boeing XAT-15; Boeing XB-15; Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress; Boeing XF8B; Boeing YB-9; Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress; Bonsall DB-1 Mustang; Boulton Paul Defiant; Breda Ba.65; Breda Ba.201; Bréguet ...
Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917.. This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles.
Boeing EA-18G Growler; Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; Boeing F2B; Boeing F3B; Boeing F4B; Boeing XF5B; Boeing XF6B; Boeing XF7B; Boeing XF8B; Boeing XP-15; Boulton Paul Balliol; Bréguet 960 Vultur; Bréguet 1050 Alizé; Brewster F2A Buffalo; Brewster SB2A Buccaneer; British Aerospace Harrier II; British Aerospace Sea Harrier