Lockheed XF90 is needle nose, swept wing speed plane with many F-80 Shooting Star features; two Westinghouse J-34-WE-22 axial flow turbojet engines develop 3000 lb static thrust each and feature two turbine stages; gross weight 25,000 lb; extremely thin wing profile used. (see also description by A.MARTHASON, in Aeroplane v 77 n 1986 July 1 1949 p 18-21; and unsigned description in Aero Digest v 59 n 1 July 1949 p 22, 88)


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    Title :

    XF-90 newest USAF transonic fighter


    Additional title:

    Aviation Week


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aviation Week ; 50 , n 21


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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