Douglas XFD

XFD
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National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft Company
Designer	James H. Kindelberger, Arthur Emmons Raymond
First flight	January Template:Avyear
Status	Abandoned project
Number built	1

The Douglas XFD was a carrier-based biplane fighter aircraft; the first fighter to be built by built by Douglas Aircraft Company.

Development

The XFD was designed to the Bureau of Aeronautics Specification No. 311, requesting a carrier-based two-seat biplane fighter. On 30 June 1932 the Navy ordered the XFD, Vought XF3U, and Curtiss XF12C for testing. The XFD was all metal with a fabric covering. The crew sat in tandem in a single bay, enclosed by a long canopy. It was fixed gear with a tailwheel. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp, it first flew in January 1933, and was evaluated by the Navy between 18 June 1933 and 14 August 1934. The XDF performed well, but the Navy had stopped using two-seat fighter aircraft; therefore no orders were received.

Specifications

Data from Angelucci, 1987. pp. 182-183

General characteristics

• Crew: 2

Performance

References

Bibliography

• Angelucci, Enzo (1987). The American Fighter from 1917 to the present. New York: Orion Books.