• Aircraft:

  McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

• Reg: 46-0523 photos
• Serial #:

  01

• Airline: United States - US Air Force (USAF)
• Photo Date: Nov 22, 2022
• Uploaded: May 03, 2023
• Dayton Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - KFFO, USA - Ohio

On display in the Research & Development Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Designed as a “parasite” fighter intended to be lowered from the bomb bay of a B-36, it was meant to replace conventional escort fighters that did not have the range. Trials were carried out in 1948 using a modified EB-29 nicknamed “Monstro”. Test pilot Ed Schoch could launch the Goblin, but attempts to recover it by hooking onto the trapeze were dangerous due to the turbulent air under the EB-29. The program ended in 1949 as aerial refuelling of fighters showed greater promise.

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This photo was taken in 2015 when it was still in the president hangar of an airbase, later it was moved to the museum of USAF

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