Douglas F5D -1 Skylancer

NASA

The Douglas F5D was developed with the same basic airframe as the Douglas F4D Skyray.

The Douglas F5D was developed with the same basic airframe as the Douglas F4D Skyray .

The airplanes were equipped with Pratt & Whitney J57-P12 engines. One of the planes was lost on the first Navy flight test. NASA’s Flight Research Center obtained two F5D-1 Skylancers in 1961. F5D-1 (Bu. No. 139208) NASA 212, and F5D-1 (Bu. No. 142350) NASA 213, later becoming NASA 708 and NASA 802 respectively.

Keywords: F5D, Skylancer, Douglas, NASA

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