The Douglas F5D Skylancer is a development of the F4D Skyray jet fighter for the United States Navy. Starting out as the F4D-2N, an all-weather version of the Skyray, the design was soon modified to take full advantage of the extra thrust of the Pratt & Whitney J57 eventually fitted to the Skyray instead of the Westinghouse J40 originally planned.

2024年8月28日 · With its extended fuselage the Skylancer could carry considerably more fuel than its predecessor, substantially improving the aircrafts range over the earlier type. And the …

2018年3月21日 · Developed to fulfill a United States Navy (USN) requirement for a carrier-based supersonic fighter, the Douglas F5D "Skylancer" became just four prototypes which ended their days as military test platforms for NASA.

The Douglas F5D was envisaged originally as an improved all-weather development of the F4D (F-6) Skyray, and two prototypes were ordered in 1953 under the designation F4D-2N.

The Douglas F5D-1, a single-place high-performance fighter interceptor developed from the F4D-I, is a tailless configuration with a modified delta wing. The Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer was built by...

2015年5月6日 · F-5D Skylancer #802 is currently on display at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, OH. 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.

2006年9月14日 · 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 …

F5D Skylancer NASA 212 modified as the X-20 Dyna-Soar vision field simulator.

2022年11月10日 · Note: This Douglas F5D Skylancer was one of four originally constructed and is the only example still in existence. It was flown by Neil A. Armstrong from September 1960 to September 1962 to simulate the flight characteristics of the space...

2024年2月28日 · F5D-1 NASA 213 had more of a work horse life ahead of it as it became a heavily modified airframe that would test new ideas and perform research on flight characteristics of improving aircraft technologies.