26 March 2025

FB

I'm reading about how Boeing got the contract for the Air Force's F-47A.

Most of the press is saying that it's Boeing's first "clean sheet" fighter design.

That's not true.

The FB was not developed from another design.  Nor was the F2B.  Nor was the P-26A.

The first clean sheet design since the merger with McDonnell-Douglas?  Yes.

The first clean sheet design ever?  No.

I read the story and went looking for the P-26A as the first clean sheet design and was surprised that they'd made two fighters for the Navy before they made the Peashooter for the Army.

Posted by Angus McThag at 14:25
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  1. Rick27 March, 2025 17:13

    The inertial starter on the Peashooter may sound familiar. Looney Tunes used the sound in their cartoons.

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