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Supersonic variable-sweep wing concept aircraft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fokker/Republic D.24 was a supersonic variable-sweep wing concept aircraft designed from 1962 to 1968 by the Fokker-Republic Alliance, a coalition between Fokker and Republic Aviation. The project was based out of Schiphol, Netherlands, and led by Alexander Wadkowski of Republic Aviation.
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Role | VTOL strike fighter |
Manufacturer | Fokker/Republic Aviation |
The D.24 was designed to be capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and was designed in accordance with NATO Basic Military Requirement 3 and competed in NATO's BMR-3 military project bidding. Only a scale model was built and is now located at the Luchtvaartmuseum Aviodrome in Lelystad, Netherlands.[1][2]
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