Curtiss XF15C

Overview

The Curtiss XF15C-1 is a mixed-propulsion (piston and jet-powered) fighter aircraft prototype of the 1940s. Designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, it was one of two similar designs ordered by the United States Navy (USN) before pure-jet aircraft had demonstrated their ability to operate from aircraft carriers and the mixed-propulsion designs were abandoned. Only three prototypes were constructed, the first one having crashed in testing while the second was scrapped and the last survives to this day.