F5D-1
The Douglas Aircraft Company built four F5D-1 Skylancers. They were built for the Navy as an all-weather fighter interceptor that never made production. The four experimental aircraft were developed with the same basic airframe as the Douglas F4D Skyray, but because of increasing modifications were re-designated F5D-1s before the craft ever flew. The airplanes were equipped with Pratt & Whitney J57-P12 engines. One of the planes was lost on the first Navy flight test.
NASA's Flight Research Center obtained two F5D-1 Skylancers in 1961.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: EC71-02569
Date: September 28, 1962
F5D-1
The Douglas Aircraft Company built four F5D-1 Skylancers. They were built for the Navy as an all-weather fighter interceptor that never made production. The four experimental aircraft were developed with the same basic airframe as the Douglas F4D Skyray, but because of increasing modifications were re-designated F5D-1s before the craft ever flew. The airplanes were equipped with Pratt & Whitney J57-P12 engines. One of the planes was lost on the first Navy flight test.
NASA's Flight Research Center obtained two F5D-1 Skylancers in 1961.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: EC71-02569
Date: September 28, 1962