XF5U

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XF5U

Designation: XF5U Nickname: Flying Flapjack Manufacturer: Vought Nationality: American First Flight: None Remarks: Experimental US Navy fighter prototype with an all-wing V/STOL design, developed from the V-173 but never flew See Also: V-173

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• Wikipedia entry for Vought XF5U

• Airplane Characteristics & Performance  at ibiblio.org official report by the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics on the detailed flight characteristics of the XF5U

• Charles Zimmerman and his "Skimmer" by Gudaitis, Frank, Flight Journal, April 2005

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