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McDonnell FH-1 Phantom I

McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

First all-jet, aircraft carrier-based fighter plane. Single-seat, twin-engine (Westinghouse turbojets), retractable, electrically powered, tricycle landing gear.

Date

1946

Type

CRAFT-Aircraft

Medium

All-metal (aluminium alloy) construction with flush-riveted skin. Monocoque fuselage with cockpit forward of the leading edge of the wing.

Department

NASM

Institution

National Air and Space Museum

Object number

nasm_A19600130000

Credit

Transferred from the United States Department of the Navy