the parasite fighter...

[ATI_7500]

Strange thing...

[Fitter]

...I think this is a very ugly flying object....the germans where more wise to do unusual aircrafts....in the end of the WWII....but the quality of these shots are very good as usual....

[Omag 2.0]

Cool little thing!!!

I've got the spitfire version of that, called the skybaby  ;D

[ATI_7500]

I doubt that a Sky Baby can compete with the jet driven Goblin.

[Hagar]

Possibly Bjorn although I think the Sky Baby flies better than the Goblin ever did.

Two Goblins were built. Flight of the No. 1 aircraft was delayed by ground test damage, so on August 23, 1948, the No. 2 aircraft (S/N 46-524) made the first flight. The XF-85 on display (S/N 46-523), the first Goblin built, made its first and only flight on April 8, 1949. It was transferred to the USAF Museum on August 23, 1950 after cancellation of the XF-85 program.

[quote]The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was designed to meet a USAAF requirement for a single-seat 'parasite' escort fighter that could be carried by a large bomber. Development of two prototypes was ordered in March 1947.

The resulting design was entirely the product of design contraints, which required it to fit into the bomb bay of a B-36 (although it was actually to be tested under a B-29).

A short rotund fuselage was fitted with low/mid set foldable swept wings, of 21 ft 1