Lockheed L-133
ObjectFighter Aircraft
Proposed USAAF twin-turbojet fighter design
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Lockheed L-133
- Fighter Aircraft
The Lockheed L-133 was a proposed United States Army Air Forces jet fighter design begun in 1939. Intended for World War II, it used two axial-flow turbojets and an unusual blended wing-body canard layout. The design was projected to reach 612 mph (985 km/h) in level flight, but the USAAF rejected the proposal in 1942. Its development effort helped speed work on the P-80 Shooting Star, the USAAF's first successful operational jet fighter.
- Country
- United States
- Proposed speed
- 612 mph (985 km/h)
- Disposition
- Rejected by the USAAF in 1942
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Lockheed L-133 (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q6665567
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Extrapolaris. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsExtrapolaris, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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