This book presents the Original Proposal for the Lockheed Model L-200 Convoy Fighter of 1950, which led to the Xfv-1 Salmon turboprop tailsitter naval aircraft.
The Original L-200 design differed from the eventual Xfv-1 in having a tail with only three surfaces, an eight-bladed propeller, and various.
It was one of five submissions to the US Navy\'s Convoy Fighter competition, which called for a high performance turboprop VTOL fighter to protect Convoy vessels from attack by enemy aircraft.
This book presents the Original Proposal for the Lockheed Model L-200 Convoy Fighter of 1950, which led to the Xfv-1 Salmon turboprop tailsitter naval aircraft