The unusual and innovative swing-wing Jaguar program ended up being a one airplane project even though during its development, orders were placed for one hundred and twelve aircraft. That ship, BuNo 124435, would only be flown by one pilot, Corwin "Corky" Meyer. When the program concluded in 1953 after over a year of flight testing, the flight test example 124435 along with the number two ship 124436, which was some 90% complete, were shipped to the Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, for use in testing barriers and ...
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The unusual and innovative swing-wing Jaguar program ended up being a one airplane project even though during its development, orders were placed for one hundred and twelve aircraft. That ship, BuNo 124435, would only be flown by one pilot, Corwin "Corky" Meyer. When the program concluded in 1953 after over a year of flight testing, the flight test example 124435 along with the number two ship 124436, which was some 90% complete, were shipped to the Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, for use in testing barriers and barricades. The static test article, which was some 60% complete, was shipped to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for use as a target.
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Add this copy of Grumman Xf10f-1 Jaguar Swing-Wing to cart. $9.95, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Steve Ginter.
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Very Good. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Steve Ginter, 1993. 32 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Small sticker present to the front wrapper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The unusual and innovative swing-wing Jaguar program ended up being a one-airplane project even though, during its development, orders were placed for 112 aircraft. That ship, BuNo 124435, would only be flown by one pilot, Corwin "Corky" Meyer. When the program concluded in 1953, after over a year of flight testing, the flight test example 124435 along with the number two ship 124436, which was some 90% complete, were shipped to the Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, for use in testing barriers and barricades. The static test article, which was some 60% complete, was shipped to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for use as a target. EB; Naval Fighters, 26; 8.5 X 0.0625 X 11 inches; 32 pages.
Add this copy of Grumman Xf10f-1 Jaguar Swing-Wing (Naval Fighters, 26) to cart. $37.01, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Steve Ginter.
Add this copy of Grumman Xf10f-1 Jaguar Swing-Wing (Naval Fighters, 26) to cart. $67.38, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Steve Ginter.
