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McDonnell Aircraft XF-88 In Flight

McDonnell Aircraft Company built two XF-88s to demonstrate the impressive capabilities of their sleek design in a competition for a USAAF long-range jetfighter.

Over 10 days in the summer of 1950, one XF-88 participated in a "fly-off" with two competing aircraft. Although the Air Force ranked the XF-88 highest of the three aircraft, the onset of the Korean War forced officials to cancel procurement of any new aircraft.

The McDonnell Aircraft XF-88 experimental jet fighter completed its first flight from the dry lake runway at Muroc, Calif., with test pilot Bob Edholm at the controls.

Only two XF-88s were built and tested. Development continued, however, and the XF-88 design evolved into the successful F-101 Voodoo. 
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Unique identifier BI45038 
Boeing ID BIV15_XF-88_01 
Type Video 
Duration 29s 
Size 720px × 480px   10MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1940s
aerial views
air to air
banking
day
flight test livery
flight testing
flying
full body views
historic production status
nobody
one of a kind aircraft
out of production
research/experimental
test flights