Convair
XF-92
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Photo: Robert Deering 10/18/2012
National Museum of the USAF
Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO)
Dayton, Ohio
This airplane was the world's first jet aircraft to fly using the radical delta-wing configuration pioneered by Germany's Dr. Alexander Lippisch during the 1930s.

In 1946 the United States approved the construction of a delta-wing airplane, designated the Convair Model 7002. First flown on Sept. 18, 1948, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., it was to serve as a flying prototype for the XF-92 fighter then being designed. The XF-92 program was canceled, however, without any XF-92 being built, and the USAF accepted the Model 7002 in June 1949 as the XF-92A. Flight tests demonstrated that the stability and control characteristics of the delta-wing concept were practical and much of the information was incorporated in the development of the supersonic F-102 and F-106 interceptors.
SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:
Span:  31 ft. 4 in. Maximum speed:  700 mph
Length:  42 ft. 6 in. Cruising speed:  655 mph
Height:  17 ft. 9 in. Range:  Not applicable
Empty Weight:  Service ceiling:  50,750 ft.
Gross Weight:  14,608 lbs. maximum  
Crew: 
Engines:  Allison J33 of 7,500 lbs. thrust with afterburner
Armament:  None
   
SOURCE:  National Museum of the United States Air Force