Particulars of US Navy FRI single seater fighter; Wright Cyclone 9-cyl air cooled radial developing 1350 hp at 2700 rpm is installed in nose and drives Curtiss constant speed 3-bladed aircrow; turbine-jet engine aft is General Electric I 16 type based upon original Whittle design; speed 40 ft; length 32 ft 1 in.; production methods illustrated and described. See also Engineering Index 1945 p 71. (See also Aero Digest v 51 n 3 Nov 1 1945 p 62-3, 118; Western Flying v 26 n 2 Feb 1946 p 34-5, 56; Aircraft Production v 8 n 8 Feb 1946 p 74-5)
Ryan fireball fighter
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 70 , n 1821
1946
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1946
Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
Engineering Index Backfile | 1946
Design and tooling aspects of Ryan fireball fighter
Engineering Index Backfile | 1946
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