Guided tour of the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin ‘parasite fighter’

Join Paul Stewart in his tour around and inside the cockpit of the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin. which was an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft.

It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter.

Two were built and this example is on display at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Omaha in Nebraska.

About the Author
Wings & Airpower magazines are a treasure trove of aviation history. AirWingMedia.com has been granted an exclusive license to offer Wings & Airpower magazines in a digitized PDF eBook format you can purchase & download on your Windows/Mac/Linux computer and iOS/Android tablet or smartphone. Learn more in our AirWingMedia Store & Magazine Index. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook.


AirWingMedia.com offers digitized back issues of Wings & Airpower magazines as PDF eBook downloads. Learn more in our Digital Magazine Store...

Each Wings & Airpower PDF eBook contains hundreds of pages with thousands of images offering aviation history you can't get anywhere else. Request a Free Sample. Check out our always updated Magazine Index.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter | Facebook | Flipboard | Flickr
Mailing List: Subscribe | Unsubscribe

QUICK LINKS
Frequently Asked Questions
Free Sample

WINGS & AIRPOWER PDFs by YEAR
1971-2007 Wings & Airpower Set
1971-79  1980-89  1990-99  2000-07
71  72  73  74  75  76  77  78  79  80  81  82  83  84  85  86  87  88  89  90  91  92  93  94  95  96  97  98  99  00  01  02  03  04  05  06/07  Index

APOLLO MISSION PDF eBOOKS
Apollo 6 | Apollo 7 | Apollo 8 | Apollo 9 | Apollo 10 | Apollo 11 | Apollo 12 | Apollo 13 | Apollo 14 | Apollo 15 | Apollo 16 | Apollo 17 | Complete Set

WINGS & AIRPOWER by AIRCRAFT
A-1  A-3/B-66  A-4  A-5  A-6  A-7/F-8  A-10  AV-8  A-20  A-26  A/T-37  AJ  B-1  B-17  B-24  B-25  B-26  B-29  B-32  B-36  B-45  B-47  B-52  B-57  B-58  Bell 47  B307  B707  B727  Beaufighter  C-46  C-97  C-119/C-82  C-130  C-141  CF-105  CH-47  CH-54  Clippers  Concorde  Connie  DC-1/2/3  E-2  Fw-190  F4F  F4U  F6F  F7F  F8F  F7U  F9F  F2H  F3H  F-11  F-82  F-84  F-86  F-89  F3D/F-10  F4D  F-100  F-101  F-102/106  F-104  F-105  F-111  F-117  F-4  F-5/F-20/T-38  F-14  F-15  F-16  F-18  Gunships  Hurricane  J2F  JRF/G-21  Ju-87  KC-10  Lancaster  Me-109  Me-110  Me-163  Me-262  MiG-29  Mosquito  Nike  OV-1  OV-10  P-3  P-36  P-38  P-39/63  P-40  P-43  P-47  P-51  P-61  P-80/T-33/F-94  PBM  PBY  PB2Y  SAAB  SB2C  Sentinels  SH-3  Spitfire  SR-71/YF-12/A-12  T-2  T-6  T-28  T-34  T-45  TBF/TBM  U-2  V-22  V-Bombers  X-Planes  X-15  XB-70  YF-23  YFM  Flying Wings

LATEST NOTAMS

Copyright © 2004-2023 AirWingMedia.com. All Rights Reserved. Web site hosted by InMotion Hosting.