The Hughes XF-11 (redesignated XR-11 in 1948) was a prototype military reconnaissance aircraft designed and flown by Howard Hughes and built by Hughes Aircraft Company for the United …

2023年4月5日 · Designed to be a fast, long-range, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft for the United States Air Force, the XF-11 resembled the much smaller Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter.

2024年7月9日 · The XF-11's long, thin, high-aspect-ratio wing and powerful engines provide clues to its intended purpose.

2023年7月26日 · The Hughes XF-11 was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft intended to be operated by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF). It was partially designed by Howard Hughes, …

2018年12月20日 · The Hughes XF-11 was the last fixed-wing aircraft built by the Hughes Aircraft Company and the aircraft that nearly killed Howard Hughes. WWII was over by the time …

7 July 1946: At the Hughes Aircraft Company’s private airport in Culver City, California, the first of two prototype XF-11 photographic reconnaissance airplanes took of on its first flight. In the …

2018年6月28日 · Looking very much like an oversized Lockheed P-38, the twin-boom XF-11 was designed to fulfill a United States military requirement for a long-range photographic …

The Hughes XF-11 was a prototype military reconnaissance aircraft, designed and flown by Howard Hughes for the United States Army Air Forces. Although 100 F-11s were ordered in …

2012年6月3日 · Two months before the fire, Hughes won a contract for two prototypes and 98 production models of what he called the D-5 and the military called the XF-11, the “XF” prefix …

2023年6月10日 · Conceived during World War II, the XF-11 emerged as Howard Hughes’ response to a U.S. Army Air Forces requirement for a high-speed reconnaissance aircraft. The …