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)


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    Title :

    Ryan fireball fighter


    Additional title:

    Aeroplane


    Published in:

    Aeroplane ; 70 , n 1821


    Publication date :

    1946


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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