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Ryan FR Fireball
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The Ryan FR Fireball is an American mixed-power fighter aircraft designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Navy during World War II. It was the Navy's first aircraft with a jet engine. Only
An FR-1 Fireball of VF-66 at NAS North Island, 1945
An FR-1 Fireball of VF-66 at NAS North Island, 1945
FR-1 trials aboard Ranger, May 1945
FR-1 trials aboard Ranger, May 1945
An FR-1 launching from the escort carrier Badoeng Strait, 1947
An FR-1 launching from the escort carrier Badoeng Strait, 1947
Underside of a VF-66 aircraft, 1945, illustrating the wing planform and the wing-root air intakes
Underside of a VF-66 aircraft, 1945, illustrating the wing planform and the wing-root air intakes
Ryan XF2R Dark Shark
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion. It was based on Ryan Aeronautical's earlier FR Fireball
Ryan FR Fireball
…extension of the wing root that housed the air intakes was also removed. The XFR-4 was intended to serve as a testbed for the turbojet installation on the XF2R-1 Dark Shark. This was the final variant; the piston engine was replaced with a General Electric XT31-GE-2 turboprop, but only one prototype was built. On 2 December…
XF2R Dark Shark
XF2R Dark Shark
The XF2R-1 in flight.
The XF2R-1 in flight.