The Grumman G-118, sometimes called the XF12F though that designation was never official, was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor for use on United States Navy aircraft carriers. It was first conceived as an uprated F11F Tiger and grew into a larger project: a two-seat, twin-engined supersonic fighter with a 45 degree swept wing, a T-tail, a boundary layer control system and an encapsulated crew ejected downwards. Two General Electric J79 turbojets were to be supplemented by a throttleable liquid-fuelled rocket engine, and weapons were to be AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles or AIR-2 Genie nuclear rockets. Two prototypes were ordered in 1955, but development was cancelled the same year in favour of the F4H Phantom II before any were built.
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Lead sentence, country
The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never official) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers.
Lead, cancellation
development was cancelled the same year in favor of the F4H Phantom II before any examples were built.
Specifications (G-118, as designed), powerplant
Powerplant: 2 × J79-GE-3 after-burning turbojet engines, 10,000 lbf (44 kN) thrust each dry, 15,600 lbf (69 kN) with afterburner
Specifications (G-118, as designed), rocket engine
Powerplant: 1 × throttleable rocket engine, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) thrust
Specifications (G-118, as designed), empty weight
Empty weight: 26,355 lb (11,954 kg)
Specifications (G-118, as designed), maximum takeoff weight
Max takeoff weight: 51,216 lb (23,231 kg)
Of Make: Grumman, Lead sentence
The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never official) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers.
In Group: Jet Fighters and Interceptors, Lead sentence
The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never official) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers.
Exemplifies: Aviation, Lead sentence
The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never official) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers.
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