Wind tunnel tests began at Langley in February 1946 and finished by year's end.Īcknowledgements: Joseph R. The glider arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, late in 1945 and it was soon moved to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. The aircraft was completed late in the summer and Allied authorities shipped the glider back to the U. A number of people visited the project site including Charles A. They arranged for construction to resume and continue throughout the summer. army air intelligence deemed it worthy of further study. The DM 1 was an unusual aircraft and specialists in U. Both the air force and the United States Air National Guard operated more than 1,400 of these aircraft from 1956 to 1988.Ĭonstruction began in August 1944 at the Flugtechnische Fachgruppe (FFG) Darmstadt but the war ended before workers could finish the glider and the Allied armies discovered it when they occupied the base at Prien am Chiemsee in southern Germany early in May 1945. The air force began operating the world’s first supersonic delta wing bomber, the Convair B-58 Hustler, in 1960. The air force placed the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger into operational service in 1956 and the Convair F-106 Delta Dart three years later. Air Force conducted with the XF-92A led the company to develop a series of successful delta wing aircraft. The extensive flight tests that Convair (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) and the U. This small experimental glider played a vital role in the development of the first jet-propelled delta wing aircraft to fly, the Convair XF-92A.
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