#f-89

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Pre-flight inspection of the Northrop F-89H Scorpion.

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The Northrop F-89 Scorpion has to be the most metal interceptor ever made! Just look at it, it uses the wingtip fuel tanks for carrying weapons, from rockets to retractable launchers for air-to-air missiles.

Plus it’s anachronism incarnate, a highly advanced combat jet that somehow decided to play it safe and keep the straight wing from the propeller-era combat aircraft of a few years prior.

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An F-89J Scorpion assigned to the 178th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard photographed in flight circa 1950's

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1951 DKW F-89

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F-89 Scorpion

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Curtiss-Wright XF-87 - The First Blackhawk

In the late 1940s the US began the search for an all-weather interceptor. The search culminated with Northrop's XF-89 and Curtiss-Wright's XF-87. While the XF-87 was initially selected it was quickly dropped and the F-89 Scorpion entered service instead. In this week's video we examine the development and fate of the XF-87 - the first Blackhawk.

Thanks for watching guys, check out the accompanying blog here.

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[stone-cold-groove]

The Northrop F-89H Scorpion.