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    The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from...
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    The McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a long-range, twinjet fighter aircraft with swept wings designed for the United States Air Force. Although it never entered...
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  • Goblin, a fictional yacht in the 1937 book We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome "Goblin (Favorite Boys)", a 2020 song by A.C.E McDonnell XF-85...
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  • It was based at McDonnell's facility in St. Louis, with James McDonnell as chairman and CEO. In 1967, with the merger of McDonnell and Douglas Aircraft...
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    test pilots at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and test-flew several experimental and early-model jet fighters including the XF-85 Goblin. Born in Oakmont...
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  • the SR-71 Blackbird (1963) Boeing EB-29 with FICON trapeze and McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter A Republic F-84E on FICON trapeze Project Tom Tom:...
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    recovery trapeze deployed for FIghter CONveyer (FICON) trials with McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter, seen at bottom A Republic F-84E on FICON trapeze...
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    Maria-class frigate of the Spanish Navy McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, an American experimental fighter aircraft Oldsmobile F-85, an American automobile Spanish frigate...
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    The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk land-based training jet aircraft. Manufactured...
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    Retrieved 2023-11-05. "McDonnell XF-85 Goblin". National Museum of the United States Air Force™. Retrieved 2023-11-20. "XF-85 "Goblin" – Strategic Air Command...
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    group in the Middle East. In 1952, McDonnell's Chief of Aerodynamics, Dave Lewis, was appointed by CEO Jim McDonnell to be the company's preliminary design...
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    The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas...
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    The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter...
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    Force did previously produce a research fighter jet called the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin but it wasn't placed into production. During World War II, many...
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    P-2E/G/H Neptune Lockheed XF-90 McDonnell 119/220 (prototype only) McDonnell F2H Banshee McDonnell XF-85 Goblin McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo North American T-2A...
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    The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 is a replaced prototype four-engine short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical transport. It was McDonnell Douglas' entrant...
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    The McDonnell F2H Banshee (company designation McDonnell Model 24) is a single-seat carrier-based jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American...
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    The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing)....
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    compartment crew comfort features, and all hardware accommodating the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter. Featherweight III incorporated both configurations...
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    aircraft. On 14 February 1947, McDonnell was awarded a contract (AC-14582) to produce a pair of prototypes, designated XF-88 Voodoo. The first prototype...
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    until it was replaced by a B-50. Another was used to carry and test the XF-85 'parasite fighter'. This fighter was intended to be carried by the Convair...
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    carrying the experimental parasite fighter aircraft, such as the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin and Republic F-84 Thunderjets as in flight lock on and offs. It...
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    fighters and Project Tom-Tom was canceled. Although the experimental McDonnell XF-85 Goblin escort fighter proved to be a failure, USAF believed that the bomber-borne...
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    The McDonnell Douglas C-9 is a retired military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliner. It was produced as the C-9A Nightingale for the United...
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  • McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft...
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    Canada and weapons of mass destruction Related development McDonnell F-101 Voodoo McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and...
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    The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is an American tanker and cargo aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). A military version of the...
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    The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family...
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    officials at the United States Navy were impressed with McDonnell's audacious XP-67 Bat project. McDonnell was invited by the navy to cooperate in the development...
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    American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company, and later, McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the United States Navy's...
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