Douglas F3D Skyknight
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The Douglas F3D Skyknight is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
EF-10B Skyknight of VMCJ-2 Playboys
Maintenance on an APQ-35 radar of an F3D-2 in Korea, 1953
F3D-2s of VMFN-513 at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, in 1953
Squadron members of VC4 (DET44N) at NAS Atlantic City, prior to Korean deployment with Carrier Air Group 4
Westinghouse J34
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The Westinghouse J34, company designation Westinghouse 24C, was a turbojet engine developed by Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division in the late 1940s. Essentially an enlarged version of the earl
Douglas F3D Skyknight
…were transported to Muroc Air Force Base (later renamed Edwards Air Force Base) to participate in service trials. These units were powered by a pair of Westinghouse J34-WE-24 turbojets, capable of 3,000 lbf (13 kN) thrust, which were installed underneath the roots of then-standard straight wings of the early jet era…
J34 on display at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum
Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk