McDonald XP-85 Airplane in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.
Front View of McDonald XP-85 Plan Model. Parasite Airplane designed to be carried in the B-36 bombay (never built) At the time it was the smallest Jet powered airplane. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to be deployed from the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The XF-85's intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptor aircraft, a need demonstrated during World War II
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NASA ID
A-12700
Date Created
April 8, 1948
Center
ARC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NACA
Location
Ames Research Center
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