Who Likes Aircraft ?

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That’s a happy kid!

 

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XF-85 goblin

 

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Eighty years later, that jet still looks modern.

 

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Eighty years later, that jet still looks modern.

 

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Eighty years later, that jet still looks modern.

Looks like a hunchback to me.

 

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Or maybe the Cirrus Vision SF50?

 

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The first Bizjet?

Although the Lockheed JetStar is often credited as being the first business jet, its origins came from a USAF design competition. Another entrant for that role came from McDonnelL (before merging with Douglas). Although their aircraft flew well and met the Air Force criteria, it was rejected because the low engines posed a foreign object ingestion risk. And so, McDonnel proposed it as a private business jet instead. However, only one was built. Pan-Am was interested in leasing 170 of them, but a price couldn't be agreed on. No other orders came about.

Unlike most business jets, the McDonnell 220 had wing mounted engines, looking like a miniature DC-8. It would seat 10 in high style plus two crew, or up to 29 if used as a short range transport.

The single prototype still exists today.

 

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