| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 138649 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair XFY-1 Pogo |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair XFY-1 Pogo |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair XFY-1 Pogo |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Norfolk - Norfolk Naval Station / Chambers FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNGU IATA: NGU Local: NGU Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1975 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 21684 |
| Photo Comment |
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This bizarre experimental design was intended to lead to a VTOL ship-based convoy escort fighter but not surprisingly proved difficult to fly. Powered by a very unreliable Allison YT40-A-6 turboprop consisting of two T38s coupled together, it made a first untethered flight and transition to the horizontal in 8.54 - the first successful VTOL flight in history in an aircraft that was not a helicopter or an autogiro. Three were built but this was the only one to fly. Now stored for the NASM This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 November 2017, and has since been viewed 274 times. |