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Convair XFY-1 Pogo by B. J. Long, Skeets Coleman, Bill Chana and Steve Ginter (1994, Trade Paperback)

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Skeets Coleman, Steve Ginter, B. J. Long, Bill Chana, Skeets", Coleman, Coleman, "Skeets", Ginter. Naval Fighters Number Twenty-Seven Convair XFY-1 Pogo. Publisher: Naval Fighters Jan 1 1994. Number 27.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNaval Fighters

ISBN-100942612272

ISBN-139780942612271

eBay Product ID (ePID)508145

Product Key Features

Book TitleConvair Xfy-1 Pogo

Publication Year1994

TopicMilitary Science, Military / Naval, Military / Aviation

Number of Pages34 Pages

LanguageEnglish

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, History

AuthorB. J. Long, Skeets Coleman, Bill Chana, Steve Ginter

Book SeriesNaval Fighters Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Additional Product Features

Series Volume NumberNo. 27

SynopsisThe photos in this edition are black and white. First published in 1994, the XFY-1 Pogo book tells the story of one of two Navy prototypes contracted as vertical take off turboprop fighters capable of operating from LSTs, Destroyers, cruisers and larger capitol ships. If they had been successful, the Navy in time of war would have been able to equip all ships with a point-of-defence fighter. The other aircraft being tested was the Lockheed XFV-1. The aircraft were called tail sitters and the pogo sat on outrigger wheels mounted on its cruceaform delta fins. The Pogo and Skeets Coleman made the only successful transitions from vertical take off to level flight and from level flight to vertical landings with the project being cancelled due to engine problems and pilot difficulty (impossibility) during transition.