The McDonnell F3H Demon is a subsonic swept-wing carrier-based jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American manufacturer McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. It was the first swept wing jet fighter and the only single-engined carrier-based fighter the company produced.

The F3H Demon was McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's first swept wing aircraft, providing the basis for development of the F-4 Phantom II. It was an infamously troubled aircraft; engine problems...

2023年4月3日 · The F3H Demon remained in frontline service with the US Navy until 1962, and it was withdrawn before it could see action in Vietnam. It was replaced by the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Viewed as an advanced version of the F3H, the F-4 was just as capable as its predecessor at targeting ground and air targets.

F3H-2M Demon First Flight: The prototype of the F3H Demon made its maiden flight on August 7, 1951. Power Problems: Like many early jets, problems with the performance of the F3H stemmed from an inadequate engine.

The F3H was developed as a platform for the radar- guided Sparrow air-to-air missile and related search and guidance radar. The Demon differed in many ways from its FH and F2H predecessors, most notably because it was a swept-wing, single-engine aircraft.

U.S. Navy McDonnell F3H-2N Demon aircraft of Fighter Squadron VF-124 Moonshiners and an North American FJ-3 Fury of VF-121 Peacemakers in flight over Southern California. Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Group 12 (CVG-12) which was deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CVA-16) to the Western Pacific from 19 April to 17 ...

The McDonnell F3H Demon was a subsonic swept-wing United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter aircraft. After severe problems with the Westinghouse J40 engine that was ultimately abandoned, the successor to the McDonnell F2H Banshee served starting in 1956 redesigned with the J71 engine.[1...

2019年6月26日 · The F3H-2 entered service aboard US Navy carriers in 1957 as the most advanced combat aircraft then to have put to sea. Altogether 519 were delivered, most being F3H-2 strike fighters but final batches comprising 79 F3H-2M missile platforms with the A1M-7C Sparrow and 146 being F3H-2N night and all-weather fighters with different radar and AIM ...

McDonnell F3H-2 (F-3B) Demon The Demon was the Navy’s first swept-wing, all-weather, missile-armed fighter. Design work on the F3H began in 1949, but delays due to engine problems resulted in the prototype not flying until 1951 and the first production aircraft did not fly until 1953.

2022年9月14日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the McDonnell F3H Demon Carrierborne Fighter / Interceptor / Fighter-Bomber including pictures. The global defense reference actively compiled since 2003