ryanxf2rdarkshark
83 photos and 2 illustrations tagged ryanxf2rdarkshark, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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- xf2r
- ryan
- aircraft
- darkshark
- aviation
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- xf2r1
- airplane
- militaryaviation
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- unitedstatesnavy
- usnavy
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- ryanaeronautical
- xf2rdarkshark
- ryandarkshark
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- generalelectric
- ge
- generalelectrict31
- get31
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Recent uploads
The last upload was January 2022.
perma_002027 Perman Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2022
perma_002023 Perman Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2022
perma_002022 Perman Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2022
Cassag_00927 Ryan XF2R-1 Dark Shark s n 39661 from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2019
Cassag_00912 Ryan XF2R-1 Dark Shark s n 39661 from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2019
curatorial image from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2019
Ryan XF2R from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2018
Ryan Aeronautical Image from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2017
TRA 1-112_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
1-127 Ryan XF2R-2 cutaway_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
1-118 XF2R-1 taxi_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
1-118 XF2R-1 taxi landscape_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
1-116 XF2R-1 and FR_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
1-115 XF2R-1 ground silver spinner_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
1-114 XF2R-1 ground_3 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2017
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Ryan XF2R-2 mock-up 1946
from SDASM Archives
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Vahe Demirjian said:
The XF2R-2 was quite similar to the XF2R-1 in having the GE T31 turboprop that gave the nose a shark-like appearance, but it differed in using a Westinghouse J34 turbojet rather than the J31 as the auxiliary powerplant and having the air inlets for the jet engine on the sides of the forward fuselage rather than the wing roots. Due to the size of the J34, the XF2R-2 itself had a slightly longer fuselage than the XF2R-1, and one FR Fireball became a testbed for the J34 and designated XFR-4 because the J34 was a new powerplant slated to power a handful of naval aircraft such as the F2H and F6U. Two XF2R-2 prototypes were ordered but not built by the time the F2R program was canceled due to deployment of the North American FJ-1, Vought F6U, and McDonnell FH and F2H. A couple US Navy documents pertaining to the XF2R-2 can be found at these links: www.alternatewars.com/SAC/XF2R-2_ACP_-_1_January_1947_(Tommy).pdf www.alternatewars.com/SAC/Aviation_Planning_Directive_86-...
Ryan Aeronautical, XF-2R, Dark Shark
from SDASM Archives
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b0b said:
talk about experiment! I had never spotted this one before - Ryan certainly tried hard