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Curtiss C-76 Caravan?
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Sorry mates, not a Curtiss C-76 Caravan, not a Budd Conestoga, nor a Boeing XB-15/C105. It is not a flying boat, although the aircraft has a maritime connection
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StbdD is correct. Specifically it is a Goodyear built ZPG-2N Airship operated by the U.S. Navy. The last U.S. Navy blimp flight was on August 31, 1962. You have control.
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I don't feel guilty jumping in, as it's been a day, and I guessed the last was a Goodyear Blimp, but couldn't substantiate using Google.
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Correct Evansb, the last of the Grumman carrier cats, and the first jet fighter to use 'area rule' to reduce transonic drag (beating the F106 by some months).
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Just being picky here but
As best I recall the redesign of the F102 to overcome its disappointing performance, involving the introduction of 'Whitcombe' (sp?) bodies or aerodynamic fairings on the rear fuselage was the first use of area rule. I think Whitcombe was the aerodynamicist who led the redesign team.
first jet fighter to use 'area rule' to reduce transonic drag (beating the F106 by some months).
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Richard T. Whitcombe was the NASA aerodynamicist who developed the theory. It was taken up by Convair to modify the unsatisfactory F102 to the F106, first flight in 1955.
John Gavin's team at Grumman used the theory from the beginning of the design phase, and the F11F Tiger first flew in July 1954.
I guess getting it wrong first time, and making a big story of a successful recovery makes you more famous than doing it right the first time.
Apollo 13 is much better known than Apollo 12, landing a stone's throw from a Surveyor unmanned moon lander and bringing back parts of it.
John Gavin's team at Grumman used the theory from the beginning of the design phase, and the F11F Tiger first flew in July 1954.
I guess getting it wrong first time, and making a big story of a successful recovery makes you more famous than doing it right the first time.
Apollo 13 is much better known than Apollo 12, landing a stone's throw from a Surveyor unmanned moon lander and bringing back parts of it.