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168: 66: 25: 292:. The project was designated as a "fighter", but in fact was a tactical attack aircraft capable of delivering a small nuclear bomb. The weight of the aircraft would have been 38,000 lb (17,237 kg) with its engines generating 14,400 lb (6,532 kg) of thrust. 394:
Project Hummingbird (Technical Report) A Technical Summary and Compilation of Characteristics and Specifications on Steep-Gradient Aircraft, Volume 88, April 1961. By United States Federal Aviation Agency. Page 143-144, Figure
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Aviation Week and Space Technology, Lift-Fan Tests Show VTOL Potential. August 8, 1960
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Canceled American military plane project of the 1940s-1950s
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