Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States, 1948
DOW-UAP-D093 · page 63 of 67
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32954 A.C.-NAVY EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW HIGH-LOW SPEED FIGHTER. Developed by Chance-Vought Aircraft in a revolutionary new Navy fighter, designated XF5U-1, which promises the reality of extremely high and low speeds in the same plane, and has the added feature of one engine being able to turn over both propellers in the event of a failure. Powered by two R-2000-2 engines, the plane will have a speed range of from 40 to 425 miles per hour.