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Northrop F-89 Scorpion

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Uploaded by on Jan 1, 2009

The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an early American jet-powered all-weather interceptor. It has the distinction of being the first combat aircraft armed with nuclear weapons, (the Genie rocket) for air-to-air use.

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  • What's the name of this documentary?

  • @raynus1 they really need to make a combat flight sim with all the old jets. I wanna fly around in a F7U ffs, not another god damn Me109. You could even do realistic ground control interception with multi-player.

  • @SeverEnergia: Agreed...and an excellent aircraft as well (especially the Mk. V).

  • @raynus1 well the CF-100 has a odd grace about it. :p

  • Actually, this was a pretty cool bird for 1951: Afterburner-equipped, 600+mph, all-weather, RIO, and AIR-2 Genies...fairly capable, I'd say.

    ...and it's marginally prettier than a CF-100 Canuck.

  • Theres one on static display outside at EAA in Oshgosh Wi. What a huge plane. the main gear tires must be 5 ft tall and real narrow. still a coll plane for its time.

  • The one & only F 89 I've ever seen (I'm a plane enthusiast) sits in a small outdoor airpark in Hampton, Va. When I moved there in '67 at nine yrs. old it was one of the original five planes there. Back then you could crawl all over 'em. Though you couldn't do it w/the Scorpion, the F86 that was there, you could crawl in the intake & come out the back.

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