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FotoImages' Aircraft Identification Quiz - Q5
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Ryan FR-1 Fireball - (Ryan Model 28) A single seat fighter was the first production aircraft to utilize the combined power plant of a conventional piston engine driving a propeller with a turbojet engine (in the rear fuselage. Design work began in 1943 with first flight being made on June 25, 1944. On November 6, 1945 a Fireball made the first successful, pure jet landing on the USS Wake Island off of San Diego, CA having its piston engine unserviceable. Total production run was 66 aircraft.
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