BILL PIPPIN COLLECTION
No. 5102. Vought V-315 XF5U-1 (33958) US Navy
Aeroplane Photo Supply (APS) Photo No. 3869
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This aircraft never took to the air (apart from a hop during high-speed
taxiing trails). The problem of vibration in the power transmission was
still not solved when the Navy terminated the program. Nicknamed
"Flying Pancake" and "Zimmer Skimmer", it was a design of Charles
Zimmerman. A wooden test vehicle was flown as the
V-173. |
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Created March 15, 2006