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Lockheed XF-90

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FSX Lockheed XF-90 and F-90B. Early twin engine jet fighter designed for long-range bomber escort. Did not move beyond prototype stage. Includes four versions: two prototypes, hypothetical production version, and comic strip version from the 1950s. Full aircraft except sound; with sound aliased to Learjet. Full virtual cockpit. HTML based manual. By David Allan
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I think XF-90 was Lockheed's last attempt to get more use of the basic F-80 airframe although the U-2 fuselage bears a passable resemblence.

Downloading it now.
 
Sweet. I jave a book with detailed photos of this aircraft. May have to try and give it a makeover...
 
The story of this aircraft is basically this; over weight and under powered. The YF-93 was a little better, but the XF-88 Voodoo was the clear winner of the competition. Unfortunately, it was never put into production, since at the time bombers were considered more important (LeMay).
 
Two were built. One was stress tested to destruction. The other was used in nuclear bomb testing and sat out in the Nevada desert for years wrecked and contaminated. The USAF museum has it now, they've decontaminated it and intend to display it as is.
 
Willy said:
I think XF-90 was Lockheed's last attempt to get more use of the basic F-80 airframe although the U-2 fuselage bears a passable resemblence.

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the Aquatone project (later known as U-2) was actually based on the earliest XF-104 iterations, actually, not the F-80. Not to say there mightn't have been some obscure element Kelly Johnson carried through all three airframes, but I'm not aware of any, at least.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/unlimited-horizons.pdf
 
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