The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The XF-85's intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptor aircraft, a need demonstrated during World War II.

DAYTON, Ohio -- McDonnell XF-85 Goblin at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) The McDonnell Aircraft Corp. developed the XF-85 Goblin "parasite" fighter to protect B-36 bombers flying far beyond the range of conventional escort fighters.

2024年9月16日 · Looking more like a flying egg than a jet fighter, the XF-85 was an unusual aircraft concept with an unconventional method of protecting U.S. heavy bombers at the outset of the Cold War.

On April 16, 1961, Oldsmobile added what would come to be the 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire's predecessor -- an F-85 Cutlass coupe with bucket seats and a luxury interior -- as its response to growing demand for sporty compacts like Chevrolet's Corvair Monza.

2024年8月11日 · While today’s latest jet fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, has taken more than 20 years to bring to life, in those days it was not uncommon to go from radical idea to flying prototype in no time. One of the most amazing products of this period was the diminutive McDonnell XF-85 Goblin.

2016年1月14日 · The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was a fighter aircraft, conceived during World War II and intended to be carried in the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber as a defensive “parasite fighter”. Because of its small and rotund appearance, it …

2024年12月21日 · The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, a prototype “parasite” fighter jet, is shown attached to the belly of a B-29 bomber. This compact aircraft was designed to defend bombers on intercontinental flights. Image: U.S. Air Force. Yet, the infamously problem-plagued Demon may have been a better design than another McDonnell aircraft of the early Cold ...

2021年12月3日 · Its manufacturer called it the “Goblin”—and by looks alone, the egg-shaped jet certainly deserved the name. The McDonnell XF-85 jet resembled little more than a pressurized cockpit on top of a...

The fighter was the XF-85, an egg-shaped, jet-propelled, folding-wing, landing-gearless experimental aircraft that proved too unstable to consistently reattach itself to the conveyor after flying...

3 天之前 · The small jet fighter that would be carried internally actually weighed less than a nuclear bomb from the era, so it actually represented a net gain as far as fuel consumption was concerned. If a nuclear bomber was attacked, it would deploy the parasite fighter, let the fighter kill off the attacker, and then retrieve the parasite fighter ...