This Day in Aviation History

February 27th, 1945
First flight of the Curtiss XF15C-1.

The Curtiss XF15C-1 was a mixed-propulsion fighter prototype of the 1940s.

By the late 1940s, the United States Navy was interested in the mixed-power concept for its shipborne fighters – i.e. aircraft with a mixture of propellor and turbojet engines, such as the FR Fireball. As such, an order was placed with Curtiss on 7 April 1944 for delivery of three mixed-power aircraft, designated the F15C. Powered by both a 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) Pratt & Whitney propellor engine, and an Allis-Chalmers J36 turbojet, the aircraft was in theory the fastest fighter in the US Navy at that time….

Source:
Wikipedia, Curtiss XF15C:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_XF15C

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