F4D Skyray / VMFA-531The single place Douglas Skyray was named after the undersea manta ray it resembled. It was on the leading edge of aircraft design, could climb to 40,000 feet in two minutes and reach Mach 1 during a dive. Analysis of data captured in Germany after World War II indicated that the delta shaped wing would take the most advantage of jet propulsion for fast climbing interceptor fighters. In 1948, Douglas signed a contract to build the F4D 1. Nicknamed

it can cover over 500 miles (860 kilometers)

She is the only B-17 to have her own file in the Air Force Film Depository

It is also capable of employing a 30MM M230 chain gun and Hydra 70 (2

Navy as an interceptor but also was capable of flying as a ground-support bomber for the U

the F-16 can fly more than 500 miles (860 kilometers)

Developed from a 1938 design by the Messerschmitt company

while 101 F4U-5NL types were produced

As MiG-15s tangled with the slower

creating a unique and memorable homage to a classic aircraft

The improved King Air C90 came in September 1970

the X-1A tumbled violently out of control

Designed with the aid of CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacture)