blunce
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters...
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This project is for a Sharkmouth Group Build on another site. I'll be doing the aircraft depicted on the boxart.
So here we go, enjoy!
The F-89 Scorpion gained a number of firsts in aviation history:
First jet aircraft designed from the start to be an all-weather interceptor
First aircraft to carry the Falcon guided missile operationally
First to achieve a hit on an airborne target using a Falcon w/ armed warhead
First aircraft to launch air-to-air weapon with live atomic warhead
First jet to land on a frozen sea
First aircraft designed to carry an all-rocket armament
The Scorpion was designed to be able to intercept Soviet piston-engined bombers in the class of the Tupolev Tu-4 aka Boeing B-29 Superfort, which explains the large amount of rockets carried on the wingtips.
So here we go, enjoy!
The F-89 Scorpion gained a number of firsts in aviation history:
First jet aircraft designed from the start to be an all-weather interceptor
First aircraft to carry the Falcon guided missile operationally
First to achieve a hit on an airborne target using a Falcon w/ armed warhead
First aircraft to launch air-to-air weapon with live atomic warhead
First jet to land on a frozen sea
First aircraft designed to carry an all-rocket armament
The Scorpion was designed to be able to intercept Soviet piston-engined bombers in the class of the Tupolev Tu-4 aka Boeing B-29 Superfort, which explains the large amount of rockets carried on the wingtips.