9 results found
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 657 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 28 May 2024 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 749709Submit Correction |
View count: | 112 |
On display at Florida Air Museum. This experimental VTOL aircraft was one of two prototypes built to a USN proposal to launch fighters from the afterdeck of ships. The XFV-1 was powered by a 5,850 hp Allison YT40-A-6 turboprop driving a pair of 16 ft. contra-rotating propellers. The design featured a cruciform tail with wheels mounted on struts. Called the Salmon after chief engineering test pilot Herman "Fish" Salmon, single flying prototype BuNo 138657 never achieved VTOL due to insufficient power. Fitted with a spindly fixed undercarriage, the XFV-1 was flown horizontally and held in hover.
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 May 2024 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 657 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 28 May 2024 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 749709Submit Correction |
View count: | 112 |
On display at Florida Air Museum. This experimental VTOL aircraft was one of two prototypes built to a USN proposal to launch fighters from the afterdeck of ships. The XFV-1 was powered by a 5,850 hp Allison YT40-A-6 turboprop driving a pair of 16 ft. contra-rotating propellers. The design featured a cruciform tail with wheels mounted on struts. Called the Salmon after chief engineering test pilot Herman "Fish" Salmon, single flying prototype BuNo 138657 never achieved VTOL due to insufficient power. Fitted with a spindly fixed undercarriage, the XFV-1 was flown horizontally and held in hover.
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 May 2024 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 721006Submit Correction |
View count: | 94 |
The XFV-1 was in competition with the equally precarious Convair XFY-1 Pogo (my photo #21684) in 1954 for a high performance fighter that could be vertically launched from small platforms on ships. The sheer difficulty in flying these bizarre designs together with the rapid advance of conventional jets led to these projects being quickly abandoned. This was the second of two XFV-1s built and was not completed. Some sources say this survivor is actually the first (BuNo 138657), others that it was completed for display using parts from the first.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 721006Submit Correction |
View count: | 94 |
The XFV-1 was in competition with the equally precarious Convair XFY-1 Pogo (my photo #21684) in 1954 for a high performance fighter that could be vertically launched from small platforms on ships. The sheer difficulty in flying these bizarre designs together with the rapid advance of conventional jets led to these projects being quickly abandoned. This was the second of two XFV-1s built and was not completed. Some sources say this survivor is actually the first (BuNo 138657), others that it was completed for display using parts from the first.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 19 August 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Event: | Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo 2016 |
Photo Date: | 3 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Photo ID: | 673521Submit Correction |
View count: | 169 |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 3 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Event: | Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo 2016 |
Photo Date: | 3 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Photo ID: | 673521Submit Correction |
View count: | 169 |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 3 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 11 June 2012 |
Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
Photo ID: | 663522Submit Correction |
View count: | 121 |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 11 June 2012 |
Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 11 June 2012 |
Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
Photo ID: | 663522Submit Correction |
View count: | 121 |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 11 June 2012 |
Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 657 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2022 |
Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
Photo ID: | 549225Submit Correction |
View count: | 228 |
Del 16 Jun 1954 Preserved at Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, Florida
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2022 |
Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 657 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2022 |
Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
Photo ID: | 549225Submit Correction |
View count: | 228 |
Del 16 Jun 1954 Preserved at Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, Florida
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2022 |
Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Photo ID: | 226807Submit Correction |
View count: | 415 |
Experimental VTOL naval interceptor fighter. Two procured. One flew. Project cancelled.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Photo ID: | 226807Submit Correction |
View count: | 415 |
Experimental VTOL naval interceptor fighter. Two procured. One flew. Project cancelled.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Photo ID: | 226169Submit Correction |
View count: | 280 |
Experimental VTOL naval fighter of the mid 1950's powered by an Allison YT-40 turbine engine driving two-sections of contraprops. Tested at Edwards, it never flew fully VTOL.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Photo ID: | 226169Submit Correction |
View count: | 280 |
Experimental VTOL naval fighter of the mid 1950's powered by an Allison YT-40 turbine engine driving two-sections of contraprops. Tested at Edwards, it never flew fully VTOL.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 23 April 2009 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 657 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | November 1953 to December 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 134155Submit Correction |
View count: | 928 |
Lockheed's experimental VTOL project. Two were built, but the design never managed vertical take-off. The project was cancelled in 1955, leaving the second aircraft (138658) incomplete without an engine. The flying prototype 138657 was donated to Hiller Aircraft for further VTOL testing, but its fate is unclear. Reliable sources say that only parts (engine and props) of this aircraft survived these tests, others say it is the aircraft that went on display in Florida in the mid 1990s, and that for reasons unknown it was painted as 138658...
Note: this design is often quoted as "XFV-1 Salmon", but it was in fact unnamed. Salmon was the name of Lockheed's test pilot for the project. Photo from: Library of Congress
Note: this design is often quoted as "XFV-1 Salmon", but it was in fact unnamed. Salmon was the name of Lockheed's test pilot for the project. Photo from: Library of Congress
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | November 1953 to December 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Military Code: | 657 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | November 1953 to December 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 134155Submit Correction |
View count: | 928 |
Lockheed's experimental VTOL project. Two were built, but the design never managed vertical take-off. The project was cancelled in 1955, leaving the second aircraft (138658) incomplete without an engine. The flying prototype 138657 was donated to Hiller Aircraft for further VTOL testing, but its fate is unclear. Reliable sources say that only parts (engine and props) of this aircraft survived these tests, others say it is the aircraft that went on display in Florida in the mid 1990s, and that for reasons unknown it was painted as 138658...
Note: this design is often quoted as "XFV-1 Salmon", but it was in fact unnamed. Salmon was the name of Lockheed's test pilot for the project. Photo from: Library of Congress
Note: this design is often quoted as "XFV-1 Salmon", but it was in fact unnamed. Salmon was the name of Lockheed's test pilot for the project. Photo from: Library of Congress
Registration / Serial: | 138657 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1001 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | November 1953 to December 1955 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Photo ID: | 95Submit Correction |
View count: | 605 |
An experimental VTOL aircraft, intended to take off and land as seen here. The identity of this aircraft is uncertain. Most say that it is the first prototype 138657, mysteriously painted as 138658. But reliable sources state that only parts (engine and props) of 138657 survived testing by Hiller Aircraft in the late 1950s. The second prototype 138658, left incomplete and without an engine when the design project was cancelled, went on display at NAS Los Alamitos and later at NOLF Imperial Beach until it disappeared in the early 1990s. Then in the mid 1990s the aircraft in this photo suddenly popped up in Florida. It seems likely then that this is in fact the real 138658 (with the props from 138657) and that it was painted correctly.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Military Code: | 658 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed FV |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed FV/XFV |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map |
Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Collection: | Florida Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |
Photo ID: | 95Submit Correction |
View count: | 605 |
An experimental VTOL aircraft, intended to take off and land as seen here. The identity of this aircraft is uncertain. Most say that it is the first prototype 138657, mysteriously painted as 138658. But reliable sources state that only parts (engine and props) of 138657 survived testing by Hiller Aircraft in the late 1950s. The second prototype 138658, left incomplete and without an engine when the design project was cancelled, went on display at NAS Los Alamitos and later at NOLF Imperial Beach until it disappeared in the early 1990s. Then in the mid 1990s the aircraft in this photo suddenly popped up in Florida. It seems likely then that this is in fact the real 138658 (with the props from 138657) and that it was painted correctly.
Registration / Serial: | 138658 |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed XFV-1 |
C/n (msn): | 081-1002 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Lakeland - Linder Regional (KLAL / LAL)Map | Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
Photo Date: | 4 April 2016 |
Photo by: | Mick BajcarContact |