Northrop YF-23
The NorthropMcDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force. The design was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. It is now displayed at the Northrop McDonnell Douglas Museum of Flight in McAllen, Texas.
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The NorthropMcDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force. The design was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. It was designed to meet USAF requirements for survivability, supercruise, stealth, and ease of maintenance. The U.S. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F-14, but these plans were later canceled. The two Yf-23 prototypes were museum exhibits as of 2010. It briefly had a red hourglass marking on the underside of the black widow spider before Northrop management had it removed. The aircraft was an unconventional-looking aircraft, with a diamond-shaped wings, a substantial area-ruling area, and an all-moving V-tail. The Northrop P-61 Black Widow II was briefly nicknamed the Black Widow of World War II, after the black Widow of the World War I. It is now displayed at the Northrop McDonnell Douglas Museum of Flight in McAllen, Texas, where it is on display alongside the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet and the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
It has been nicknamed the Gray Ghost, Black Widow, and Gray Widow II by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas employees. The first YF -23 was rolled out on 22 June 1990; PAV-1 took its 50-minute maiden flight on 27 August with Alfred. Sandberg at the controls. The second YF -23 made its first flight on 26 October, piloted by Jim Sandberg. The YF was painted charcoal and was nicknamed “Black Widow II” and “Gray Ghost”. The second prototype was painted in two shades of gray and nicknamed “Gray Spider” and “Gray Ghost” It was a prototype of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, which went into production in 1991 and entered production as the LockheedMartin F- 22 Raptor. It had a single-seater cockpit with a high, high-moving, V-tailed V- tail for good visibility near the nose of the aircraft. It also had a low, low-slung nose to reduce drag at transonic speeds and reduce aerodynamic drag at high speeds.
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