Parasite - The Most Bizarre US Air Force Aircraft Ever Tested - XF-85 Goblin

The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin has been called the most bizarre aircraft ever built.

In an era of spirited aircraft exploration, the US Army Air Forces approved the creation of a parasite jet fighter designed to eject out of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker to combat interceptor attackers and protect its mother ship. The fighter would then return and dock back into the bomber.

The outlandish concept was conceived as far back as the 1930s, but the project resurfaced at the end of World War II. A new crop of bombers was being developed, and their escort fighters were becoming obsolete.

McDonnell Aircraft then introduced us to the Goblin, a 5,600-pound egg-shaped aircraft that became the smallest jet-propelled fighter ever assembled.

Two prototypes were built, and a decorated pilot was chosen to perform the tests—the promise to revolutionize air combat held by a thread.

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