Convair F2Y Sea Dart
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convair-f2y-sea-dart-222-2929808
title:
Convair F2Y Sea Dart
text:
The Convair F2Y Sea Dart is an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered mass production. It is the only seaplane to have exceeded the speed of sound. It was created in the 1950s, to overcome the problems with supersonic planes taking off and landing on aircraft carriers. The program was canceled after a series of unsatisfactory results and a tragic accident on 4 November 1954, in which test pilot Ch
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encyclopedia
description:
Hydroski jet fighter, U.S. Navy, 1953
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart
date created:
2004-03-13T01:18:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T02:46:05Z
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13
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