Convair XFY-1 Pogo Fighter VIII tier 1. Pilot. Designed for the U.S. Navy as a heavy deck-based fighter with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability.
The Pogo had delta wings and three-bladed contra-rotating propellers powered by a 5,500 hp Allison YT40-A-16 turboprop engine. XFY-1 Convair Pogo Vertical ...
The Pogo was 31 ft long with a 26 ft wide delta wing. A large vertical stabilizer above the wing was matched by an equally sized ventral fin below which could ...
The Convair XFY-1 Pogo tailsitter was an experimental American VTOL fighter aircraft. It first flew in June 1945, eventually managing 22 more successful ...
Book overview. The photos in this edition are black and white. First published in 1994, the XFY-1 Pogo book tells the story of one of two Navy prototypes ...