Product Description

-Ginter Books is a publisher that mainly publishes many books on the history of aircraft and squadrons developed since World War II.
-It is a recommended book as a reference material when making a model and as a reading material.

-The XF-90 is a prototype fighter of the US Army Air Force.
-The Army Air Force ordered McDonnell and Lockheed to prototype a long-range fighter to escort the bomber in 1946, and signed a formal prototype contract with Lockheed in June of the same year.
-This machine adopts a layout in which the main wing which has a leading edge swept angle of 35 degrees and can be equipped with a chip tank at the wing tip is located on the low wing, and a horizontal tail with variable mounting angle is arranged in the middle of the vertical tail. I was
-The first XF-90, equipped with a J34-WE-11 engine, first flew in 1949; the second XF-90A, equipped with a J34-WE-15 engine with an afterburner, first flew in May 1950 Did.
-The XF-90 continued flight testing until September 1950, but was not officially adopted.
-Although the development of this aircraft was not a success, Lockheed identified the defects of XF-90 in supersonic wind tunnel tests after the development of XF-90, and reviewed the advantages of linear wing at supersonic speed and Optimized the shape of the air intake, etc., and led to the development of the world's first compact and lightweight Mach 2nd class F-104 fighter.
-In addition, there is an American Military Comics that began in the 1940's and has XF-90 in it.

-168 pages, soft cover
-Format: 21.6cmx27.95cm
-68 color photos, 212 black and white photos, 90 illustrations
-Commentary: William J. Simon


Item Size/Weight : 28 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm / 630g

• *Please note that the book's paper strip may not be included. Additionally, we do not offer replacements for any damage or wear to the strip.

Product Specifications

Item code

SGBAF222

ISBN code

9780999388471

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