Convair F2Y-1 Sea Dart - сверхзвуковой гидросамолёт

Convair F2Y Sea Dart

NOW ON DISPLAY! The last dedicated interceptor in the U.S. is the latest aircraft to come out of the Restoration Hangar. We rolled out the Convair F-106 Delta Dart sporting the Spittin Kittens paint scheme from its time with the 5th FIS at Minot AFB in North Dakota as lightning struck in the distance. | Pima Air and Space Museum

Este ha sido el Convair F2Y Sea Dart, el único caza adaptado para operar desde el agua gracias a un sistema de patines. El primer modelo de pruebas realizó su primer vuelo de pruebas el 9 de abril de 1953 y 5 unidades estuvieron volando durante 3 años. El programa finalmente fue cancelado debido a las vibraciones del avión y a que sus capacidades eran algo inferiores de las esperadas. A día de hoy, este ha sido el único hidroavión en superar la barrera del sonido. 📸US Navy www.onthewings.es | O

The jet that took off backwards by mistake. In 1961, a test flight of the Convair F106 Delta Dart went terribly wrong. Mid-air, the pilot lost control and ejected, but then something insane happened. The aircraft recovered on its own, leveled out, and began flying unmanned for nearly 15 minutes. It eventually crash landed in a snowy field, wings intact, engine idling. Mechanics later found it with no pilot, no major damage, and still running. It's one of the only known cases of a military jet sa