No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | <span lang="EN-GB" style="">The '''Northrop F-89 Scorpion''' was a twin engine all-weather interceptor aircraft by the American company Northrop. |
+ | [[File:760px-59fis-f-89-goosebay.jpg|thumb|320px|Northrop F-89D Scorpion]]<span lang="EN-GB" style="">The '''Northrop F-89 Scorpion''' was a twin engine all-weather interceptor aircraft by the American company Northrop.</span> |
| − | |||
==History== |
==History== |
||
| ⚫ | [[File:3_1_(1)_.jpg|thumb|320px]]<span lang="EN-GB" style="">The F-89 was designed to be a jet-powered replacement for the P-61 Black Widow and was developed according to a requirement of the ATSC (Air Technical Service Command) in March 1945. After the development-contract was finished in May 1946, the US Air Force ordered two prototypes of the aircraft. The first flight of a XF-89 prototype was on 16<sup>th</sup> August 1948. The prototype showed very great performance and after a fly-off with a Curtiss XF-87 in October 1948, the US Air Force contracted over 48 F-89A in January 1949. The first F-89A was flown </span>o<span lang="EN-GB" style="">n 25<sup>th</sup> November 1950, the first aircraft were delivered in the year 1951. |
||
| − | |||
| ⚫ | <span lang="EN-GB" style="">The F-89 was designed to be a jet-powered replacement for the P-61 Black Widow and was developed according to a requirement of the ATSC (Air Technical Service Command) in March 1945. After the development-contract was finished in May 1946, the US Air Force ordered two prototypes of the aircraft. The first flight of a XF-89 prototype was on 16<sup>th</sup> August 1948. The prototype showed very great performance and after a fly-off with a Curtiss XF-87 in October 1948, the US Air Force contracted over 48 F-89A in January 1949. The first F-89A was flown </span>o<span lang="EN-GB" style="">n 25<sup>th</sup> November 1950, the first aircraft were delivered in the year 1951. |
||
</span> |
</span> |
||
| Line 15: | Line 13: | ||
[[Category:Fighters]] |
[[Category:Fighters]] |
||
[[Category:Interceptor Aircraft]] |
[[Category:Interceptor Aircraft]] |
||
| + | [[Category:American Aircraft]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Jet aircraft]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Twin engine aircraft]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Multiple engine aircraft]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Northrop aircraft]] |
||
Latest revision as of 17:43, 15 March 2020
Northrop F-89D Scorpion
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was a twin engine all-weather interceptor aircraft by the American company Northrop.
History[]
_.jpg){kind=link}
The F-89 was designed to be a jet-powered replacement for the P-61 Black Widow and was developed according to a requirement of the ATSC (Air Technical Service Command) in March 1945. After the development-contract was finished in May 1946, the US Air Force ordered two prototypes of the aircraft. The first flight of a XF-89 prototype was on 16th August 1948. The prototype showed very great performance and after a fly-off with a Curtiss XF-87 in October 1948, the US Air Force contracted over 48 F-89A in January 1949. The first F-89A was flown o
n 25th November 1950, the first aircraft were delivered in the year 1951.
On 19th July 1957 a F-89J Scorpion launched the first and the only time a nuclear Air-to-Air missile at the Nevada National Security Site. The missile was an AIR-2 Genie, that was fired at a ceiling of 4,600 m, which exploded after a short time.
From 1957 to 1969 the F-89 was replaced by the Convair F-102. Some aircraft were modified into target drones but most of them were moved to the squadrons of the Air National Guard.