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It was built to prove the theory that by increasing the sweepback of an airplane's wings after takeoff
Prototype construction began in January 1962
The Skyrocket made aviation history when it became the first airplane to fly twice the speed of sound
The aircraft is also able to perform theater airlift missions when required
AFXY-1 Pogo U.S. Army It was built to proveConvair Pogo airplane model. As with the Lockheed XFV 1, the Pogo used the Allison YT40 A 14 engine and Curtiss Wright counter rotating propellers but was somewhat more compact and less conventional in appearance. The Pogo was 31 ft long with a 26 ft wide delta wing. A large vertical stabilizer above the wing was matched by an equally sized ventral fin below which could be jettisoned for an emergency horizontal landing. The seat was inclined 45 toward
