Название: Boeing X78B-1 Five-in-one Fighter
Автор: Rick Koehnan
Издательство: Ginter Books
Серия: Naval Fighters 65
ISBN: 0942612655
Год издания: 2000
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 68
Формат: PDF
Размер: 192,8 MB
The F/A 18 Hornet was not the first Naval Aircraft designed to meet all the Navy needs. The XF8B-1 was another Boeing called it the "Five-in-One" fighter (fighter, interceptor, dive bomber, torpedo, or horizontal bomber). This aircraft had the ability of caring two 1600lb bombs in a internal weapons bay and two more on strong point under the wing or a pair of 2000lb torpedoes under the wing six 50 cal. machine gun in the wing or 20 mm cannons. It was powered by XR4360-10 Wasp Major with a contra-rotating propeller.