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The Douglas F4D-1 Skyray; Aircraft design was moving very rapidly in the 1950s, and compared to the present day, a new combat aircraft could be designed and built in a relatively short time at modest expense. The result was that a large number of machines were introduced in that decade, to be quickly obsoleted by improved successors. One of the unusual combat aircraft introduced during that busy decade was the "Douglas F4D-1 Skyray", a modified-delta single-seat carrier-based air combat fighter, derived from German design concepts developed late in the Second World War. The Skyray was an innovative aircraft, but it was only built in limited numbers and was obsolete in a short time. It remains interesting, though almost as much because of its faults as its virtues. This document provides a history and description of the Skyray.
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