XF-91 Thunderceptor - Art
by Tommy Anderson
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XF-91 Thunderceptor - Art
Artist
Tommy Anderson
Medium
Digital Art - Art
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My art work of a Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor in 1955 on a test flight over the Mohave Desert.
Originally conceived in the mid-1940s as an interceptor, the XF-91 was America’s first rocket-powered fighter to fly faster than the speed of sound. The Thunderceptor’s rocket engine supplemented its main turbojet engine, greatly increasing the aircraft’s speed and climb rate. With its afterburning turbojet and rocket engine in operation, the XF-91 possessed a remarkable climb rate of nearly 30,000 feet per minute.
Republic built two prototype XF-91s -- the museum’s aircraft was the first one built, and it first flew in May 1949. Although the F-91 fighter program was canceled due to lack of funding, the prototypes were extensively tested and modified.
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