Steve Pace - McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo
Ginter Books | 1999 | ISBN: 0942612965 | English | 60 pages | PDF | 7.51 MB
Air Force Legends 205
Ginter Books | 1999 | ISBN: 0942612965 | English | 60 pages | PDF | 7.51 MB
Air Force Legends 205
A silver streak flashes over the Air Force Base at Muroc, California. The slim, shark-bellied McDonnell XF-88 is unveiled as another advance in America's air mastery.
The twin-jet penetration fighter is capable of operating deep inside enemy territory–acting as an escort for heavy bombers or serving as a dual purpose fighter-bomber.
In a ship designed to fly at such high speeds, all equipment must be engineered to perform faultlessly – must be designed to fit a minimum space envelope – must be as light in weight as possible, consistent with strength.