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| Keywords: F3H-1N Demon on the ground 1955.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell F3H-1N Demon BuNo 133491 in 1955 The F3H-1 was ordered before it s first flight to counter the Soviet MiG-15 However only 58 aircraft were built and most never flew because the Westinghouse J40 engine The aircraft was seriously underpowered and the J40 was prone to inflight explosions and sudden failures All F3H-1Ns were permanently grounded in July 1955 and the surviving airframes were either used as ground trainers or scrapped 133491 crashed during a test flight on 1 November 1954 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 23811 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7257 027 ca 1954 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell F3H Demon Black and white photographs of aircraft | ||||
